Star Wars Celebration 2023: Everything has been announced at Lucasfilm’s studio showcase

Celebration of Star Wars 2023 has officially arrived, and the Lucasfilm studio showcase is kicking off the event with the promise of revealing a lot about the future of that galaxy far, far away. We know The Mandalorian and Andor will be discussed, but there are sure to be many surprises in store.

We’ll round up the biggest news in this roundup of Lucasfilm’s Studio Showcase, and we’ll update them all around the board to help ensure you don’t miss a thing!

The Mandalorian: Season 3 Episode 7 Clip teases the return of the beloved Star Wars character

Guests in attendance at the Lucasfilm studio fair were treated to a clip from next week’s seventh episode of The Mandalorian season 3, and teased the return of the beloved Star Wars character.

Spoilers ahead for Season 3, Episode 7 of The Mandalorian!

The clip opens with Elijah Kane talking to Moff Gideon on a hologram, and the character played by Giancarlo Esposito telling that “Karga was with the help of the Mandalorian.” Gideon then says he will deal with them before speaking to Captain Ballion about Admiral Thrawn’s whereabouts.

“Admiral Thrawn is missing,” says Moff Gideon.

Balyon replies, “With respect, our only hope of success depends on the confidentiality of his return.”

“I never heard the word Thrawn. I talked about his imminent return. Maybe it’s time we look forward to new leadership.”

Andor Season 2 aims to premiere in August 2024

While we didn’t get an exact date for when Andor Season 2 will arrive on Disney+, series creator Tony Gilroy has confirmed that the team plans to get it ready for an August 2024 premiere date on Disney+.

Gilroy said, “We start shooting in November. We’re about halfway there. We’ll shoot through August. We’re on schedule. Finish in August, spend another year in the mail. I think we’ll come out the following August.”

The cast of Andor and Tony Gilroy take the stage! # Celebration of Star Wars pic.twitter.com/IoztokiHyg

– IGN (@IGN) April 7, 2023

We also got some clips from Season 2, and we hear Mon Mothama say, “If we don’t stand together, we’re going to get crushed.” It also showed Cassian, Deidra, Cyril, and Bex.

Gilroy also discussed how knowing this show ended with a second season was great for the team.

“If you know you’re going to finish, that really helps,” Gilroy said. There are a lot of shows, shows that I love, and they’re trying to figure out where to go. We know where we’re going. It’s a kind of jailbreak: you know where you’re going.”

Star Wars: The Acolyte Is ‘Frozen Meets Kill Bill’, first details revealed, 2024 release window

Star Wars: The Acolyte, the upcoming Disney+ series set at the end of the High Republic era, will make its way to Disney+ in 2024. While we haven’t set an exact date, the series’ cast and crew stopped by through Star Wars Celebration to share some details on what might be next. that fans would expect.

Star Wars: Acolyte series creator Leslie Headland shared that she’s always wanted to “delve into the Star Wars universe and tell the story of this whole world that I loved so much from the villains’ perspective.”

Set between the Old Republic and the prequels, The Acolyte is presented as “Frozen meets Kill Bill”. # Celebration of Star Wars pic.twitter.com/O62fN0la25

– IGN (@IGN) April 7, 2023

“What I showed Kathleen Kennedy was Frozen meets Kill Bill. Shockingly, she didn’t kick me off the premises,” said Headland. It’s High Republic near the start of the prequels and an exciting part of the schedule. “That’s when the bad guys are outnumbered. They’re the underdogs. I’m really excited that you guys are getting to see things that you haven’t seen in live events yet.”

She also noted that it was “the furthest point in time we’ve ever lived”, and that there would be “a lot of Jedi”. At hire, one of those Jedi will be a wookiee played by Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo, as it has always been Headland’s dream to tell the story of one.

There was also a clip shown, and it showed Lee Jung-jae’s character saying, “Power is powerful. It’s a power we have to respect.” There are also major battles, aliens, Jung-jae leading a group of Jedi, and more.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is getting its Star Wars Celebration debut, but there’s no release date

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an upcoming Disney+ series set to arrive in 2023. Star Wars Celebration hasn’t revealed an exact date, but it did share the first trailer.

The trailer for Skeleton Crew, which stars Jude Law and focuses on a cast of younger characters, honed in much on the show’s Goonies inspiration. This was shown with children in class, passing through a residential area, running through the woods, and much more.

Lucasfilm has also confirmed directors for the series, which include Jon Watts, David Lowery, Daniels, Jake Schreyer, Bryce Dallas Howard and Lee Isaac Chung.

The Mandalorian Creators on Ahmed Best’s Famous Return to Star Wars: ‘It Was a Big Decision’

The Mandalorian showrunners Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni stopped by Lucasfilm’s Studio Showcase to discuss the “big decision” to cast Ahmed Best as Jedi Master Kelleran Beq in The Mandalorian and have him be the one to save Grogu from the events of Order 66.

Ahmed came out on stage [at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago in 2019] “And just an outpouring of appreciation,” Favreau said. “The opportunity for this role came up, and we knew we had to have someone — who would be the person who would save Baby Grogu? We were talking about that operation, who would it be and who should it be?”

Filoni said: “It was a big decision, but I don’t think there is anyone better than Ahmed. The appreciation when he got on screen was such a great moment, and also the fact that we kept it all a secret until then he came out. It was an enormous outpouring of appreciation, and he was That’s about as fun as the episode itself was.”

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