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2 days ago
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- Yahoo
These 23 Behind-The-Scenes Facts From The Star Wars TV Shows Will Make You Look At A Galaxy Far, Far Away In A New Light
Star Wars has always been a master on the big screen, and it has found its place in TV series, too. Smaller screen, but equally big behind-the-scenes fun facts that prove movie magic is still alive and well. Here are 26 behind-the-scenes facts from the Star Wars TV shows that are incredibly interesting: Andor, the entire town of Ferrix feels very tangible and real. Well, compared to other sets in the Star Wars universe, the whole city of Ferrix was built from scratch. Andor, the showrunners displayed an array of Easter eggs in Luthen's shop, including the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. droid character Huyang, who appears in both Ahsoka and The Clone Wars, is voiced by actor and the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, David Tennant. Disney+, Eamonn M. McCormack / Getty Images the Book of Boba Fett, actor Temuera Morrison brought his Maori heritage to the role in an interesting way. He drew inspiration from the traditional Maori dance, the Haka, for his training and fighting style with his Gaffi Stick. Rodriguez plays the Trandoshan that delivers the wookie pelt in the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett. He is also the show's executive producer and director. about Darth Plagueis became uncanonized with Disney's purchase of Star Wars, but The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland used the Legends (now non-canonical) novel "Darth Plagueis" as a reference. So, the Sith Lord is still an alien Muun like the original. Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen filmed flashback scenes while wearing dots on their faces for the "de-aging" special effects. Kenobi series is a rare example of Director Deborah Chow serving as the sole director for the project. It was only six episodes, but it's still uncommon in most Star Wars TV projects — and honestly, TV in general. aka "Baby Yoda", required up to four people to make him work. That's a lot of hands to bring all that cuteness to life. animation was used for a shot of the Blurrg in Season 1 of The Mandalorian. Other scenes used a blend of practical effects and CG. the beautifully crafted BTS special, Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, it was revealed that The Mandalorian was meticulously planned with pre-visualization before ENTIRE show. It's almost like taking time and love to prep a story pays off. Ludwig Göransson can thank Director Ryan Coogler and Lando actor Donald Glover (Solo) for the recommendation. After working with Glover closely in shows like Atlanta, Mando showrunner Jon Faveru was suggested to hire Göransson. What followed was the most iconic Star Wars score made by someone not named John Williams. to ScreenRant, five different stuntmen stepped in for Mando stunts throughout the show's first season. This really made the hero of the story appear to be a natural in all the different phases of his skills. dark saber was a practical effect. Actor Giancarlo Esposito was so intense with the legendary blade that it required multiple props after he kept breaking them. Try a stress ball, Moff Gideon! the show Ahsoka, we got to see one of the coolest ship designs in the Disney+ era. Ahsoka's T-6 shuttle was a model brought to life by ILM and frequently used in filming. Star Wars Rebels, the name of the "Bendu" character was pulled from George Lucas' original work, where he refers to Jedi Knights as "Jedi Bendu". Star Wars Rebels "skinny lightsaber" design was an attempt to emulate the skinniness of the lightsabers in the original trilogy and the artwork done by the G.O.A.T. conceptual designer, Ralph McQuarrie. Grand Inquisitor, played by Rupert Friend in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, required a four-hour makeup process. I'd turn to the dark side, too, if I had to wake up before dawn to sit in a chair for hours while someone covers my entire face with makeup and prosthetics. makeup effects used for Cad Bane in The Book of Boba Fett actually allow for lip movement from the actor, which is pretty wild and looks outstanding in the final product. But I'm sure some fans were too hyper-focused on the skin coloring to care. Shocker. Child was simply called 'Baby' on set for the first season of The Mandalorian. the French influence on the Ghor language in season 2 of Andor, dialect coach Marina Tyndall created the language from scratch. That's dedication to the cause! second season of Andor entailed the build of 140 sets, 24 filming locations, more than 700 costumes, the creation of 152 creatures and 30 droids, and well over 4,100 VFX shots supervised by ILM. finally, the martial arts in The Acolyte were some of the best fighting we have seen in the Disney-era Star Wars, and it checks out. They brought several martial arts styles to bring the fight scenes to a whole new level while blending them with light saber duels. What is your favorite Star Wars TV show? Comment below and why! Check out all the Star Wars shows here on Disney+.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
These 23 Behind-The-Scenes Facts From The Star Wars TV Shows Will Make You Look At A Galaxy Far, Far Away In A New Light
Star Wars has always been a master on the big screen, and it has found its place in TV series, too. Smaller screen, but equally big behind-the-scenes fun facts that prove movie magic is still alive and well. Here are 26 behind-the-scenes facts from the Star Wars TV shows that are incredibly interesting: Andor, the entire town of Ferrix feels very tangible and real. Well, compared to other sets in the Star Wars universe, the whole city of Ferrix was built from scratch. Andor, the showrunners displayed an array of Easter eggs in Luthen's shop, including the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. droid character Huyang, who appears in both Ahsoka and The Clone Wars, is voiced by actor and the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, David Tennant. Disney+, Eamonn M. McCormack / Getty Images the Book of Boba Fett, actor Temuera Morrison brought his Maori heritage to the role in an interesting way. He drew inspiration from the traditional Maori dance, the Haka, for his training and fighting style with his Gaffi Stick. Rodriguez plays the Trandoshan that delivers the wookie pelt in the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett. He is also the show's executive producer and director. about Darth Plagueis became uncanonized with Disney's purchase of Star Wars, but The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland used the Legends (now non-canonical) novel "Darth Plagueis" as a reference. So, the Sith Lord is still an alien Muun like the original. Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen filmed flashback scenes while wearing dots on their faces for the "de-aging" special effects. Kenobi series is a rare example of Director Deborah Chow serving as the sole director for the project. It was only six episodes, but it's still uncommon in most Star Wars TV projects — and honestly, TV in general. aka "Baby Yoda", required up to four people to make him work. That's a lot of hands to bring all that cuteness to life. animation was used for a shot of the Blurrg in Season 1 of The Mandalorian. Other scenes used a blend of practical effects and CG. the beautifully crafted BTS special, Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, it was revealed that The Mandalorian was meticulously planned with pre-visualization before ENTIRE show. It's almost like taking time and love to prep a story pays off. Ludwig Göransson can thank Director Ryan Coogler and Lando actor Donald Glover (Solo) for the recommendation. After working with Glover closely in shows like Atlanta, Mando showrunner Jon Faveru was suggested to hire Göransson. What followed was the most iconic Star Wars score made by someone not named John Williams. to ScreenRant, five different stuntmen stepped in for Mando stunts throughout the show's first season. This really made the hero of the story appear to be a natural in all the different phases of his skills. dark saber was a practical effect. Actor Giancarlo Esposito was so intense with the legendary blade that it required multiple props after he kept breaking them. Try a stress ball, Moff Gideon! the show Ahsoka, we got to see one of the coolest ship designs in the Disney+ era. Ahsoka's T-6 shuttle was a model brought to life by ILM and frequently used in filming. Star Wars Rebels, the name of the "Bendu" character was pulled from George Lucas' original work, where he refers to Jedi Knights as "Jedi Bendu". Star Wars Rebels "skinny lightsaber" design was an attempt to emulate the skinniness of the lightsabers in the original trilogy and the artwork done by the G.O.A.T. conceptual designer, Ralph McQuarrie. Grand Inquisitor, played by Rupert Friend in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, required a four-hour makeup process. I'd turn to the dark side, too, if I had to wake up before dawn to sit in a chair for hours while someone covers my entire face with makeup and prosthetics. makeup effects used for Cad Bane in The Book of Boba Fett actually allow for lip movement from the actor, which is pretty wild and looks outstanding in the final product. But I'm sure some fans were too hyper-focused on the skin coloring to care. Shocker. Child was simply called 'Baby' on set for the first season of The Mandalorian. the French influence on the Ghor language in season 2 of Andor, dialect coach Marina Tyndall created the language from scratch. That's dedication to the cause! second season of Andor entailed the build of 140 sets, 24 filming locations, more than 700 costumes, the creation of 152 creatures and 30 droids, and well over 4,100 VFX shots supervised by ILM. finally, the martial arts in The Acolyte were some of the best fighting we have seen in the Disney-era Star Wars, and it checks out. They brought several martial arts styles to bring the fight scenes to a whole new level while blending them with light saber duels. What is your favorite Star Wars TV show? Comment below and why! Check out all the Star Wars shows here on Disney+.
Buzz Feed
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Star Wars TV Shows Behind-The-Scenes Facts
Star Wars has always been a master on the big screen, and it has found its place in TV series, too. Smaller screen, but equally big behind-the-scenes fun facts that prove movie magic is still alive and well. Here are 26 behind-the-scenes facts from the Star Wars TV shows that are incredibly interesting: In Andor, the entire town of Ferrix feels very tangible and real. Well, compared to other sets in the Star Wars universe, the whole city of Ferrix was built from scratch. Throughout Andor, the showrunners displayed an array of Easter eggs in Luthen's shop, including the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The droid character Huyang, who appears in both Ahsoka and The Clone Wars, is voiced by actor and the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, David Tennant. In the Book of Boba Fett, actor Temuera Morrison brought his Maori heritage to the role in an interesting way. He drew inspiration from the traditional Maori dance, the Haka, for his training and fighting style with his Gaffi Stick. Robert Rodriguez plays the Trandoshan that delivers the wookie pelt in the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett. He is also the show's executive producer and director. Details about Darth Plagueis became uncanonized with Disney's purchase of Star Wars, but The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland used the Legends (now non-canonical) novel "Darth Plagueis" as a reference. So, the Sith Lord is still an alien Muun like the original. Actors Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen filmed flashback scenes while wearing dots on their faces for the "de-aging" special effects. The Kenobi series is a rare example of Director Deborah Chow serving as the sole director for the project. It was only six episodes, but it's still uncommon in most Star Wars TV projects — and honestly, TV in general. Grogu, aka "Baby Yoda", required up to four people to make him work. That's a lot of hands to bring all that cuteness to life. Stop-motion animation was used for a shot of the Blurrg in Season 1 of The Mandalorian. Other scenes used a blend of practical effects and CG. In the beautifully crafted BTS special, Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, it was revealed that The Mandalorian was meticulously planned with pre-visualization before ENTIRE show. It's almost like taking time and love to prep a story pays off. Composer Ludwig Göransson can thank Director Ryan Coogler and Lando actor Donald Glover (Solo) for the recommendation. After working with Glover closely in shows like Atlanta, Mando showrunner Jon Faveru was suggested to hire Göransson. What followed was the most iconic Star Wars score made by someone not named John Williams. According to ScreenRant, five different stuntmen stepped in for Mando stunts throughout the show's first season. This really made the hero of the story appear to be a natural in all the different phases of his skills. The dark saber was a practical effect. Actor Giancarlo Esposito was so intense with the legendary blade that it required multiple props after he kept breaking them. Try a stress ball, Moff Gideon! In the show Ahsoka, we got to see one of the coolest ship designs in the Disney+ era. Ahsoka's T-6 shuttle was a model brought to life by ILM and frequently used in filming. In Star Wars Rebels, the name of the "Bendu" character was pulled from George Lucas' original work, where he refers to Jedi Knights as "Jedi Bendu". The Star Wars Rebels "skinny lightsaber" design was an attempt to emulate the skinniness of the lightsabers in the original trilogy and the artwork done by the G.O.A.T. conceptual designer, Ralph McQuarrie. The Grand Inquisitor, played by Rupert Friend in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, required a four-hour makeup process. I'd turn to the dark side, too, if I had to wake up before dawn to sit in a chair for hours while someone covers my entire face with makeup and prosthetics. The makeup effects used for Cad Bane in The Book of Boba Fett actually allow for lip movement from the actor, which is pretty wild and looks outstanding in the final product. But I'm sure some fans were too hyper-focused on the skin coloring to care. Shocker. The Child was simply called 'Baby' on set for the first season of The Mandalorian. Despite the French influence on the Ghor language in season 2 of Andor, dialect coach Marina Tyndall created the language from scratch. That's dedication to the cause! The second season of Andor entailed the build of 140 sets, 24 filming locations, more than 700 costumes, the creation of 152 creatures and 30 droids, and well over 4,100 VFX shots supervised by ILM. And finally, the martial arts in The Acolyte were some of the best fighting we have seen in the Disney-era Star Wars, and it checks out. They brought several martial arts styles to bring the fight scenes to a whole new level while blending them with light saber duels. What is your favorite Star Wars TV show? Comment below and why! Check out all the Star Wars shows here on Disney+.
New York Times
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
In 2025 FCS football, the Dakotas or everybody else? Plus CFB news
Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic's college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox. Today in college football news, 'Return of the Jedi' might be the funniest post-'Andor' rewatch of all. With everything that's been sacrificed and everything at stake, your plan is to … demonstrate some sick backflips in front of Jabba? Everyone here, except the warrior-hearted Ewoks, would drive Luthen berserk. Around this time each year, every college football outlet begins some sort of season preview series, and Until Saturday is no exception. There will be no consistent outline to these, and if I were to start handing out superlative categories, I'd forget to do them at some point. I do not have any Phil Steele-style acronyms yet, but maybe I'll invent some. We're just gonna wing it. Let's start it off by going a little broader than just FBS, even though there isn't exactly space to dig into each Division III conference's 2025 schedule. (Then again, this parenthetical is now the newsletter's third mention this year of Middlebury College.) Just to have it all in one place, here are the defending champs in these NCAA levels — and as you can see, repeats would not be shocking: Beyond the who's-gonna-win basics, though: Considering the amount of national attention usually paid to college sports outside of Division I's upper levels, it feels urgent to check in on the big-picture status of small schools in The NIL And Portal Era. So I asked a couple-ish questions to Matt Brown (no relation to The Athletic's Matt Brown, though they have hung out at Big Ten media days, per sources), the proprietor of Extra Points, an excellent newsletter digging into loads of off-field stories about college sports from the NAIA on up. (This includes Matt's extensive coverage of the video game.) Over the past five years or so, how has life generally changed for athletic directors in levels outside of FBS? Matt: 'Being a small-school AD has always been a tough gig, because smaller staff sizes require you to be more involved in everything from fundraising to hiring and coach development. In the NIL era, the job had become even harder — because now you have to pretend you have the donor support to justify a meaningful collective, and your players can leave faster. That isn't to say it's all bad, but a lot of folks aren't sleeping as well as they used to.' What about when it comes to football in particular? 'The thing that's tougher about football is that the roster is so much larger. If a third of your basketball roster transfers, that really sucks, but that's four people. In football, that's like 28 dudes, people who then have to be replaced during a very truncated recruiting cycle. That puts even more pressure on your coaches and donors, and makes sustaining success much harder. Winning the league is awesome, but if it means seven of your starters bounce for the ACC, it takes a toll on everybody.' If you had to take either The Dakotas or Everybody Else to win the FCS title this year: Who ya got? 'Few people have ever gone broke betting on the Dakotas to win a national title.' Hey, follow Matt on Bluesky here. Poll time! Same question for you: Dakotas or non-Dakotas for this season's FCS title? As for me and my house, once again we will ride with the pride of the beautiful Big Sky Conference, the Montana State Bobcats, who fell just short of the title in Frisco, Texas last year. They're No. 2 behind NDSU in the early FCS top 25s by Hero Sports and Flo Football, with 2023 champ South Dakota State and the rapidly emerging South Dakota right behind. (North Dakota unleaded is currently the local straggler.) Up next week: Conference USA and the MAC. 🎮 Who's gonna be the first College Football 26 team you try out? Fifteen recommendations here. (In Dynasty Mode, I'm eying either Pitbull Stadium's FIU or Missouri State, likely the weaker of the two FBS newcomers, as my fixer-upper. Delaware, you're too powerful to be considered.) ⏰ 'Three-fourths of the players taken in the draft over the last five years played for only one college program. That number, however, is decreasing.' Manny Navarro with lots of things 2020s NFL Drafts can teach us about modern college football. Advertisement 🐶 'We thought we were on the same page. What was that?' The Big Ten and SEC: currently the dogs that both caught the same car, by Ralph Russo. 💎 Texas Tech softball pitcher NiJaree Canady, a legit breakout star. Final game of the Women's College World Series against Texas is tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. 📰 Legal news: Remember a few months ago, when CFB social media erupted for a few hours with stories of UNLV allegedly being unable to actually pay new head coach Dan Mullen's contract? Not quite, per AD Erick Harper in our new story on the Rebels: 'Harper responded (to a question) that the school had the funds to pay the first two years of Mullen's contract, then watched national reports fixate on that answer as an implication that the school had promised Mullen more than it could afford to pay over the final three years. 'Harper shoulders the blame for not being more direct in his explanation, saying he has 'zero fear' the athletic department will have trouble fulfilling any coaching contracts on the books. '… 'What was missed is the fact I said, 'and we also generate ticket sales, donor contributions, multimedia rights partners with Learfield, all those self-generated revenues that pay for salaries.'' UNLV, long considered college football's biggest sleeping giant outside the power conferences, has been in a lot of news over the last year. Plenty more in that story, along with all the details about the Rebels' geography that make you wonder all over again: Why has this football program so rarely succeeded? Thank you for reading, as always, and hit me up at untilsaturday@ 📫 Love Until Saturday? Check out The Athletic's other newsletters.
Gizmodo
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Andor' Put So Many Easter Eggs in Luthen Rael's Shop
You knew about the 'Indiana Jones' one, but did you see the winks at 'Revenge of the Sith' and 'Phantom Menace'? One of the many, many things that makes Andor so great is that it's uninterested in fan service. There are no gratuitous cameos. No wild, broad connections. First and foremost, creator Tony Gilroy wanted to tell an emotional, impactful, and timely story of heroism and hope, which just so happened to be in the world of Star Wars. But that doesn't mean other members of his team didn't want to have a little fun, and the set and prop designers did just that. In the first season of Andor, fans instantly noticed that Luthen Rael's shop on Coruscant was filled with recognizable and clever winks and nods to Star Wars and Lucasfilm projects of the past. The most famous, of course, were the Sankara stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but Luthen also had Sith artifacts, Mandalorian armor, and more. All of which made sense. Luthen, after all, does deal in rare artifacts and antiquities, so he would be interested in acquiring and selling things of this nature. This season, that was taken up a notch, and the official Star Wars website has a post breaking it down. Like, for example, Luthen has a Sith Chalice on display, much like the one Palpatine had in his office in Revenge of the Sith. There's a Kalikori, a prized Twi'lek family heirloom, much like the one we've seen from the Syndullas in Star Wars Rebels. There's a Royal Naboo headdress that looks very similar to one Queen Amidala wore in The Phantom Menace (shouldn't Bail Organa have picked this one up to hold for his daughter?). Finally, there's even a Gungan skull. Which Gungan? We don't know, but I'm sure many of us have a few top choices. You can see images of those and more all over at The same article also reminds us of everything from Andor season one, including a Jedi Temple Guard mask, like the ones from Star Wars: The Clone Wars; a Gungan shield as seen in The Phantom Menace; and another Naboo headpiece, this one resembling one Padme wore in Attack of the Clones. Again, Bail, why didn't you buy these? The best part about all of this is it has nothing to do with the story. There's no impact on Luthen and Kleya's work in the shop. No smoking gun to solve a problem. It's just there to remind you this story is happening in a world where all of this other stuff happened too. Both seasons of Andor are streaming on Disney+. You can see the above artifacts most specifically in episodes five and 10 of season two, as well as four, five, and seven of season one.
