Star Wars news for the week of February 15, 2019
The purpose of this roundup is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of February 15, 2019 in one location. If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently with any Star Wars fan on everything from the latest Star Wars developments to the latest toys. And maybe you’ll even share with them something that they might have missed.
Let’s get to it!
Episode IX News and Rumors
Hello, what have we here? New items from across the #StarWars universe are coming to your galaxy for #TripleForceFriday, available 10/4: https://t.co/wL4x7UrVde pic.twitter.com/MbUTfT0BXF
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 15, 2019
#EpisodeIX: Costume rumors, Daisy Ridley sighting. https://t.co/TXKpinUfE4 pic.twitter.com/kFipClASkw
— Dunc (@clubjade) February 8, 2019
Star Wars Episode IX: New Character Concept Art Leaks Out! – #EpisodeIX #StarWars – https://t.co/r6nykrcvoQ pic.twitter.com/tWoIzErItX
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) February 9, 2019
Jimmy Vee Wraps Filming as R2-D2 For Episode IX – https://t.co/MJvyjotRfj #StarWars @realjimmyvee #EpisodeIX #R2D2 pic.twitter.com/cRWYv4Ry3w
— Jedi News (@JediNewsUK) February 11, 2019
Star Wars: Episode IX Actor Says Only One Person Knows the Film’s Title https://t.co/3p53a5V3t7 pic.twitter.com/2s7wZVk9vu
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) February 12, 2019
POTENTIAL SPOILER: Millennium Falcon to get a new look for Episode IX – https://t.co/NEfleZUMFN #StarWars #EpisodeIX pic.twitter.com/5Q29ScIR6o
— Fantha Tracks: Star Wars News In A Single File (@FanthaTracks) February 14, 2019
Movie News and Rumors
HBO Waiting for David Benioff & D.B. Weiss to Finish Star Wars Trilogy – https://t.co/5BiWr1yPaO #StarWars #DavidBenioff #D.B.Weiss @StarWars pic.twitter.com/ebsf8L4rrf
— Jedi News (@JediNewsUK) February 10, 2019
No it isn’t true, I’m still working on the trilogy. With all due respect to the movie bros, who I’m sure are lovely kind bros with good fraternal intentions.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 14, 2019
Television News and Rumors
Princess Leia proves, again and again, that she is perfectly capable of saving herself.
Watch our latest #GalaxyOfAdventures short now on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel: https://t.co/mNiOA87ZRx pic.twitter.com/QoVfs04HbY
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 8, 2019
Why is Opeepit scrubbing the floors by hand? Find out the answer and more fun facts from this week’s #StarWarsResistance episode in Bucket’s List: “The New Trooper.” https://t.co/9u4ihnfghz pic.twitter.com/d0HpUNCypR
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 11, 2019
After the unsettling discovery of multiple cored and broken planets, Poe and Kaz must evade a series of First Order pilots in order to make it back to the Colossus alive in this clip from “The Core Problem.” #StarWarsResistance is new this Sunday at 10pm ET/PT on @DisneyChannel. pic.twitter.com/7quxaTrSo0
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 13, 2019
Around the Web
.@shameikmoore auditioned for the role of Lando Calrissian in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ https://t.co/JU7u5rHz8I pic.twitter.com/oOEFd70sjX
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 9, 2019
Take a ride through Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Oscar-nominated Kessel Run visual effects https://t.co/R1aQ8MYHaH
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 13, 2019
In 2010 Lucas banned Darth Vader David Prowse from all official #StarWars events due to an autograph, but was it a long time coming? Star Wars Feuds: Lucas vs Vader https://t.co/e2AVOzVzB4 pic.twitter.com/47ZvNbm305
— That Junkman (@ThatJunkman) February 13, 2019
Comics
RUMOR ALERT! Marvel and Lucasfilm are planning to do a special classic Star Wars marvel comic, issue 108. If you know, the old 80s Marvel comics, it ended with issue 107. This new 108 will be a special one time issue. So does this make it canon?
— That Junkman (@ThatJunkman) February 11, 2019
DARK HORSE Re-Establishes STAR WARS Connection For New REBELS Book https://t.co/Y7FMt8wcO2 pic.twitter.com/xptbOyY2yD
— Newsarama (@Newsarama) February 11, 2019
MARVEL Revives 1980s STAR WARS Title – With Classic Numbering AND Jaxxon https://t.co/iLduTrh3If pic.twitter.com/exIX8WVXjs
— Newsarama (@Newsarama) February 13, 2019
Books
The origins of a rebellion. Go behind-the-scenes and back to the drawing board with the brand new book, The Art of #StarWarsRebels: https://t.co/emtJl1U3pF pic.twitter.com/hC99QMC5Wn
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 13, 2019
Master Qui-Gon Jinn ponders a seat on the Jedi Council in an exclusive excerpt from @claudiagray‘s Master & Apprentice: https://t.co/Z9GhclvAth @DelReyStarWars pic.twitter.com/hmMhh21cdf
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 14, 2019
Video Games
WHAT THE WHAT‽ A NEW Star Wars Board Game just got announced! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! https://t.co/itph7KYhfe pic.twitter.com/duyIxwdHUn
— The Jodo Cast (@TheJodoCast) February 8, 2019
AtGames Legends Ultimate Home Arcade to get classic Disney and Lucasfilm games #disney #lucasfilm #starwars pic.twitter.com/gstwu3ebq0
— Yakface (@yak_face) February 12, 2019
Attractions
This week: we sit down with actor @PaulScheer to chat about #StarWarsCelebration and #GalaxysEdge! Plus, an exclusive excerpt from @ClaudiaGray‘s upcoming novel, Master & Apprentice, new #GalaxyOfAdventures figures, Kowakian Monkey-Lizard facts, and more! It’s The #StarWarsShow! pic.twitter.com/KmGUiPrNrU
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 13, 2019
Once more, the Sith will rule @SW_Celebration! Ian McDiarmid, @BrianHezza, and more are set to return to #StarWarsCelebration: https://t.co/oect3HgOJB @SW_Celebration pic.twitter.com/YYiOx20dG0
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 11, 2019
Collecting
Hello, what have we here? New items from across the #StarWars universe are coming to your galaxy for #TripleForceFriday, available 10/4: https://t.co/wL4x7UrVde pic.twitter.com/MbUTfT0BXF
— Star Wars (@starwars) February 15, 2019
Hot Wheels Star Wars Resistance Starships | https://t.co/Gox1PxSoBv https://t.co/ssDqybLnp5 #hotwheels #mattel #starwarsresistance pic.twitter.com/wDIcTTI8XN
— Yakface (@yak_face) February 11, 2019
The products will be branded GG, and they’ll be worked on by GG artists and factories (and eventually some DST artists), but they’ll be released by DST.
— Gentle Giant Ltd (@GentleGiantLTD) February 12, 2019
New LEGO Star Wars Duel at Starkiller Base Set Revealed https://t.co/a6s89IRbwR #legostarwars #theforceawakens #rey #kyloren #bensolo pic.twitter.com/RyvYShzjsO
— Yakface (@yak_face) February 13, 2019
Funko Reveals Encounter on Endor POP! Movie Moment 2-Pack – https://t.co/4XJSL7RdgG #StarWars @OriginalFunko #Funko #C3PO #Logray pic.twitter.com/HpmcsCc1w0
— Jedi News (@JediNewsUK) February 13, 2019
New in-hand images of 6” Black Series #78 Han Solo (Mimban Mudtrooper) shares with us by Max Frey 1/2 #hasbro #blackseries #starwarsblackseries #soloastarwarsstory pic.twitter.com/IGEoKqmGre
— Yakface (@yak_face) February 15, 2019
