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Listen up, Star Wars fans! The galaxy far, far away has blessed us with more TV shows than you can swing a lightsaber at. From epic animated adventures to groundbreaking live-action series, the Star Wars universe keeps expanding faster than the Empire’s territory during happy hour.

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Ready to dive into this ranking of every Star Wars show out there? We’re covering everything from the depths of Disney+ to some seriously old-school gems.

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Starting off the list with something simple. Set during the High Republic era, this animated series follows a group of Jedi younglings as they learn the ways of the Force. The reason it is ranked so low in this list is that it...

The Star Wars franchise has consistently brought back its most iconic characters across many projects, raising the question of which ones have appeared in the most movies and TV shows. Before Disney bought Star Wars in 2012, this would have been much easier to answer, as there were only six theatrical films, a handful of cartoons, and a few TV movies and specials. However, the saga now encompasses 12 theatrical films, six live-action TV shows, nine animated series, multiple micro-series, and countless more projects on the way.

For this list, characters will be ranked by combining the total number of Star Wars movies and TV shows they appeared in, regardless of screen time. If two characters' totals are tied, then their average screen time and number of episodes in the TV shows will be used to estimate which one has more appearances. Lego Star Wars stories, documentaries, TV specials, game shows, and...

Star Wars franchise star Hayden Christensen was asked about taking on the role of the Dark Knight in Matt Reeves' The Batman. For his part, Christensen noted that following Robert Pattinson would be a tough act to follow, making his potential casting challenging.

The question came up during a new video interview with GQ that saw Christensen fielding questions from fans. One person asked what it would be like if Christensen had been cast as Bruce Wayne in The Batman rather than Pattinson. While the actor noted how that's a "great character" to play, he suggested that the right person got the role. When pressed to state if he'd have done better playing Batman or Bruce Wayne, Christensen felt like he'd do well with the latter.

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Daisy Ridley made her debut in the Star Wars franchise in 2015's The Force Awakens and shared the words of wisdom she got at the time of her casting from J.J. Abrams.

During an interview with Inverse to promote her upcoming movie Sometimes I Think About Dying, Daisy Ridley also addressed her Star Wars role. The actress played Rey, the protagonist of the sequel film trilogy. The actress received words of wisdom from director J.J. Abrams, who advised her to "understand the scale." He also advised, "This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable." But she thought that she was "coping fine."

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If you're a big "Star Wars" fan who loves trivia, you might already know this information, but Ewan McGregor has a deeper connection to the franchise than you think. He played the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel films, voiced the character in two of the sequel films, and two episodes of the micro-series "Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures" on StarWarsKids.com. Now he's returning to tell the tale of what happened after "Revenge of the Sith" and before "A New Hope" in the upcoming Disney+ series "Obi-Wan Kenobi.

McGregor isn't the only person in his family to have been in "Star Wars" though. As mentioned...

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The Love Witch, directed by Anna Biller, is a feminist horror film well-deserving of a revisit this October.

“In 2016, feminist film director Anna Biller released The Love Witch and it has been a part of my regular Halloween film viewing every year since. Not just because the film is gorgeous and emotionally riveting, but because of how Biller’s love of horror and the feminist gaze allows her to create a film that can bring forth tears of laughter and anguish.”

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Halloween may be a joyous annual celebration, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be cautious. Case in point, a Long Island housewife handed arsenic to unsuspecting trick-or-treaters in the ’60s.

“On October 31, 1964, 13-year-old Elsie Drucker and her 15-year-old sister Irene returned to their Long Island home after an evening of trick-or-treating and dumped their spoils onto the table. Among the assortment...

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures has delivered a […]

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A new Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures animated short has been released and, even though these are aimed at younger viewers, this one is particularly brutal. It centers on Kylo and the Knights of Ren who get into a big scrape with a small group of Resistance fighters. Unfortunately for this small band of rebels, Kylo Ren decides to go full-on Sith Lord on them, channeling his grandfather Darth Vader, ala the end of Rogue One.

Titled "Kylo Ren vs. Resistance Rebels," the Star Wars animated short centers on Kylo Ren and the First Order as they strike fear into the heart of the galaxy. But a small group of daring Resistance fighters risks it all to join the fight. Not to spoil it, but they mostly lose everything in the process. It starts off with Kylo gathering his troops in a hanger, before he and the Knights of Ren...

The 47th Annual Annie Awards nominations were led by Disney blockbuster sequel “Frozen 2” and Laika’s Yeti adventure “Missing Link” with eight nominations apiece, followed by Netflix’s “Klaus” with seven and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World” and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” with six, which all landed Best Feature nominations. Also racking up a surprising six nominations for Netflix was lauded indie nominee, French import “I Lost My Body.”

Not bad for animation awards newbie Netflix.

Scoring four nods were DreamWorks’ and Pearl Studios’ other Yeti entry, “Abominable,” and GKids’ Japanese Oscar entry “Weathering with You.” Landing two nominations each were Blue Sky’s “Spies in Disguise” (Fox), Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (from Universal), and “The Addams Family” (United Artists).

Left out of the fray were GKids’ Cambodian drama, “Funan,” and Disney’s “live-action” remake “The Lion King,” which did not land...

The 47th Annual Annie Awards nominations were led by Disney blockbuster sequel “Frozen 2” and Laika’s Yeti adventure “Missing Link” with eight nominations apiece, followed by Netflix’s “Klaus” with seven and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World” and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” with six, which all landed Best Feature nominations. Also racking up a surprising six nominations for Netflix was lauded indie nominee, French import “I Lost My Body.”

Not bad for animation awards newbie Netflix.

Scoring four nods were DreamWorks’ and Pearl Studios’ other Yeti entry, “Abominable,” and GKids’ Japanese Oscar entry “Weathering with You.” Landing two nominations each were Blue Sky’s “Spies in Disguise” (Fox), Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (from Universal), and “The Addams Family” (United Artists).

Left out of the fray were GKids’ Cambodian drama, “Funan,” and Disney’s “live-action” remake “The Lion King,” which did not land...

Disney’s uber-successful franchises are the ones to look out for at the 47th annual Annie Awards with Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4 earning eight and six nominations respectively. Laika’s stop-motion animated feature Missing Link nabbed eight nods, matching the aforementioned icy animated sequel, while DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World matched Toy Story 4 with six.

The aforementioned three animated features are vying for the top prize of Best Feature along with Netflix’s Klaus. In the live-action department, Alita: Battle Angel, Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Spider-Man: Far From Home are all looking to take home the trophy for Best Character Animation.

On the TV side, Big Mouth, BoJack Horseman, Harley Quinn and Undone are among the nominees for Best TV/Media – General Audience.

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The Disney sequel “Frozen II” and Laika’s stop-motion “Missing Link” led all films in nominations for the 47th Annual Annie Awards, the most comprehensive awards show devoted strictly to animation.

Those two films each received eight nominations in the 13 feature film categories. Netflix’s “Klaus” received seven nominations, while “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “Toy Story 4” and the French indie “I Lost My Body” received six each.

In the Best Feature category, the nominees were “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Klaus,” “Missing Link” and “Toy Story.” In the Best Indie Feature category, which was created in 2015, the nominees were “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles,” “I Lost My Body,” “Okko’s Inn,” “Promare” and “Weathering With You.”

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Hasbro has today announced the launch of a number of new and exciting Star Wars products, coming to the shelves of selected major retailers from 4th October – or better known as Triple Force Friday!The brand new collection has been inspired by some of this year’s biggest on-screen Star Wars releases, and will include the Ultimate D-o Interactive Droid, a fearsome Scream Saber Electronic Lightsaber to duel with, and a series of premium Black Series Carbonised Collection premium figures.

The new product range was live-streamed on the official Star Wars YouTube channel with host Warwick Davis, live from Pinewood Studios. The livestream featured a number of talent unboxings of the products, from the likes of Daisy Ridley and John Boyega – bringing together fans of the franchise from across the globe. You can watch this back here: www.youtube.com/StarWars and check out the official breakdown of Some of...

Lucasfilm has revealed their plans for the upcoming D23 Expo and it’s sure to get Star Wars fans excited. They will be hosting a panel for Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian where they will screen some footage for the the fans! The will also have a pavilion on the show room floor, which will be a first for Lucasfilm at this event.

Here are the details for The Mandalorian panel:

As part of the Disney+ panel on Friday, August 23, at 3:30 p.m. in Hall D23, “fans will get a sneak peek at Jon Favreau’s action-packed bounty hunter series, The Mandalorian. The Mandalorian (played by Pedro Pascal) is a bounty hunter who travels the outer reaches of the lawless galaxy, surviving as a mercenary-for-hire. Dave Filoni (supervising director on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and writer/director on The Mandalorian), along with special guests, will join Favreau for the on-stage presentation.

Do you remember when we told you about the animated Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures animated shorts last fall? As part of the Star Wars Kids channel on YouTube, these animated shorts recreate scenes from the Star Wars movies with some added details and moments that make them a little more exciting for kids who […]

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“In a Galaxy of adventures, love conquers all.”

We have a fun little animated short here for you today from Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures that uses a cool flashback montage in the moments leading up to Leia saving Han, where we hear some iconic lines and see how relevant and full of emotion the scenes from our favorite movies can be, even when using animation. Enjoy the video below and let us know your favorite moment between Leia and Han that you’d like to see recreated!

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Composer Ryan Shore broke through the fourth wall to talk to us about scoring for Star Wars Forces of Destiny and Galaxy of Adventures.

The Fourth Wall podcast specializes in allowing creative voices from behind the scenes of everyone's favorite TV shows, movies, books, and games to speak directly to our audience, and this episode brings us two-time Emmy and Grammy-nominated composer Ryan Shore, the music expert tasked with weaving John Williams' classic Star Wars score with his own orchestration in Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures as well as designing the original music behind Star Wars Forces of Destiny.

“In Forces of Destiny I was really given a lot of leeway on how to score them,” Shore told our Star Wars reporter, Megan Crouse. “Because I was just starting everything from scratch it really gave me the opportunity to blue sky the episodes. I find...

We’ve got a new episode of Lucasfilm’s animated series Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures for you to watch today. This one puts the focus on Luke Skywalker doing a little lightsaber training with Obi-Wan Kenobi while on board the Millennium Falcon.

After getting getting blasted around an annoying amount of times, he learns to stretch out with his feelings and take out the floating blaster training ball.

Luke Skywalker learns an important lesson about trusting his instincts to fight like a Jedi. Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures is a series of animated shorts celebrating the characters and stories of a galaxy far, far away, featuring a bright and colorful art style, exciting action, and insight into the saga's greatest themes!

These animated shorts have been really fun to watch and I hope you enjoy the latest addition.

"I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi, like my father." Disney + Lucasfilm have debuted the first set of animated shorts films for a new series they're calling Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures. These shorts feature key moments from the Star Wars cinematic franchise re-told in short form animation, in order to "introduce the classic themes, pivotal moments, and iconic characters from the Star Wars saga to the next generation." In addition to the new series of shorts being debuted online, a new Hasbro toy line is debuting at Walmart in December and expanding nationwide in January 2019. The first six of the 1-minute shorts are available now, and explore Luke's meeting with Obi-Wan, Vader's pursuit of Leia and his reign, plus introductions to R2-D2 and Chewbacca. These are pretty cool - even if they are made for kids. Enjoy. Here's the first batch of...