Jon Favreau To Helm Live-Action Star Wars TV Series
StarWars.com has
announced that Lucasfilm is excited to announce that
Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive
produce and write a live-action Star Wars series for Disney’s new
direct-to-consumer platform. Favreau is no stranger to the Star Wars
galaxy having played roles in both the Star Wars: The Clone Wars
animated series and in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story.
“I couldn’t be more excited about Jon coming on board to produce
and write for the new direct-to-consumer platform,” says Lucasfilm
president Kathleen Kennedy. “Jon brings the perfect mix of producing and
writing talent, combined with a fluency in the Star Wars universe. This
series will allow Jon the chance to work with a diverse group of
writers and directors and give Lucasfilm the opportunity to build a
robust talent base.”
Favreau is thrilled to be returning to the Star Wars galaxy: “If
you told me at 11 years old that I would be getting to tell stories in
the Star Wars universe, I wouldn’t have believed you. I can’t wait to
embark upon this exciting adventure.”
Disney’s collaborations with Favreau extend back a decade, when
he helped launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe as director of Iron Man
and Iron Man 2 and as an executive producer of the Iron Man and Avengers
films for Marvel Studios. For Disney, he directed and produced the
massively successful The Jungle Book, which won an Academy Award for its
groundbreaking visual effects. He is currently in production on
Disney’s highly anticipated reimagining of The Lion King, set for
release in 2019.
The untitled Star Wars live-action series does not yet have a release date.
In this installment of The Star Wars Show, we debut a
never-before-seen deleted scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, talk with
comic book writer Cavan Scott about his previous and upcoming work,
report back from a special screening of the Star Wars Rebels series
finale, and more!
Enjoy!
Kenner Star Wars 12 Inch Figure TV Commercial (1978)
I have updated the smaller and older Star
Wars 12 Inch Figures TV Commercial from 1978 to a larger MP4 version. This
video has been available for download on Galactic Voyage for years in the TV
Commercials Section and now you can view it directly on the Galactic Voyage
YouTube channel with the link below. You can find all of our videos over in the Movies
Section.
Since Internet storage and speed has become much more advanced, look for more
of the small videos I posted back in 2005 in this section to be replaced with
larger, higher quality copies in the near future. Enjoy!
Rebels Recon: Inside A Fool's Hope & Family Reunion-and Farewell
In this final installment of Rebels Recon, we say goodbye to Star
Wars Rebels with a deep dive into the series' final episodes "A Fool's
Hope" and "Family Reunion - and Farewell." Host Andi Gutierrez discusses
these episodes with cast and crew including Dave Filoni, Carrie Beck,
Taylor Gray, and more.
Enjoy!
This awesome Star Wars Fan film features a time-lapse view of what
the Death
Star construction might have looked like. Brothers Isaac Botkin created
the FX in Lightwave 3D and Benjamin Botkin composed the original score.
Enjoy!