Following on from our review of Echo Base Live in Redditch, TOPPS artist Marsha Parkins gives us an insight into the event from a different of point view

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Event Review: Echo Base Live IX: Saturday 7th August 2021

Carl Bayliss - August 10, 2021

The always popular Echo Live event returned for it's 9th instalment on August 7th.

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Event Review: Doncaster Unleashed: 25th July 2021

Mark Newbold - July 28, 2021

Fantha Tracks were at last weekends Doncaster Unleashed.

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Event Review: Powell’s Books Presents Timothy Zahn in Conversation With Tom Hoeler

Ross Hollebon - September 5, 2020

Powell Books presented an online conversation between author Timothy Zahn and Del Rey editor Tom Hoeler.

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CCXP 19 | A Record audience with diverse content

Sergio Lopes - December 12, 2019

A festival of epic proportions. So can be summed up CCXP19.

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CCXP 2019 | It was possible to become a Jedi at the Disney booth

Sergio Lopes - December 11, 2019

The Disney booth at CCXP 2019, home of the Jedi Training Center giving the chance to fans learn how to handle a lightsaber.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

On May 7, 2019, Disney revealed their future movie release schedule, including a set of three untitled new Star Wars films, one of which had a scheduled release date of December 20, 2024. The Star Wars Show also reported on the news on May 15. On July 23, 2020, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed to December 19, 2025. After the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Disney shifted their theatrical film release slate, with the film being pushed to its current release date of May 22, 2026. A film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy occupied this release slot until The Mandalorian & Grogu was announced.

Star Wars Insider 224 revealed the initial film logo was the same as the one for The Mandalorian Season Three. In August 2024, during D23 2024, it was revealed that the film had entered production, and a new logo was revealed, in addition to a teaser that was shown to the audience. In August 2024, Sigourney Weaver revealed that she had joined the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Alongside the release of the movie, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will be updated to include a new mission featuring Djarin, Grogu, Tatooine, Endor and Cloud City, which takes place off camera from the film.