Did Kylo Ren Lie About Rey’s Parents?
Whether you loved or hated The Last Jedi, there's no doubt that Rian Johnson's Star Wars movie had a lot to say about the franchise, the Force, and more. And the director has gone on the record saying that he wouldn't mind if one of the most controversial pieces of information from his film was retconned in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Episode IX, The Rise of Skywalker: the nature of Rey’s parentage.
Rey's biggest question throughout The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi surrounded her parents. Who were they? Where were they? Would they ever return to her? With the revelation that Rey isn't just Force sensitive, but legendarily strong in the Force, the importance of these questions only grew. And it was in The Last Jedi that Kylo Ren's attempts to manipulate Rey into joining him on the dark side of the Force seemingly revealed the truth behind her lineage.
New LEGO Star Wars Game Reportedly in Development
According to Skywalker Sound's supervising sound editor and sound designer Matt Wood, a new LEGO Star Wars game is reportedly in development.
As reported by Eurogamer, Wood was speaking on the Star Wars Live Show at Star Wars Celebration this weekend and passingly mentioned that a new LEGO Star Wars game was currently being worked on.
"So many things we're doing right now, we've got Resistance going, Clone Wars going, we've got Mandalorian happening, of course Episode IX happening, there's a LEGO Star Wars game we're working on..." Wood said, as captured by Twitter user @WillHaddad8.
Aunt Becky Actress Lori Loughlin Pleads Not Guilty in College Scandal
Lori Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on Full House, has pleaded not guilty in a major college admissions scandal.
Per Variety, the actress and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, decided to forego a guilty plea and will instead be fighting charges for allegedly paying a $500,000 bribe to ensure their two daughters would get onto the University of Southern California’s crew team, and a single felony count of mail fraud. Last week, Loughlin and 16 others tied to the case were indicted with charges of money laundering.
Several others charged in this widespread scandal have decided to plead guilty, including actress Felicity Huffman. For her part in the scandal, Huffman said "I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions."
Michelle Yeoh Cast in James Cameron’s Avatar Sequels
Star Trek: Discovery's Michelle Yeoh has been cast in James Cameron's upcoming Avatar sequels, according to Variety.
Yeoh will play a scientist named Dr. Karina Mogue in the upcoming films.
"Throughout her career, Michelle has always created unique and memorable characters, Director James Cameron said. "I look forward to working with Michelle to do the same thing on the Avatar sequels."
Yeoh is known for various roles throughout her career, including the well known martial arts film from 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to recently starring in the award-winning, Crazy Rich Asians.
No God of War DLC Planned, but More Anniversary Content to Come
God of War director Cory Barlog has reiterated that there’s no DLC planned for God of War, but there is anniversary content on the way.
In response to news that God of War is getting one-year anniversary content in the form of themes and avatars, Barlog tweeted "That's not all...”
Naturally, fans suspected this meant even bigger announcements were coming for the anniversary, specifically news of DLC for God of War. To quell those expectations, Barlog quickly tweeted "Just so no one gets the wrong idea - there is no DLC coming for the game. Sorry."
Analysts Report Apple Arcade Will Spend Over Half a Billion Dollars
Analysts from Financial Times reported that Apple may end up spending over half a billion dollars on their upcoming games subscription service, Apple Arcade, according to Gizmodo.
If true, Apple Arcade's budget would be half of Apple's current TV and films streaming budget, which is reportedly $1 billion. Multiple sources told Financial Times that the majority of games planned for the service have million dollar budgets.
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Respawn Was Working on Another Game Before Jedi: Fallen Order
Respawn Entertainment was working on a different game when EA approached to discuss creating a Star Wars game. The in-production project was dropped in order for the studio to start work on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Talking to Press Start, game director Stig Asmussen said: “I think it started with EA approaching us at Respawn, and asking. I had a team, we were working on a game, and they said, “What do you guys think about Star Wars?”
Unsurprisingly, everyone at Respawn was keen. “Unanimously, my team hands down, everybody was interested in working on a Star Wars, even though we were really interested in the other game that we were working on, we saw this as an opportunity,” Asmussen said. “It’s like, “Hey, when are you ever going to get a chance to work on a Star Wars game?”
Director of Cancelled Star Wars Game Reacts to Jedi: Fallen Order
Amy Hennig, creative director behind the cancelled single-player Star Wars game known as Project Ragtag, has some thoughts on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its status as a single-player game without microtransactions.
Speaking with Eurogamer, Hennig said "
odd! I have to be candid with you. I mean,
coming from the EA Star Wars Twitter handle, so it's certainly part of the plan, but I don't know whether it's implicitly referencing previous comments they made after our project was killed?"
First Look at Magic: The Gathering’s Powerful New Dragon God
IGN is excited to officially reveal three new cards from Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming War of the Spark set, all centered around the imposing and notorious Nicol Bolas.
Watch the exclusive video from Wizards of the Coast at the top of the page to get a first glimpse at “Deliver Unto Evil, “The Elderspell,” and the planeswalker “Nicol Bolas, Dragon God” himself, hosted by The Command Zone’s Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai as well as Kyle Hill from Because Science.
I also spoke to Dave Humpherys, MTG’s Principal Game Designer, about why they decided to go with this card design for War of the Spark’s Nicol Bolas. Humpherys said they liked this iteration because it “felt true to Bolas and the story here.”