Chewbacca and Bossk Are Coming to Star Wars Battlefront
Chewbacca and Bossk were today revealed as the playable hero and villain in Battlefront's Death Star DLC, the game's third major expansion, out this September.
The announcement came during EA's panel, The Minds Behind EA’s Star Wars Games, at Star Wars Celebration 2016.
Concept art of Chewie in action aboard the Death Star.
Battlefront's Death Star DLC will become the third of four major drops planned for the game. A new teaser trailer for the expansion was also debuted at Celebration, and you can check it out below:
New Star Wars Rebels: Season 3 Poster and Images
There's a ton of new info about Star Wars Rebels today, as Star Wars Celebration saw the debut of a big new trailer for Season 3, along with the huge reveal that Grand Admiral Thrawn is coming to the show, plus a screening of the Season 3 premiere.
On top of that Lucasfilm and Disney XD have released new poster art for Season 3. Featured in the art are two characters who look to have big storylines this year, Ezra and Sabine. Plus, there are two looming villains - the aforementioned Thrawn and the returning threat of Maul. And of course, Chopper. Because how could you leave Chopper out?!
See All of Star Wars: Rogue One’s New Aliens
Lucasfilm debuted new footage of Rogue One this week at Star Wars Celebration 2016, providing a first look at several of the film's new aliens and other interesting characters.
Check out our slideshow below to see all of the exciting new additions that were revealed.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens in theaters on December 16. The film will explore a brand-new location called Jedah, which director Gareth Edwards described as being the spiritual home of the Jedi.
Forbes Names Dwayne Johnson World’s Highest-Paid Actor
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is now the world's highest-paid actor, according to Forbes.
Among Forbes' list that ranks all of the highest-paid celebrities of 2016, Johnson came in 19th place with $64.5 million. Topping the entire list was singer Taylor Swift with a whopping $170 million.
Johnson responded to the news in a post on Instagram, saying, "this will always serve as my anchoring reminder to continue to work even harder. We not only want to 'embrace the grind,' but take the grind to new levels."
Star Wars VR ‘Trials on Tatooine’ Free for HTC Vive
The Star Wars VR experience Trials on Tatooine will be free for HTC Vive owners from 18th July, 2016.
The experience has been developed under the guidance of Lucasfilm's chief technology officer, Rob Bredow, and is co-written by Bredow and long-time Star Wars canon-keeper Pablo Hidalgo.
Trials on Tatooine is a first-person experience set after the events of Return of the Jedi, with players assuming the role of Luke Skywalker's Jedi apprentice. It features some basic lightsaber combat, but is more pitched as an immersive Star Wars experience than a traditional game.
IGN played the game at GDC earlier this year, and you can read more about our experience right here.
Maul Holds all the Cards in Star Wars Rebels: Season 3
Straight from its debut at Star Wars Celebration, IGN has a new clip for you from Star Wars Rebels: Season 3, showing Maul -- don't call him Darth Maul anymore! -- is back and seemingly holding all the cards.
In this scene, which doesn't take place in the Season 3 premiere episode shown at Celebration but rather in a later episode, Maul (voiced by Sam Witwer) greets Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Ezra (Taylor Gray), though it's clear that there is no true alliance between them. In fact, Maul has put Kanan and Ezra's friends in danger and has very specific plans regarding what will happen to the blinded Jedi and his Padawan.
Star Wars Rebels: Season 3 debuts this fall.
Watch the Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Trailer
The new trailer for Season Three of Star Wars Rebels debuted today at Star Wars Celebration in London.
You can watch the trailer in full down below:
The trailer features a new haircut for Ezra (stylish), Mandalorians who serve the Empire, wearing armour very much inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's prototype Boba Fett armour (even more stylish), and the appearance of Grand Admiral Thrawn, officially returning him to Star Wars canon.
You can see more of Thrawn by swiping through the gallery below:
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Grand Admiral Thrawn Is Now Star Wars Canon
Grand Admiral Thrawn is once again a part of the official Star Wars canon.
The trailer for Season 3, shown at Star Wars Celebration 2016 in London, confirmed inclusion of the iconic Expanded Universe villain.
The character first appeared in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy of novels (1991-1993), but was placed under the Star Wars Legends banner (non-canonical story) on April 25, 2014, when Lucasfilm trimmed back the Expanded Universe in preparation for the upcoming sequel trilogy, beginning with The Force Awakens.
Reveal of Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels Season Three trailer.
Zoe Saldana Is All in For Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5
With obligations to both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Star Trek film franchise as well as young twin sons to raise, you might think actress Zoe Saldana would be a little less than enthusiastic at the prospect of spending the next several years shooting not one but four sequels to Avatar down in New Zealand -- but you'd be wrong. The actress is very excited to return to the world of Pandora and to the set of a director, James Cameron, whom she holds in great personal regard.
"Yes, he promised me that I am
. I made him promise me," Saldana told IGN during a one-on-one chat last week to promote Star Trek Beyond. "I love it. I was a part of something super-duper special that wasn’t revamped or anything, that was created by someone’s utopian mind, just like a Gene Roddenberry
Rogue One Content Coming to Star Wars: Commander
Mobile game Star Wars: Commander will be introducing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story content, Disney and Lucasfilm announced at the show's Commander-focused panel.
Additionally, the game will be adding Squad Perks, which give squads temporary boosts, with new levels allowing players to choose from a skill-tree comprised of different perks. The Perks are intended to allow squads to work together while all individually benefitting from their progress.
An ability to customize bases and troops will also be introduced using a new armory. Platers can customize in accordance with the planets they're battling on. Rebels on Hoth, for example, can use Tauntauns, and Empire units can be decked out in Snowtrooper armor.