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It was the early days of Disney+. Lucasfilm had the opportunity to tell new stories for the fledgling streaming service, and inspiration could come from anywhere. Even playtime.

“There was a moment with our LEGO partnership where we wanted to reassess all we’d done before and challenge ourselves to see if we could find a fresh new expression of that collaboration, and a way to lean more into the way kids play with their LEGO Star Wars toys — they dump them on the floor and mix and match them. They’re not timeline dependent. We wanted to unlock that whimsy and wonder that’s unique to LEGO play in our linear content, and find a way to celebrate that experience in our storytelling,” James Waugh, SVP, franchise content and strategy

Fifteen years after her debut in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ahsoka Tano became the star of her own acclaimed series this year. But first, we returned to Mandalore for Season 3 of The Mandalorian. And that’s just the live-action offerings. The Star Wars galaxy is always brimming with new stories and exhilarating news, from the heart wrenching second season of The Bad Batch and the series premiere of Young Jedi Adventures continuing to build on our love of Star Wars animation, to the return of Cal Kestis in the eagerly-awaited video game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and the launch of the final phase in Star Wars: The High Republic books and comics, there was something for everyone! Plus, when we gathered in London for Star Wars Celebration Europe

It’s time to start party planning! Whether you’re prepping for a themed holiday gathering for your colleagues, an intimate dinner with your closest friends, or the annual family end-of-year bash to ring in 2024, StarWars.com is here to help you with a crucial decision: Which Star Wars band should play your holiday party? Take the latest quiz to find out!

Give your holiday decorations some Star Wars flair with a DIY datapad ornament! Choose your favorite galactic symbol from the provided template, and then get ready to greeblie. Complete with pieces you’ll rescue from the recycling or discover in the depths of your junk drawer, your datapad décor won’t look like any other ornament out there.

Follow these schematics to make your very own datapad!

What You’ll Need

Clear plastic packaging

Scissors

Masking tape

Printed datapad symbol template

Red permanent marker

Red glitter and school glue or red glitter glue

Large piece of food or toy packaging cardboard

Hot glue gun or school glue

Fishing line or string

Clothespin (optional)

Bits of plastic packaging, leftover hardware pieces, extra small LEGO pieces, etc.

Black acrylic paint

Paint brushes

Silver acrylic paint

Enamel dot stickers

Get Started!

The activities in this article should only be done with adult supervision.

Step 1:

Beyond their fictional connections to Grand Admiral Thrawn, Eman Esfandi and Diana Lee Inosanto share immense gratitude for landing in the universe of Ahsoka. Esfandi, who plays Ezra Bridger in the Disney+ series, and Inosanto, reprising the role of Morgan Elsbeth she first played in The Mandalorian, were both trying to find their footing in film when they were cast.

“Who would’ve ever thought? Our world is so strange and so mysterious,” Inosanto tells StarWars.com. Ten years after writing, producing, and starring in her own independent film, The Sensei, Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni and executive producer Jon Favreau found Inosanto’s indie film trailer online just as Inosanto was about to give up hope. “I’ve always loved acting, but I could never find my break and my voice as an artist.

Inside an Imperial med lab on Mustafar, the Empire’s droids serve Lord Vader. Meanwhile, on Nar Shaddaa, Jango Fett arrives in the Smugglers District. And inside the Bounty Hunters Guild Social Club, Dengar unspools a tall tale.

From the era of the High Republic to the days of the Clone Wars and the age of the Empire, these are some of the seven interwoven stories in Marvel’s Star Wars: Revelations (2023) #1, offering a glimpse at things to come in ongoing and forthcoming comics series. Today StarWars.com has your first look inside the comic.

The one-shot features short stories from the flagship Star Wars series written by Charles Soule with art by Andrea DiVito, The High Republic penned by Cavan Scott with art from Marika Cresta, Doctor Aphra by Alyssa Wong

Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Ivanna Sakhno are here for WolfWren. The name was bestowed by fans of their rival characters’ in Ahsoka. However, the duo coined their own phrase for the connection between Bordizzo’s Sabine Wren and Sakhno’s Shin Hati long before the first episode arrived on Disney+: Shabine. 

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When their work on the series wrapped, Sakhno even made a friendship bracelet with their “Shabine” moniker, a nod to a bond between two Star Wars newcomers who started on set together training for future lightsaber battles and became real-life friends. “I loved working with Ivanna so

It’s time for jingle bells…and LEGO bricks!

Lucasfilm and the LEGO Group released today three new holiday-themed LEGO Star Wars shorts, all clever stories of celebration in the galaxy far, far away. There are two non-verbal tales: “Chewie’s Holiday Cheer Up,” which finds Chewie’s friends plotting a Life Day surprise for their Wookiee pal, and “Tenoo Treasures,” set during the High Republic era, which sees Yoda recruiting Padawans Kai and Lys from Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures for some wreath building. “’Twas the Night Before Life Day,” featuring full voice acting, tells of a white bantha game on the Death Star — that is heavily tilted in the Emperor’s favor. The all-ages shorts are filled with themes of friendship and giving, as well as LEGO Star Wars’ classic brand of