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Dive Into Halloween with a Dianoga-It-Yourself Pumpkin

Turn a pumpkin into trash — a trash compactor, that is! Grab your recyclables and old cardboard boxes and broken plastic toys. (New plastic toys from the dollar store also make great greeblies once you take them apart.) You’ll need it all to make a new Halloween home for a dianoga inside a craft pumpkin.

This creepy craft isn’t simple, but it oozes fun. Get ready to dive into making this one-of-kind Star Wars Halloween craft!

What You’ll Need

Small (6.5”) craft pumpkin Pumpkin carving tool or knife Black spray paint Monster googly eye (or bright green paper and black marker) Large wooden bead Lightweight modeling clay Floral foam Black cardstock paper Clear contact paper Cardboard Inexpensive or broken plastic toys Straws Black, brown, red, gold, and silver

13 Hilarious and Horrifying Highlights from LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales

Not many dare to venture to Mustafar and the fortress built by Darth Vader himself. But if Graballa the Hutt has his way, soon Vader’s castle will be a preeminent theme resort for all those who are curious about the dark side…and the castle gift shop.

In the new LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales, now streaming on Disney+, Poe Dameron crash lands on the lava-covered world to find Graballa’s construction zone, the mechanically-inclined newcomer Dean, and Vader’s strange servant Vaneé, who regales the group with a trio of cautionary horror stories: “The Lost Boy,” “Duel of the Monstrosities,” and “The Wookiee’s Paw.” Here are 13 of our favorite spine-tingling and laugh-inducing moments from the Halloween-themed special, in the spirit of last year’s Life Day-centered LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special.

The Creators of LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales on Crafting a Ghoulactic Halloween Event

The galaxy far, far away is getting a little scarier this Halloween. Lucasfilm and The LEGO® Group have just unleashed LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales on Disney+, a Halloween-themed special in the tradition of frighteningly fun animated celebrations of the past. But in a way, its origins stem from a different holiday season and special altogether.

“The idea to do a Halloween special sprung directly from the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special and all the success that came of that on Disney+,” executive producer Josh Rimes of Lucasfilm tells StarWars.com. “Much like holiday specials of the past, we started thinking about, ‘What else from our childhoods do we remember?’ And it was very natural to go to Halloween.”

Ken Cunningham returned to helm Terrifying Tales, having directed last year’s

LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales is Here!

Prepare yourself for a jolting journey into Darth Vader’s castle…and frighteningly fun stories from the galaxy far, far away!

LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales, the new Halloween-themed special from Lucasfilm and The LEGO Group, is now streaming on Disney+. Filled with chills and thrills, as well as trademark LEGO humor and Star Wars in-jokes, it’s a hilarious and hair-raising experience for all ages.

“With Halloween right around the corner, there’s no better way to celebrate than by indulging in your inner dark side!” executive producer Josh Rimes tells StarWars.com. “LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales is a celebration of the galaxy’s biggest, baddest villains through the whimsical, hilarious lens of the LEGO Star Wars galaxy. We can’t wait for families around the world to experience this delightfully hair-raising new adventure.”

“From the very first

5 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Visions Filmmaker Focus Featurettes

Have you watched every breathtaking short film in Star Wars: Visions? It’s not over yet. There’s still more to discover in Star Wars: Visions Filmmaker Focus, a series of quick looks behind the scenes at the Japanese studios that created these amazing, animated shorts.

Here are just five of many Visions facts you’ll uncover inside these extra special features, streaming now on Disney+.

1. The title “Visions” was inspired by a 2010 Star Wars art book filled with diverse pieces commissioned by George Lucas.

Visions isn’t the first project to encourage unique perspectives of the galaxy far, far away — and it’s not even the first one called “Visions.” In the Filmmaker Focus episode “Origins,” executive producer James Waugh reveals that an art book by the same name served

Visions of a Jedi on a Quest for Ancient Artifacts in IDW’s Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #3 – Exclusive Preview

Thom Hudd, the thief-turned-rebel, is back, and this time he’s plagued by dreams of…Luke Skywalker?

In StarWars.com’s exclusive preview of IDW Publishing’s Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #3, “Danger on Dagobah,” Hudd struggles to focus, fatigued by visions of Lina Graf volunteering him for a mission to track down more ancient artifacts.

Ghosts of Vader’s Castle, a 5-issue miniseries, concludes Lucasfilm and IDW’s annual tradition of hauntingly horrific Halloween-themed tales! Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #3, from writer Cavan Scott and artists Francesco Francavilla and Robert Hack, arrives October 6 and is available for pre-order now on Comixology and at your local comic shop.

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Visions Revisited: 5 Highlights from “The Village Bride”

Star Wars: Visions is here! The anthology series is now streaming on Disney+, featuring original shorts from some of the world’s best anime studios. In Visions Revisited, StarWars.com picks the greatest moments from each short. Whether you love anime, Star Wars, or both, we’d be honored if you would join us.

Spoiler warning: This article discusses story details from the Star Wars: Visions episode “The Village Bride.”

Everything appears serene in the lush forests and flowing waters of the world at the center of “The Village Bride.” However, some of the beauty glimpsed in the Star Wars: Visions short is but a memory, a vision of a past now forgotten. While other Star Wars storytelling has examined the cost of war, and spotlighted the innocent planets caught between the clone conflict in

The Book of Boba Fett Will Premiere December 29 on Disney+

Disney+ announced today that The Book of Boba Fett — the new Lucasfilm series teased in a surprise end-credit sequence following the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian — will premiere on Wednesday, December 29, exclusively on the streaming service. Disney+ also debuted the key art for the series, which you can see for yourself below.

The Book of Boba Fett, a thrilling Star Wars adventure, finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.

The Book of Boba Fett stars Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Robert Rodriguez, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson are the executive producers. Karen Gilchrist

As Jedi Die, a Mystery Rises in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #1 – Exclusive Preview

It’s a galactic whodunnit.

After the shocking events at the Republic Fair as depicted in the novel Star Wars: The High Republic: The Rising Storm, Jedi lie dead and there are seemingly no leads as to who’s behind the attack. But Jedi Knight Emerick Caphtor and in-demand private eye Sian Holt are on the case. In StarWars.com’s exclusive first look at Marvel’s upcoming miniseries Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows, both investigators begin a journey to solve this troubling mystery…

Trail of Shadows #1, from writer Daniel José Older and artist David Wachter, with a cover by David López, arrives October 13 and is available for pre-order now on Amazon and Comixology, and at your local comic shop

For more on Trail of Shadows, check out StarWars.com’s interview with Daniel José Older

George Lucas — Yes, George Lucas! — Joins Hasbro’s Black Series

The Maker is coming to your toy collection.

StarWars.com is thrilled to reveal that George Lucas, the legendary creator of Star Wars, will join Hasbro’s vaunted 6-inch Star Wars: The Black Series line of action figures. Created in celebration of Lucasfilm’s 50th anniversary and in tribute to its founder, the figure cleverly depicts Lucas in stormtrooper armor and comes with a removable helmet and blaster. Lucas reports in for duty in 2022.

“As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I have both the honor and privilege to bring characters from the franchise to life in product form every single day,” Vickie Stratford, sr. director of product design at Hasbro, tells StarWars.com. “When the opportunity came to design the George Lucas figure, we were especially excited for this project. This figure is