Fans of the Frog Lady from The Mandalorian, rejoice! The new mom and patient Grogu sitter is joining the next wave of Star Wars Funko Pop! bobbleheads based on characters and moments from the second season of the Disney+ series.

And she’s not alone. The new lineup of collectibles includes both a Dark Trooper and Luke Skywalker holding Grogu, Cobb Vanth, the Child deep in meditation, and versions of Fennec Shand and Boba Fett, including the duo perched on a throne in the palace formerly known as Jabba’s.

Recently, StarWars.com sat down with Lucasfilm’s senior manager of product design Brian Merten and Funko’s creative director Reis O’Brien to talk about the challenges of capturing Boba Fett’s scars, replicating Fennec Shand’s fox-like hair, and capturing Grogu’s full range of emotion.

The Ronin made his debut just last week in Kamikaze Douga’s “The Duel,” a stunning short from the Disney+ series, Star Wars: Visions. Now, he’s stepping out in his own book.

(Don’t worry. His trusty droid is coming, too.)

Star Wars: Ronin: A Visions Novel by Emma Mieko Candon arrives October 12, expanding the world of “The Duel” and our favorite new nameless former Sith and his loyal, straw hat-wearing droid companion. Much like the short that inspired it, Ronin exists in a reimagined Star Wars galaxy — one that pulls in great inspiration and influence from Japanese culture and storytelling. In the below excerpt, the Ronin and his droid journey on Genbara, out of credits and eager to reach their destination. But sometimes, fate and the Force have other plans…

Read this sneak peek then head over

Heeeeere’s Poe! (And some of his friends and enemies.)

LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales arrives this Friday, October 1, on Disney+, bringing Halloween-season scares to our galaxy. In celebration, Disney+ revealed today the special’s official poster, which showcases the fun-meets-frights spirit of the story. A clever homage to the classic The Shining, the poster features a zombie-like, axe-wielding battle droid breaking through a door, accompanied by a terrified Poe Dameron, pumpkin-colored BB-8, and more. Check it out below!

In LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales, Poe Dameron and BB-8 crash land on the lava world of Mustafar. They soon find themselves on a journey inside Darth Vader’s castle, where they learn scary stories of the past and uncover a devious dark-side plot…

Prepare yourself for a trip inside Vader’s frightening

There is a moment in “The Duel,” the first short in the new Star Wars: Visions anthology, when the Sith Bandit jabs at a waterfall with her red lightsaber. Listen carefully and you’ll find the sound effect generated by the sizzling blade meeting the natural element matches another moment: when Darth Maul, separated from the Jedi by electro rays in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, tests the barrier for himself.

In “The Twins,” another short in the anime series, Karre’s armor sprouts several lightsaber-wielding mechanical arms, accompanied by a tone that Skywalker Sound designer David W. Collins called a “Grievous/Kylo cocktail,” producer Kanako Shirasaki recalls with a laugh, a familiar yet previously unheard blend of effects that helped create Kylo Ren’s unstable blade and General Grievous’s arsenal in the past.

I remember the exact moment. My mom looked at 12-year old me with a face that was equal parts disbelief and indifference. “No se llama Arturito?” she asked.

“No, his name isn’t Arturito,” I responded. “It’s R2-D2.” Turns out my mom, like many Latin American parents of kids born in the ‘70s and ‘80s, thought everyone’s favorite astromech droid was named Arturo (Spanish for Arthur) and affectionately nicknamed Arturito (Little Arthur).

In the original Latin American Spanish dub for Star Wars — or La Guerra de las Galaxias as the film was known in the Spanish-speaking world (literally “The War of the Galaxies”) — some of the names of our heroes, villains, planets, and ships were translated (many quite literally) while others simply weren’t. In Spanish, the Millennium Falcon is el

An Ewok versus Darth Vader? Leia versus Boba Fett? BB-8 versus R2-D2? The possibilities are endless, fun, and often times hilarious in LEGO Star Wars Battles, which launches today on Apple Arcade. In the new PVP strategy game, announced earlier this month, you’ll create your own army of Star Wars characters from across the saga and lead them into battle, resulting in some memorable matchups for LEGO Star Wars fans. But that just scratches the surface of a deep strategy experience. You’ll also master the Force (both sides), build a Droid Factory and more for instant backup, and collect over 40 vehicles to help you win. Only the greatest armchair Ackbars will emerge victorious. To mark the game’s release, StarWars.com caught up with Jason Avent, studio head of developer TT

The Mandalorian’s second season on Disney+ continued the story of Din Djarin and Grogu, as the gunfighter journeyed to return his young charge to the Jedi. But it also brought forth more technological innovations and breathtaking visuals, from a gigantic krayt dragon to the surprise of young Luke Skywalker coming to the rescue. Today, Industrial Light & Magic is celebrating the Emmy-winning, groundbreaking visual effects of The Mandalorian Season 2 with a special look behind the scenes. You can watch the video, narrated by visual effects supervisor Richard Bluff, below.

For the production of Season 2, ILM and its vendors utilized a mix of old and new techniques to bring each episode to life. With 5,000 visual effects shots across eight episodes, that’s no small