For two seasons, Star Wars: The Bad Batch has followed the journey of the elite squad known as Clone Force 99. But during the story conference for the second season in the series, executive producer Dave Filoni suggested another clone step into the spotlight with three simple words: “What about Cody?” In StarWars.com’s exclusive excerpt from the Star Wars Insider #219 story “The Anatomy of Animation, Part One,” contributing writer Amy Richau follows the creative journey of the “The Solitary Clone.”

THE ORIGIN STORY

The production of The Bad Batch Season 2, as with all stories coming out of Lucasfilm Animation, began with a preliminary discussion between Corbett, Rau, story editor Matt Michnovetz, executive producer Athena Portillo, co-executive producer Carrie Beck, producer Josh Rimes, and executive producer Dave Filoni. “In that early

When the lights went down in a packed Manhattan movie theater in 1983, it changed 15-year-old Kerwin Yarde’s life forever.

“It was the best experience I’ve ever had watching any film,” Yarde says of seeing Star Wars: Return of the Jedi with friends. “The trumpet blast. ‘Star Wars’ appearing on the screen. Everybody went crazy. And it was that way from the beginning of the movie to the end.”

As an adult, however, Kerwin says he didn’t talk about Star Wars much with college friends or co-workers. “Unfortunately,” he says, “the topic never came up.”

That all changed in 2015, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens playing in theaters and a chance trip to a bookstore.

“I saw these little Golden Books of the first six films,” Kerwin says.

Din Djarin isn’t much of a gambler.

In StarWars.com’s exclusive first look at Marvel’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian – Season 2 #1, Din Djarin and Grogu take a seat at an underground arena in search of information on where to find more of the Mandalorian’s people. But things don’t exactly go as planned…

The Mandalorian – Season 2 #1, written by Rodney Barnes and illustrated by Georges Jeanty, with a cover by David Nakayama, arrives June 21 and is available for pre-order now on ComiXology and at your local comic shop.

„Meet the Visionaries“ is a StarWars.com series of interviews with the directors of Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, now streaming on Disney+.

Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 has opened the door to explore the galaxy far, far away through unique cultural lenses, and experiment with tone. Created by Cartoon Saloon, an award-winning studio based in Ireland known for films such as The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, “Screecher’s Reach” brings a fresh dose of horror into the Star Wars library as we follow the story of Daal and her friends. They venture from a harsh and bleak Imperial factory out into the wilds of their planet, on the hunt for a ghost of which they’ve heard tales. In classic ghost story fashion, the group comes face to