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Check Out This Baby Yoda Pop Figure From 'The Mandalorian'
The Mandalorian is a hit new (well, relatively new, as it has been out for a year now) Star Wars TV show currently airing on Disney+. One of the main characters of the show, and now proving to be one of the most popular, despite the character not really having a proper name, is “The Child,” a young alien of Yoda's species. Incorrectly and immaturely named “Baby Yoda” by social media, it was inevitable that pop vinyls and other merchandise of The Child would appear sooner or later. Now Funko have revealed their latest figure: a depiction of The Child with the egg canister, from The Mandalorian season 2's “Chapter 10: The Passenger.”
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
George Lucas' Sequels Would Have Featured Darth Maul And Darth Talon
The Star Wars sequel trilogy has stirred a lot of discourse. After seeing the events that played out on the screen, fans were left wondering how George Lucas would have executed the sequel trilogy. We heard recently that Lucas had intended to have Luke be in exile and die in Episode VIII. He also came up with the idea of having the sequels focus on a female Jedi. And a while back, Lucas had said that the films would have included a micro-biotic world, whatever that would have looked like. Now, we have more info that sounds familiar and somewhat surprising, but also not too surprising.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
You Know Nothing About The Tusken Raider Who Became A Jedi
Many Star Wars fans are already familiar with the formidable race of nomadic tribes known as the Tusken Raiders, who inhabit Tatooine and live in different areas across the sand of Dune Sea. They had appeared a handful of times in the movies within the Skywalker saga, and recently they had their time to shine in The Mandalorian. The Tusken Raiders’ history has been somewhat sidelined by the mainstream canon. But are you aware of the Tusken in Legends who became a Jedi and joined the dark side as a Sith Lord in Dark Horse’s Star Wars comics? This was the prequel era of Star Wars films, long before the Expanded Universe stories were eliminated from canon.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Spoilers: Season 2 Of 'The Mandalorian' May Reintroduce This Character
Boba Fett: one of the most popular and interesting characters in the history of Star Wars, and not just that, but all of pop culture. His signature Mandalorian armor has reverberated with Star Wars fans all over the globe, and ever since his debut canonical appearance in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, has spurred interest in Mandalorian culture and lore. With the bits and pieces of light shed on these in The Clone Wars and Rebels TV shows, we finally have the hit TV show The Mandalorian. And Boba Fett, although rumored to be deceased, as he was thrown into the Sarlacc it during the events of Star Wars: The Return Of The Jedi, is set to return to the screen.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Leslye Headland Teased The Next 'Star Wars' Timeline As Something You 'Don't Know Much About'
Out of every piece of modern human media, there is arguably none more beloved than Star Wars. First released in 1977 by relatively unknown filmmaker George Lucas (who previously directed the hit American Graffiti, for which was nominated for Best Picture as well as writing and directing, on top of having directed the post-diner montage in The Godfather), the film was an instant mega-hit, becoming the highest grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, but only taking second place when adjusted for inflation. It garnered ten Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and another nominations for Lucas for writing and directing), winning seven of them.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Sasha Banks’ Character May Loop ‘The Mandalorian’ Into ‘The Rise of Skywalker'
Were you left with questions after you saw The Rise of Skywalker for the first time in theaters last December? Did you wonder how The Mandalorian could be so epic while the sequel trilogy was what it was? Were you baffled as to how The Child fit into the storyline or ponder about the fact that there was absolutely no mention of any characters from The Mandalorian throughout this entire trilogy? Some Star Wars may have been relieved about the fact that The Mandalorian had yet to cross paths with the sequel trilogy. However, considering the mysterious significance of The Child to the Empire, in the years following the fall of the Empire (The Mandalorian is set in 9 ABY), was The Child not worthy of a nod? Clearly, maintaining the secrecy of The Mandalorian storyline is a higher priority at Lucasfilm than anything else, which is understandable, but to a fan, a little frustrating.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Why Did Obi-Wan Wait So Long To Start Training Luke?
Star Wars is such a huge franchise that it is filled with many questions. Some questions are meant to be there and get answered one way or another, and other questions are perceived by audiences as something like "plot holes," whether they know what that means or not. An interesting question posed by CBR, however, is why Obi-Wan Kenobi waited so long to start training Luke.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
HBO is Releasing a 'Hellraiser' TV Show
The 1980s gave us some of the best horror icons of all time. People like Freddy Kreuger, Jason Voorhees, and Chucky all came out of this golden era. However, one of them that is always in the conversation for most memorable is the Cenobite known as Pinhead from the Hellraiser series. First introduced onscreen in the 1987 film Hellraiser based on the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart, it has memorable characters, an interesting story, and special effects that still hold up perfectly after 33 years. The film and its first sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II, are both considered classics of the horror genre. The law of diminishing returns hit the series hard, however, and Pinhead was forced into the world of direct to DVD films with stories taken from unrelated scripts that shoehorned Pinhead in for a few minutes, and directed by Alan Smithee, the name that directors use when they do not want to be credited for a movie, all to the tune of ten total films. While some people thought that the latest film in the franchise, 2018's Hellraiser: Judgement, was not the worst thing that happened in movie history, it was clear that, like the Alien and Terminator franchises, there had not been a truly good Hellraiser film since the second one.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Horror
Star Wars Fan Gives $525,000 Star Wars Collection to Elderly Neighbors in Their Will
A long time devoted Star Wars fan, the late Peter Simpson, who passed away last December in England and ascended to the title of Luminous Being, as reported by The Times of London, left a trove of collectible Star Wars toys and other memorabilia to his neighbors, an elderly couple. This collection was valued at more than half a million US dollars.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
