The new series STAR WARS: VISIONS PRESENTS - THE NINTH JEDI brings one of the most divisive and controversial concepts from Legends / EU into Disney era Star Wars for the very first time. Details here: theholofiles.com/2026/08/05/t...

Anne Hathaway says she wants to be in OBI-WAN KENOBI Season 2. “I kinda wanna join you on your quest for Yoda. On this future quest.” (Source: esquire)

Ewan McGregor says “nothing is really moving” on the development an OBI-WAN KENOBI Season 2 (Source: esquire)

Ewan McGregor says REVENGE OF THE SITH is his favorite Star Wars prequel. (Source: esquire)

Ewan McGregor thinks Anne Hathaway could play “Carrie Fisher’s secret sister” in a Star Wars project. “Amidala couldn’t have had another baby,” Hathaway replied. “So am I Anakin’s evil daughter?…So I’m Luke and Leia’s half sister.” (Source: youtu.be/u8poeqbmJVk?...)

Matthew Rhys (Widow’s Bay, The Americans) will officially play Han Solo in a just announced new Star Wars project. Details here: theholofiles.com/2026/08/04/m...

Character of the Day: Zuckuss

STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER actor Aaron Pierre on his work on the movie. “Whole worlds are literally built for you to walk through, touch, go inside and climb. The music that gets played before a scene commences… It feels like you’re on stage. Like, the mud is real!” (Source: GQ)

Character of the Day: Jaro Tapal

Happy birthday to Travis Willingham, who portrayed Jaro Tapal in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order! May the Force be with you!

VILLAGE OF EIGHT GRAVESTONES expertly blends whodunnit, supernatural J-horror, slasher movies, and folk-horror to make an intriguing, unsettling, and unrelentingly engaging new movie from one of Japan’s great genre filmmakers. Read our full review here: theholofiles.com/2026/08/02/f...

Happy birthday to Simon Kinberg! Kinberg was co-creator, writer, and executive producer of Star Wars Rebels, a creative consultant on The Force Awakens, and is currently writing a new saga of Star Wars movies (possibly Episodes X-XII).

Finn Wittrock and RJ Mitte star in WESTHAMPTON, a poignant drama that offers a peek behind the curtain of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Celine Song, who have used autobiographical movies as way to heal from life’s challenges Read our review here: theholofiles.com/2026/08/01/r...

We recently interviewed WESTHAMPTON stars Finn Wittrock & RJ Mitte and director Christian Nilsson about their poignant new drama. Learn all about the new movie and check out the interview here: theholofiles.com/2026/08/01/i... Or watch the interview here: youtu.be/dzRNmG5CpBM?...

THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER blends Agatha Christie whodunnits, Akira Kurosawa samurai epics, William Shakespeare tragedies, and The Silence of the Lambs for a dense yet absorbing and intricately crafted historical mystery Read our review of the new film: theholofiles.com/2026/08/01/f...

Happy birthday to Michael Biehn! The Aliens and Terminator star played Lang in The Mandalorian Season 2. May the Force be with you!

There is only one confirmed live-action Star Wars show in development, but a new book has just laid the perfect foundation for the next great Star Wars series. Learn more here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/28/a...

A new Star Wars novel forever changes the “Rey Skywalker” reveal at the end of The Rise of Skywalker (and makes it infinitely better and well earned). Learn more here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/28/a...

STAR WARS: LEGACY features a subplot involving Jedi and a Sith Lord during the Old Republic, revealing new canon details of how Old Republic Jedi differed from later eras, the state of the galaxy during the Jedi v Sith wars & more. Details here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/28/s...

The new novel STAR WARS: LEGACY sets up the upcoming NEW JEDI ORDER movie starring Daisy Ridley, teases the role the Old Republic may play in the story, and offers a glimpse at what Rey’s Jedi Order will look like. Details here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/28/s...

STAR WARS: LEGACY is out now! The new novel takes place between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker and follows Rey and Leia as they embark on a quest to repair the Skywalker lightsaber. Read our review of the book here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/26/b...

Happy birthday to Drew Karpyshyn, senior writer of the KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC and author of the DARTH BANE trilogy! May the Force be with you!

Happy birthday to Gary Kurtz! The producer of the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back was born on this day in 1940 and passed away in 2018. May the Force be with you.

Character of the Day: Chirrut Îmwe

STAR WARS: LEGACY explores how Rey & Leia repair the Skywalker saber while deepening your understanding of their characters and making The Last Jedi & The Rise of Skywalker feel like more connected stories. Read our non-spoiler review of the new novel: theholofiles.com/2026/07/26/b...

At one point in HER PRIVATE HELL, Sophie Thatcher says, “This movie’s gonna be hell.” NWR was warning us about his beautifully composed yet aggressively slow and frustratingly inaccessible delirium of a movie. Read our review of HER PRIVATE HELL here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/26/r...

The Marvel Studios panel at #SDCC featured reveals and exclusive footage for… • Avengers: Doomsday • #SpiderMan Brand New Day • Black Panther 3 + more Check out a full breakdown of all the reveals + detailed description of the Doomsday footage here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/25/m...

The Lucasfilm Publishing panel at #SDCC just featured tons of exciting announcements of new books and comics, including: • Luke & Leia novel • Indiana Jones comic • Young Luke graphic novel + more Check out a full breakdown of all the reveals here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/24/a...

Jonny Coyne is in two of our favorite pieces of media - Star Wars and Twin Peaks - so you know we had to talk to him. The Mandalorian and Grogu actor talks playing Janu Coin, the future of the character, Mando Season 4, Boba Season 2 + more here: theholofiles.com/2026/07/21/e...

An advertisement in the background of THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU reads “Fight Night: Rotta vs. Glop Shdo.” Glop Shdo is a reference to “Glup Shitto,” the term used for obscure background characters in Star Wars.