Star Wars Insider

Celebrating the greatest space adventure saga of all time, Star Wars Insider really gets the reader inside the worlds of Star Wars through interviews, behind-the-scenes exclusives and unrivaled access to the Lucasfilm archives. Each issue offers star interviews, ‘making of’ features and merchandise coverage, plus the unique ‘Blaster!’ section covering up-coming books, comics, action figures and other collectibles.

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Star Wars Insider

The Virtual Edge • ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm, and Oculus Studios developing a Batuu VR experience!

Taika To Take On The Galaxy • Lucasfilm and Disney+announcenew Star Wars projects

Coming In Hot • Moviedirectors join The Mandalorian Season Two

The Watchlist • Making TV, The Mandalorian way

Webby Winner • StarWars.com bags five prestigious web awards

Charles Lippincott • 1939-2020

High Time For The High Republic • Preparefor thenew era in Star Wars storytelling

Take Flight With The Falcon • Turn Han Solo’s ship into your personal amusement park

Mug The Force Be With You • Savor the flavor of a captured Corellian

Transport Of Delight • Troopers catch a ride with Hasbro’s restyled vintage vehicle

Timeline • Important dates in Star Wars history.

Tee Is For TIE Fighter • Storyboard style for potential pilots

Babu’s Fashion Fix • Display your admiration for Kijimi’s legendary droidsmith

An Elegant Toy, For A More Civilized Age • Enhance your Clone Wars-era cosplay

Mando Merch • Assets that make bounty hunting less complicated

The Perils of Padmé • Queen Amidala seeks faithful decoys in Star Wars: Queen’s Peril

Number One for All New Adventures • IDW Comics’ relaunches its flagship series with a new issue #1 for Star Wars Adventures

Incoming • Don’t Miss These Upcoming Releases

Kenneth Colley: Imperial Survivor • Star Wars Insider speaks to the only Imperial officer who evaded Darth Vader’s wrath long enough to appear in more thanone Star Wars movie.

Slugs in Space • The exogorth, that unexpected resident of an asteroid near Hoth in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) more often referred to as a space slug, taught the Millennium Falcon landing party and audiences alike to check for teeth before entering a cave. With insight from scientists who study life in extreme environments, Star Wars Insider explores how such creatures might survive the harshness of outer space.

WELCOME TO LUCASWOOD THE STUDIO THAT STRUCK BACK • Having already shot Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) at England’s Elstree Studios, George Lucas and Gary Kurtz brought the saga back to Borehamwood in 1979 to make the sequel. Insider uncovers the rich cinematic history of the borough that became known as Britain’s Hollywood, and finds out what it was like to work at the studio while The Empire Strikes Back (1980) was filming.

CHANGING FORTUNES

The Great Bespin Bake-Off! • May the forks (or more accurately, the spatulas) be with you.

Variations on a Theme • Understanding the techniques of composition employed by John Williams in his monumental scores for the Star Wars saga.

“DON’T GET TECHNICAL WITH ME!” • A GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS

WHO IS SAM WATTS?

BEING BB-8: BRIAN HERRING & DAVE CHAPMAN • BB-8 became a global megastar the instant the spherical droid rolled across the screen in the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Puppeteers Brian Herring and Dave Chapman reveal how they gave a metal ball such a vibrant personality, in the first part of our exclusive two-part interview with the astromech’s operators.

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