This week, "The Mandalorian" brings in a staggering 24 Emmy
Award nominations, we unveil a new beauty
from the LEGO Ultimate Collector's Series, and more.
[TECH MUSIC PLAYING]
- Please join me in welcoming a very special interview
guest this week, fresh from the world of Ryloth, it's Chopper!
[TRUMPETS FLOURISH]
[CRICKETS]
- All right, well, let's give him a few more minutes,
I guess.
[WAITING MUSIC PLAYS]
- Where is he?
We told him the correct time, right?
Honestly, one cameo in "Rogue One"
and now he's too good for us?
He's obviously not coming.
Let's get to the news.
[BEEPS]
- We're still thinking about that epic
second season of "The Mandalorian,"
and we're not the only ones.
Earlier this week, the Television Academy
announced the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award nominations,
including a whopping 24 nominations
for "The Mandalorian," ranging from acting, writing,
directing, production design, casting, costumes,
visual effects, and so much more,
including the coveted nomination for "The Mandalorian"
in the Outstanding Drama Series category
For the complete list of all 24 nominations head
to StarWars.com/ThisWeek now.
And speaking of visual effects, a special
episode of Disney Gallery will arrive on Disney+ next month.
Taking a deep dive into the return of the Jedi,
Luke Skywalker, in the second season finale.
The surprise cameo appearance was an emotional moment,
on and off screen.
And now the team behind the scenes
will tell the story of the cutting edge
technology used to bring Luke back in his prime.
- May the Force be with you.
- "Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian--
Making of the Season 2 Finale" will premiere on August 25th,
exclusively on Disney+.
The separatist army better watch it now.
All the way back in February 2020,
we crowned the Republic gunship from "Star Wars:
Attack of the Clones" and "The Clone Wars"
as the winner of the first ever LEGO fan poll-- of course--
after nearly 53,000 of you voted to determine the next Star Wars
Ultimate Collector's Series set.
And today, we're so excited to reveal the new ship
in all its brick beauty.
Weighing in at 3,292 pieces, this amazing ship
is a whopping 29 inches, wide 27 inches long,
and just over a foot tall!
From the rotating gun turrets to the bubble cockpits and gunner
stations, every detail has been faithfully reimagined
in LEGO bricks, including minifigures of Mace Windu
and a Clone Trooper Commander.
Around StarWars.com/ThisWeek, a perimeter create for even more
details on this new set, and an interview with LEGO
designers who helped create it.
[HORN BLARING]
- What is that noise?
[HAPPY ROBOT NOISES]
[WHIRRING SOUND]
- No.
No, dude, you're too late.
We are halfway through the news.
[SAD ROBOT NOISES]
- Maybe next time.
Can you believe that guy?
And also on StarWars.com, all you "Star Wars:
The High Republic" fans can get an early look at pages
from the next issue of "Star Wars: The High Republic
Adventures," issue number 6.
This time, the young jedi Farzala
is headed to the Hutt homeworld with his master
on what he assumes will be some kind of mercy mission.
But once there, he discovers that his master is zonked out
in some kind of hibernation mode,
leaving Farzalla, Qort, and the crew of the vessel--
we're talking Leox, Affie, and, of course,
our big slab-of-rock boy, Geode, in charge of saving the day.
Find out what happens next when the issue hits
store shelves next Wednesday.
The time has finally come, mobile gamer friends.
The fifth, and perhaps cutest, member of "The Bad Batch"
is arriving in "Galaxy of Heroes."
Everyone, give it up for--
Omega!
That's right!
Buffs, debuffs, and synergy with Clone Force
99 to take out her foes, Omega can do it all.
But then, if you've been watching "The Bad Batch,"
you already knew that.
- It's a strategy game.
I'm good at strategy.
- Download "Galaxy of Heroes" right now,
from the Apple and Google Play store, to see for yourself.
Aw, Team Omega.
And speaking of Omega, we've got a couple
of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" episodes to catch up on.
Two weeks ago, Omega's strategic thinking was on full display
as she became the Bobby Fischer of Dejarik in "Common Ground."
Meanwhile, the rest of Clone Force 99 was on a mission
to Raxus, helping a separatist Senator escape with his life.
The Republic army training did not prepare them for this!
Then last week, we reunited with some old friends
as a young Hera Syndulla and Chopper--
who was just too busy to sit down with us today--
took center stage in "Devil's Deal."
Not only did we get to meet Hera's mom--
Hera's mom!
but we also got to see the future hero of the rebellion
taking some of her first lessons in flight,
and saw the beginnings of a beautiful friendship between
little Hera and wee Omega.
- Thanks for the tour.
- Any time.
- Now, if you've watched the episode,
you know things didn't exactly turn out well for the Syndulla
clan, but here's hoping they find a way out of the Imperial
stranglehold when the next episode debuts tomorrow,
only on Disney Plus.
I still can't get over the fact that "The Bad Batch" has
reunited us with so much of our beloved Ghost crew
in the last few weeks.
From Caleb Dume to Hera and Chop this week--
I can't stay mad at him.
So naturally, we decided to geek out about it
by calling up head writer Jennifer Corbett--
and supervising director Brad Rau-- to hear all about what it
was like for them to explore a whole new chapter
for these "Star Wars: Rebels" stars.
Here's what they had to say.
- Massive discussions went into that.
Obviously it's a legacy character.
Having young Hera-- and, of course, Chopper,
everybody's favorite-- just brought so much energy.
- We were just exploring!
[SASSY ROBOT NOISES]
- And Vanessa Marshall, who reprised her role as Hera--
so good! we didn't want it just to be a straight shot from what
we know in "Clone Wars" to "Rebels,"
but as life is complicated, things are not so simple.
So it was really interesting.
And early on, it was something that Dave Filoni had brought
up, like, when we first see Hera,
she's not going to be the ace pilot we need to see.
And once we got that awesome wisdom from Dave,
then it really all started to develop.
- Do you still dream of flying?
- All the time.
- But also, Hera's mother, Eleni--
we've seen her as a mosaic in a painting in "Rebels."
Otherwise, not much.
So to be able to see her was fun.
That was a delight.
- Don't lose sight of what we're trying to achieve.
- I am questioning the cost to achieve it!
- And Hera's really a combination of both of them.
To see her as a child, where she wants to fight like her dad,
but she's also doing things on the sly and-- and her mom
knows about it, but her mom doesn't
let on that she knows about it.
She's just such a fun character to explore the beginning of.
- Thanks guys!
That's it for this week, but for more
on these stories and other news from around the galaxy, check
out StarWars.com.
And be sure to join us right here for "This Week
on Star Wars" every Thursday.
Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.
[WHIRRING NOISE]
- No, buddy!
[SAD WHIRRING NOISE]
- You're too late, we're already done with the show!
[CHOPPER GRUMBLING]
- We've got to get you a new watch, man.