- This week, Jamie Chung drops by, Fennec Shand enters the holotables,
and we get ready for Star Wars Reads.
[mysterious theremin music]
[breathes deeply]
It's time to release the host.
Just gotta say her name three times fast.
Say it with me.
"This Week in Star Wars" Kristin. "This Week in Star Wars" Kristin.
"This Week in Star Wars" Kristin!
It's showtime!
Notorious bounty hunter and assassin Fennec Shand
is hitting the holotables in "Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes"
starting today--yes, today!
Inspired by her appearances in both "The Bad Batch"
and "The Mandalorian," Fennec’s kit is designed
to support and synergize with bounty hunters and scoundrels,
a basic inspired by the hand-to-hand fights she gets into
in "The Bad Batch," and of course her sharpshooting skills...
- I don’t miss.
- Inspired by "The Mandalorian," just to name a few.
Download "Galaxy of Heroes" right now from the Apple and Google Play stores.
Earlier today the final "Star Wars: Visions" poster dropped
in a special series created
by the anime artists behind the anthology series.
These custom pieces for every short
including "The Village Bride," "TO-B1,"
"The Elder," and "Akakiri"
capture the unique look and feel of every story
through the lens of the studio that brought it to life.
Take a closer look at the whole series,
including insights from producer Kanako Shirasaki
right now over on StarWars.com/ThisWeek.
Not only is October when we get to celebrate Halloween all month long,
but it’s also Star Wars Reads.
And this year, the annual celebration of Star Wars storytelling
is marking its ten-year anniversary.
That means it’s officially older than Anakin Skywalker was
when he won the Boonta Eve Podrace.
Now, this is awesome!
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary, Disney Publishing is donating
10,000 Star Wars books to First Book,
but the fun doesn't stop there!
Over on StarWars.com, you’ll find book labels, reading challenges,
and a new activity kit featuring recipes, games,
crafts, and…is that Elzar Mann?
We have a hovering pram
full of coloring pages from across the galaxy,
including Grogu and some of our favorite new characters
from The High Republic, like Keeve Trennis,
Burryaga, and this Gungan member of the Nihil.
Turn him into Wet Bub using only a red marker.
That was a deep cut.
Check it out for yourself at StarWars.com/ThisWeek now.
When actor Jamie Chung isn’t hanging out with her very cool dog Ewok,
she’s providing the voice of Misa in the English translation
of the "Star Wars: Visions" short “Akakiri.”
So we sat down with Jamie to find out what it means
to find the voice of this exiled princess.
- It's really a unique experience to be able to do voiceover work
for a picture that's already picture locked.
Usually with this process of animation is
you're doing the voice work, you're working on the script
as you're working on the animation,
and then it all kind of comes together in, like, one stressful, crazy month.
And to see something that has already been established,
to hear the voice work in a different language
that's already established,
it was an honor to bring it to life in our own little way.
- Things have changed. There are checkpoints everywhere.
I am in exile and now cannot even get close to the palace.
- Misa is a princess,
and, you know, very much like the film "Hidden Fortress,"
you have a princess that is pushed out of her land, out of her home,
And she is infiltrating her home,
which is taken over by a Sith Lord, her evil auntie,
in order to try and take back her right, take back her legacy,
take back her home, save her people.
This character has a lot of great layers, but, if anything,
she's quite savvy and she's determined.
- Just thinking...
about bringing stability and peace to this world
and what it would take to do it.
- This is the first time that I've ever seen
Japanese anime meshed with the Star Wars storyline,
and I found it so well done.
And even when Tsubaki, the Jedi, pulls out his lightsaber,
it's in the form of a samurai sword,
and it's so beautifully animated.
I'm so proud of this little piece of work
and to be a part of, you know, the Star Wars universe.
- Thanks, Jamie!
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 in Star Wars," every Thursday.
Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.