Lego announced the Smart Play system with interactive bricks on January 5, 2026 at CES. Senior editor and co-founder of The Verge magazine Sean Hollister tested the technology and showed how it would work.
A “smart” cube is a module with motion, light and sound sensors. Each minifigure is programmed to perform certain actions. For example, for Star Wars characters, the dice will reproduce the sound of a lightsaber battle, Darth Vader's breathing, or the "Imperial March" (works if Palpatine is seated on the throne).
Star Wars: Maul - Lord of Shadows is an upcoming animated series set during the Age of the Empire. It will follow Darth Maul as he rebuilds his criminal empire. The series was announced at Star Wars Celebration Japan during a panel discussion celebrating Lucasfilm Animation's 20th anniversary. According to Maul voice actor Sam Witwer, the series is set one year after the Clone Wars.
DICE moved to Battlefield and fans began supporting the game themselves.
In 2026, there is still interest in Star Wars Battlefront II. The game is now receiving updates from fans.
Recently, the creators of the KYBER: Battlefront II Custom Servers project announced the release of the first content update on PC this year.
With the January updatefor Star Wars Battlefront II, they introduced a redesigned version of Ahsoka, made the ping system available to all characters, and introduced various improvements and balance changes.
Before leaving Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy spoke about future projects in the Star Wars universe and shared thoughts about the studio's past mistakes in her final interview with Deadline.
When the company acquired Lucasfilm, they decided to take Star Wars in a new direction. Part of this process included the exclusion of several projects from the canon.
Since this first wave of eliminations, non-canonical projects have largely ceased to be released (the most notable exception being the animated anthologyVisions). In fact, Disney and Lucasfilm have focused more on bringing back now non-canonical stories into the current lore, such as Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade.
But now the first exception to the canon in many years has been confirmed. It concerns a project created directly under the leadership of Disney.
The company announced on StarWars.com that the Galaxy's Edge theme park at Disneyland will no longer be considered canon. The reason was plans for significant changes in his strategy. Starting April 29, Galaxy's Edge will feature elements from the original Star Wars trilogy.
Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy has resigned, making way for Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. They will share responsibilities, focusing on the creative and commercial sides respectively.
Star Wars is in a somewhat strange position. The franchise has many directions it could have gone in, but many projects never made it to production. Many decisions depend on Disney and Bob Iger, who is more cautious about risks than any of the heads of the subsidiary studios.
The Hollywood Reporter spoke about the current status of Star Wars and where they might go next. First of all, films that will be released in the next couple of years were mentioned.
The first of them isThe Mandalorian and Grogufrom director Jon Favreau. Filoni co-authored the story. The premiere will take place on May 21 this year, and the future of the franchise on the big screen depends on the project.
The film was approved to replace the fourth season ofThe Mandalorianduring the 2023 strikes. But after the first trailer, it made fans wonder why Lucasfilm didn’t just wait to create the fourth season.
Shawn Levy's project Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled for release next. This is the final film in the series produced by Kennedy as president of Lucasfilm. Little is known about the blockbuster, which will be released in May 2027, other than that it takes place five years afterThe Rise of Skywalker . Sunrise.
More than ten years after the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensthe plot was reworked.
To celebrate the film's 10th anniversary, a comic book was releasedStar Wars: Han Solo - The Hunt for the Falconfrom Marvel Comics. The five-issue mini-line follows Harrison Ford's traveler-adventurer several years before what happens in episode seven. He was looking for his ship, the Millennium Falcon, in space.
The fifth issue brought a new twist to the chronology of Star Wars, which raised a lot of questions among fans.
The comic was expected to end with Han returning to the YT-1300 light freighter, but this did not happen. History has rewritten the events that led toThe Force Awakens.
The Mandalorian & Grogu is the next big release in the Star Wars franchise, bringing a galaxy far, far away back to theaters. It is clear that the stakes are higher than ever.
Before the sessions of Avatar: Fire and Ashthey show a new trailer, which is unlikely to appear online, since it is only an extended version of the first video. But we got a fresh shot.
The new image shows the main characters: The Mandalorian and Grogu. They are on a ship. Apparently, this scene is in the trailer.
This week, Kathleen Kennedy officially steps down as president of Lucasfilm. Dave Filoni will oversee the creative direction of Lucasfilm as President and Chief Creative Officer. Lynwen Brennan will handle the business side of things as co-president of Lucasfilm.
Kathleen Kennedy talks about plans for future Star Wars films:
