Star Wars: Master of Evil will reveal a big moment for Darth Vader

Star Wars Episode 3turned 20 years old this year, making it the perfect opportunity to release a new Darth Vader story.

The upcoming novel Star Wars: Master of Evil by Adam Christopher hits stores on November 11, and now we know what the book is about. It will tell about Vader's early days after falling to the Dark Side of the Force.

According to publisher Penguin Random House, the novel describes the "dark ritual" that Vader performs to forge the Sith lightsaber. This is an important moment for the character that was not shown in the movie. However, he was depicted in the comicDarth Vader #5.

The budget for Star Wars: Andor was actually $650 million.

The total budget allocated by Lucafilm studio for the series “Star Wars: Andor” (Star Wars: Andor) amounted to approximately $650 million. The showrunner of the project and screenwriter Tony Gilroy spoke about this.

The information was first revealed by the portal Forbes, which in recent months has been carefully studying the accounting of the companyDisneyconnected with the UK. As journalists noted, $645 million was allocated for the series, excluding marketing and production outside the United Kingdom. At the same time, the British authorities provide tax breaks that allow you to return up to 25% of the money if it was spent within the country.

Star Wars fans are looking forward to a Metroidvania and space zoo

After EA lost exclusive rights to Star Wars games, the industry received new opportunities. Among the major projects, only Star Wars Outlaws from Ubisoft stands out so far, but the release of Zero Company, Eclipse from Quantic Dream and a remake of Knights of the Old Republic are expected.

Fans think this is not enough. On Reddit there is active discussion of new genres for the franchise. The most popular offering was a 2D metroidvania inspired by the success of Prince of Persia. Star Wars Zoo Tycoon was also an interesting idea, with management of a zoo of creatures from the galaxy and the opportunity to participate in galactic conflicts.

RTS fans remembered the success of Halo Wars and offered a full-fledged real-time strategy. The popularity of The Mandalorian has sparked desire for a Red Dead Redemption-style game about bounty hunters, although Respawn Entertainment's attempts to create such projects have failed.

The idea of a game in the spirit of Anno was also expressed, where you can build and develop a colony on a planet in the Star Wars setting. A traditional city-building simulator like Cities: Skylines can also be interesting, although it is unlikely to attract a large audience.

How the planet Gorman was created in Andor, from costumes and scenery to music - only to destroy

Andora executive producer and production designer Luke Hull was brought into the writing team early on. Working alongside creator Tony Gilroy, Hull knew how important Planet Gorman was to the show's second season and the world of Star Wars.

Until now, Gorman has been known to fans as the place where the Empire inspires a new wave of Rebel response that leads to a massacre - two years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - and strengthens the Rebel Alliance. Hull was tasked with building what was up to this point a little-known planet.

Stellan Skarsgård and Elizabeth Dulau of Andor deconstruct Luten and Klea

The actors spoke to StarWars.com about their characters' motivations and thinking in the latest Andor story arc.

Spoiler alert: This article discusses plot details and twists from key episodes in the second season ofAndor.

The Andor series actor supported the release of Star Wars Battlefront 3

When Star Wars' was taken over by Disney, it seemed like there would be a lot of games based on the franchise. However, the exclusive contract between the studio and EA has meant that fans have been waiting for something for a long time.

In 2015, the Star Wars Battlefront series was relatively successfully relaunched. The developers from DICE took into account the mistakes with the sequel, but the publisher decided not to make a third part. Therefore, since 2017, Battlefront has been idle again.

Star Wars Andor: From Concept to Screen

Late 2019 saw the formation of what creator and showrunner Andor A Star Wars Story Tony Gilroy called his creative "troika" - consisting of Gilroy, Industrial Light & Magic VFX supervisor Mohen Leo and production designer Luke Hull. The trio shared a creative obsession with world-building, always based on real locations, both natural and man-made, historical and cultural.

The fruits of their labor can be seen in the concept art below, a small piece of work created by dozens of artists over nearly five years. The degree to which this art matches the final sets and shots is a testament to the synchronicity with which the teams collaborated and executed their ideas.

And in the book "The Art of Star Wars:Andor (the complete series)"by Abrams Books, written by yours truly and released in March 2026, you can learn the complete history of the creation and design of both seasons of the series, since the release of "Rogue One. A Star Wars Storyin December 2016 before the end of post-production on the second season.

“Andor”: watching season 2. Arc 4: finale. Winners, losers and vanquished

The second and final season of “Andor” has come to an end on the Disney+ service. The last arc promised to be the most intense and intense, and watching it evoked exactly ten associations in us.