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This kind of passion does not leave the actors unnoticed. Dawson, who spent countless hours of climbing her role in the make -up into one and the make -up AhsokaDuring a panel, said that she understood the commitment that someone needed for someone, especially if they modeled themselves according to their character, and was grateful for this type of effects that the show had.

The Tokyo Star Wars celebration was over 26 hours of franchise programming in three main stages as well as 100 hours of fan panels and podcast content on supportive levels and congress rooms. Several large franchise announcements were made in Tokyo. Ryan Gosling surprisingly performed with director Shawn Levy to reveal the name and the date of publication for her upcoming spinoff function. Star Wars: Starfighter. Jon Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, star Wars Guru Dave Filoni and Stars Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver illuminated the event on the first day by showing the first film material The mandalorian & groguThe star Wars The film was cut from Disney+’s hit The mandalorian TV series.

Contain other highlights Andor The Creator Tony Gilroy and the stars Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Genevieve O’reilly, Alan Tudyk and Denise Gough, who has the first episode of the second season of the Disney+ series celebrated by criticism. And Hayden Christensen also drove the fans wild and appeared Ahsoka Panel and reveal that he will repeat his fan -favorite role of Anakin Skywalker for the second season of this Disney+ show.

On the animation side, Lucasfilm revealed that a Darth Maul animation series, Maul: Shadowlordwill arrive in 2026. And the critically recognized Star Wars: Visions Animated Anthology Project is expanding with a new banner. Star Wars: Visions presentedAnimators A Longform show case with The ninth Jedi The first spinoff standalone Limited Series.

This year’s Star Wars celebration in Japan was a kind of own home. As is well known, the Japanese cinema – and especially the work of Akira Kurosawa – was a profound influence on George Lucas when he created Star Wars. Lucas pulled strongly from Kurosawas The hidden fortress While the story of the narrative and character archetypes is shaped for the narrative star WarsAnd he repeatedly returned to the filmography of the Japanese master in order to obtain ideas and inspiration in the story story throughout the franchise. Examples of Japanese iconography are available in the entire series, such as the Samurai armor basis by Darth Vaders impressive helmet or “Jidaigeki”, the Japanese word for Samurai period drama, which serves as a spark for the name “Jedi”.

“Japan’s rich storytelling, history, art and popular culture have influenced star Wars For almost 50 years and and and star Wars has made its own name in Japanese storytelling, ”said Carol Choi, EVP, APAC Integrated Marketing & Japan Managing Director at Disney.

“Elements like the Jedi, which is samurai, and the spiritual aspects of strength, influenced by Bushido, emphasize the profound effects of Japanese culture on the series”

This persistent cultural exchange was emphasized during this year’s Star Wars celebration, with different panels devote itself to the influence of Kurosawa on Lucas, and star Wars‘Influence on the Japanese anime.

Choi added, “star Wars Has inspired himself deeply in Japan and has introduced aspects of Japanese culture for the global audience through his stories and visual design. “