Star Wars

Image credit: EA Games / Criterion Last week, to mark its 30th anniversary, EA rebranded Criterion as Criterion: A Battlefield Studio. The storied studio that created Burnout and in recent years has shepherded the Need For Speed series, as well as working on the rebooted Star Wars: Battlefront, will become…

Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios One of the pioneers of modern filmmaker, celebrated 82-year-old “Star Wars” director George Lucas, has shared his blunt takes on where movies are headed – takes bound to draw some controversy. Speaking with the A Rabbit’s Foot publication in a rare interview, Lucas has given an…

Azra Games, the studio led by Mark Otero, former general manager of EA Capital Games and BioWare, is laying off staff less than two years after raising a $42 million investment. The studio confirmed the news in a statement sent to Game Developer: "Azra Games is reducing the size of…

I would like to think that not every prestigious filmmaker is vulnerable to the AI propaganda, but it feels like we’re getting new stories of someone partnering with or advocating for the use of artificial intelligence as the future of cinematic storytelling every day. The newest addition to the list?…

"That isn’t how you make the movie." Updated : Jul 14, 2026 11:33am UTC Legendary Star Wars creator George Lucas has expressed his dissatisfaction with focus groups, insisting the audience “doesn’t know what they want to see.” Lucas, who stepped away from Star Wars after selling Lucasfilm to Disney for…

Disney, have you learned your lesson yet? Following the watering down of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Disney+ during Covid and the era of then-CEO Bob Chapek, Bob Iger during his second regime promised a curated selection of big hits, quality over quantity. But with Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Mandalorian and…

Luke Skywalker has been a—if not the—central figure of Star Wars since the very beginning, but that doesn’t mean that Star Wars movies and TV shows have depicted every Luke story that deserves to be told, nor has the franchise always done right by the beloved Jedi. In fact, one…

By the moons of Yavin, this set is the stuff of true Jedi Order Legends. Star Wars: Unlimited has already proven itself as a gateway into galactic skirmishes, but Set 5: Legends of the Force is the kind of expansion that feels like cracking open an ancient Jedi holocron and…

Mitch Dyer has worn many hats in the gaming industry. Mitch Dyer. (Image credit: That’s No Moon) For years, the small-town Alberta native worked at IGN, the world’s largest video game website. Now, he’s a video game developer who’s written on globally beloved properties like Star Wars, Batman and Crossfire.…

Vivek Paygude/Shutterstock The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has a lot in common with the "Star Wars" universe. An obvious tie is that several actors have appeared in both film series (such as Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Andy Serkis), but a more subtle connection that is a bit more…