Star Wars

Hello, and welcome to a fresh edition of the Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. Today we have a lot of news about changes in Hollywood, and the welcome return of one beloved sitcom. Let's get started.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Coming to Disney+ EarlyWelp, this feels right. Today,…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will start streaming on Disney+ on May 4th — otherwise known as Star Wars Day. A listing for the final chapter in the sequel trilogy appeared earlier today on the Disney+ app before the company confirmed the date in a press release, saying it…

By Proma Khosla2020-04-27 13:27:47 UTC The final film in Star Wars' Skywalker saga will be available to stream on Disney+ this May the fourth. Disney announced the digital premiere of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker Monday morning with a special trailer honoring the Skywalker saga. As part…

If you’re one of the 12.3 million people who watched Travis Scott perform on Fortnite this past week, you’ll agree: The sky’s the limit right now when it comes to cheering people up. One kid, per our commenters, said Scott’s performance was better than Star Wars. The popular multiplayer game…

This take on Solomon Linda's "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" could be used for a Biden campaign ad. One of the better parodies I've seen in a long time. Naughty Tijuana Bible about Trump and Stormy My friend Mitch O’Connell (that’s O’Connell, the world’s greatest artist, not McConnell, the invertebrate fascist…

Disney+ appears to have more Star Wars shows lined up beyond a Rogue One prequel and the Obi Wan Kenobi series. Variety sources say the service is lining up a new series from Leslye Headland, the co-creator and showrunner of Netflix’s Russian Doll. The plot is still a mystery, but…

Leslye Headland at the premiere of 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.' Image: Ethan Miller / FilmMagic All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. By Alison Foreman2020-04-22 21:09:14 UTC Sweet birthday…

Image: ShutterstockLast September, Disney offered a “Bedtime Hotline” for two weeks where the young and young at heart could call to listen to a bedtime message from their favorite Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, or Pixar character.Now, the free hotline is making a brief reappearance to help kids staying at home…

Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you’re probably going to spend some money afterwards.Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest bits of plastic threatening our wallets. This week: Lego gets its May the 4th celebrations…

A bird. What’s the deal with it?Photo: Ryan F. MandelbaumThis past week, assistant zoology professor Daniel Baldassarre at SUNY Oswego published a paper in a supposedly scientific journal with the following abstract:Many people wonder: what’s the deal with birds? This is a common query. Birds are pretty weird. I mean,…