Star Wars Bits: Ben Mendelsohn Talks ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Battlefront’ Trailer Release, Celebration Swag
Star Wars Celebrationis in the spotlight, but there’s also movie and TV news in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following:
ActorBen Mendelsohnwon’t confirm or deny if he’s been cast inStar Wars: Rogue Onebut, he has.Entertainment Weeklywas talking to the actor and he said the following about being cast:
I’m absolutely not sure about any of this at all. It sounds great, and certainly—Wouldn’t that be nice?
He then answered some questions about his level of Star Wars fandom and it turns out he’s actually a big fan. Here’s a short excerpt, read more at the above link.
Enormous! I mean, enormous! I’m the kid who had the whole set of trading cards. Enormous! I mean, I was born in 1969. The first one comes out in what, ‘77? The firstStar Warsfilm was an enormously important. I grew up right smack-bang in the sweet spot of all of those. It’s true cinema magic…. It’s hard to overstate what a big deal that initial trilogy was for me, so certainly any talk of anything, I’d be thrilled if they were thinking about stuff like that. I heard about all of this hoopla yesterday or something. Who knows? Certainly, that would be very exciting.
While there’s certainly lot of excitement around upcomingStar Warsmovie and TV news that’ll happen atStar Wars Celebration, but video games are right up there too. At the top of the list is EA’sStar Wars Battlefront, which will have its coming out party at the event. TheEA site confirmeda panel will take place April 17 and that the trailer will debut online at 10:30 a.m. PST on that day. Also this tidbit:
But that is not all… All attendees will have a chance to see gameplay behind closed doors during the show at our official booth along with a few other activities starting that Friday.
This is kind of crazy. Apparently, Thursday April 16th’sStar Wars Celebrationpanel aboutStar Wars: The Force Awakenswill stream live in Leicester Square in London. This tweet went up Tuesday too, so it’s probably not an April Fools Joke.
Watch the#TheForceAwakenspanel LIVE from@SW_Celebrationat the Empire, Leicester Square. Stay tuned for details…pic.twitter.com/KxrAD0Fufu
— Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK)June 10, 2025
Oscar Isaacwas onThe Tonight Showto talkEx Machinaand told a story about his Uncle, theStar Warsfan, getting a role inThe Force Awakens.
Star Wars: The Clone Warsisn’t on the air anymore, but the final episodes that debuted on Netflix just got a little award season love. The showwas nominated for sevenDaytime Emmys in the following categories: Outstanding Special Class Animated Program, Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (Mark Hamillas Darth Bane),Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program (Christian Taylor), Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program (Dave Filoni, Brian Kalin O’Connell, Danny Keller, Steward Lee), Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation, Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition (Kevin Kiner).
One of the busiest places atStar Wars Celebrationis usually the Celebration Store. There, fans can buy limited edition, exclusive Star Wars merchandise. We haven’t seen everything but theofficial Star Wars siteuploaded almost 40 pieces of apparel that’ll be available at the event. Here are just a few of the images:
