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Teek will be in Skeleton Crew

According to Empire Magazine, the series will be bringing back the Teek, a species native to the forest moon of Endor first seen in Ewoks: Battle for Endor. It’s always been a little unclear just how canon the Teek are, even before Disney bought Lucasfilm and rendered the Ewok spinoff movies not canon and part of the Legends continuity, but they’re set to be recanonized in Skeleton Crew.

Director David Lowery spoke about the Teek, confirming that they will indeed be hand puppets like the Star Wars aliens of old, even though the sets themselves are in the Volume.
“I was most excited about having hand puppets on set. It’s the most ancient technology being used with the most cutting-edge technology, simultaneously. That combination was absolutely magical. There’s a character in my episode that’s […] the Teek, from Battle For Endor. And it’s just a little hand puppet! It’s just (wiggles hand). I was like, ‘Is he gonna get digitally touched up, or replaced?’ No, in the final episode it’s just a hand puppet in the middle of this crazy Volume set. The cognitive dissonance of seeing those two things together, live in front of you, is absolutely incredible.”

Empire asked him to sum up his Skeleton Crew episode in a single word, and he said:
“I teased it already: ‘Puppets’.” source

Quote of the Week

Al Pacino shot first

Al Pacino turned down Han Solo role

The Godfather turned Al Pacino from a small-time, hustling stage thespian to an international movie star. Almost immediately, offers for lucrative and high profile roles started pouring in, but Pacino paid them no mind.

In his new memoir “Sonny Boy”, Pacino writes:
"The Godfather followed me everywhere I went and overshadowed everything I did. I was shy about it, and the world wouldn't let me be shy. I was absolutely confounded by all the commotion. After The Godfather, they would have let me play anything. They offered me the role of Han Solo in Star Wars." 
Pacino didn't reject the role on principle. He at least gave the script a shot:
"So there I am, reading Star Wars. I gave it to Charlie*. I said, 'Charlie, I can't make anything out of this.' He calls me back. 'Neither can I.' So I didn't do it."

Al Pacino kept away from blockbusters, franchises, and spectacle cinema virtually his whole career. With the exception of his role in 2007's Ocean's Thirteen, and unless you count The Godfather trilogy as a franchise in the vein of George Lucas's Stars Wars prequels, Pacino has stayed on the straight and narrow road of non-IP, auteur-directed films from original screenplays.

Note: *Charlie (Charles Laughton) was a long-life friend and a mentor to Al Pacino, also an acting teacher.
You can read more Al Pacino quotes on Star Wars and his career here: source

Can you imagine anyone else as Han Solo, besides Harrison Ford? I know I can’t. It is fun to imagine some other actors in that role, and how different of a character would he become.

Trivia! 

Did you know?

"Who wiped out all of the information about Kamino from the Jedi Temple archives?“

“Count Dooku.”

Cosplay of the Week

Aayla Secura by reddit user Etheral_Haven

Comic of the Week

Star Wars: Ahsoka #5 (of 8)

Ahsoka 5 is the upcoming fifth issue of the 2024 canon comic miniseries Star Wars: Ahsoka. It is an adaptation of the fifth episode of the television series Ahsoka. The issue will be written by Rodney Barnes, illustrated by Steven Cummings, and published by Marvel Comics on November 6, 2024. source

Here is also Star Wars: Ahsoka #5 (of 8) Cover Variant by Takashi Okazaki From Big Time Collectibles. A bit different approach, but Okazaki always delivers:

Meme of the week

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