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Lessons from Yoda: What Britain's PM Rishi Sunak can learn about governance from his favourite movie 'Star Wars'
•Rishi Sunak is most likely the biggest 'Star Wars' fan to serve as prime minister of the United Kingdom. It has been reported that he finds inspiration in films, both personally and politically. Here are a few lessons Sunak should take note of
Andor: Star Wars series lets go of Skywalker baggage — and is all the better for it
Prahlad Srihari •Andor is still Star Wars, but it doesn’t feel overly regulated by the franchise’s rulebook. Not being tied to all the Skywalker baggage allows the show to flex its muscles a little, just when the franchise had started to atrophy.
Ahead of Obi-Wan Kenobi release on Disney+Hotstar, a guide to the new Star Wars series
•As Obi-Wan Kenobi drops on Disney+ Hotstar on 27 May, here’s everything you need to know about the Jedi master
The Boys Presents: Diabolical and Star Wars: Visions underline boundless potential of animated spin-off shows
Suchin Mehrotra •When done right, the animated anthology allows us to both zoom in [look at specific, smaller stories] and zoom out, allowing a wider exploration of the far corners of these worlds in a way their live-action counterparts just haven't.
From The Batman, The Lord of the Rings to our very own Brahmastra, 2022 will be a year of varying nerdgasms
Suchin Mehrotra •There is a purity and reassurance to the fact that even at a time when box office returns may be uncertain and moviegoing may be on the decline, the number of exciting stories and rich new worlds to explore and get lost in certainly isn’t.
As The Book of Boba Fett releases on Disney+ Hotstar, tracing the origin and arc of the enigmatic Star Wars character
•“With Boba Fett, less is more. Things are hidden and unknown. We fill in the shadows with our own ideas of who he might be and what he’s capable of," say the makers of the new Star Wars spin-off series.
In a world of spin-offs, reboots and prequels, do we even need a Harry Potter cinematic universe?
Suchin Mehrotra •On the 20th anniversary of the big-screen introduction to the boy who lived, it feels like the right time to ask — in the age of cinematic universes, where do Potterheads go from here?
Star Wars: Visions review — Anime anthology breathes new life into saga
Prahlad Srihari •Star Wars lends itself quite easily to a magical mystery tour of anime, a medium which affords a lot of freedom to experiment with form, style, and tone.
How the new Disney+ show Visions marries Star Wars with anime
•What varies in the nine-part anthology is the mix: the degree to which the films feel like Star Wars shorts that happen to have anime character designs, or like anime shorts that happen to borrow Star Wars motifs.
Emmys 2021: Everything you need to know — when and where to watch, nominees, predictions
Fp Staff •Netflix's The Crown and Disney+ series The Mandalorian lead with 24 nods each at this year’s Emmys.