Disney+ subscribers will now have seen the exciting reveal in The Mandalorian streaming series, where Temuera Morrison returns to the Star Wars Galaxy…
Category: NZ Celebrities
For the greater part of the Star Wars history, New Zealand has felt like the civilization farthest from the bright centre of the Universe. The dissemination of information via the internet started to change that, as did the tantalising proximity of The Phantom Menace’s Sydney production, but nothing compared to the revelation that New Zealanders would be included in the cast of The Attack of the Clones. Shortland Street stars as bounty hunters and galactic miscreants? The lead actor and actress of Once Were Warriors once again playing in the same scenes on the big screen?
The NZ connection lives on in Episode 3 and beyond, with the return of Bodie, Rena, Tem and Jay. And the connection goes beyond just our favourite actors: designers, artists, and even directors…
Wellington-born kiwi actor Karl Urban has played roles in a number of big pop culture franchises, including Star Trek, Thor: Ragnarok, Judge Dredd,…
Kiwi entertainment all-rounder Taika Waititi is amongst the 15 Emmy Award nominations listed for the Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian, revealed this morning.…
Did you know… one of the main goals on SWNZ, Star Wars New Zealand, as well as local Star Wars news and merch…
It’s official – for May the Fourth (in the US), StarWars.com has just confirmed that kiwi Taika Waititi will direct and co-write a…
With The Mandalorian series due to be available in NZ via the Disney+ streaming service from next Tuesday (and from tomorrow in the…
Back in October last year it was revealed that kiwi director Taika Waititi would be one of the episode directors for the upcoming live-action Star…
It was just revealed yesterday that the previously unnamed live-action Star Wars television series by Jon Favreau would be entitled The Mandalorian. And…
Born in 1976, Bodie Taylor is a New Zealander of Māori descent. He has appeared in the production ‘Te Tangata Whai Rawa O…
Stuff.co.nz today featured an article on kiwi film editor Jabez Olssen and his role in the making of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story…