Filipino-Canadian actor Manny Jacinto said being cast in Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Acolyte” series was a dream come true. Jacinto, who was born in Quezon City in the Philippines before his family moved to Canada when he was three years old, is one of the main cast in “The...
Korean star and Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae is starring in his first Star Wars series “The Acolyte,” which is now streaming on Disney+. In the original, live action series from Lucasfilm, he will be playing Jedi Master Sol, becoming the first Asian Jedi Master. “The Acolyte”...
Each year on May 4, Star Wars fans worldwide celebrate Star Wars Day as it lands on a day homonymous to main word in the franchise’s iconic phrase, “May the force be with you.” Currently, the Star Wars franchise sits as the fourth highest-grossing media franchise. Its net worth value is...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) Every Star Wars fan knows that those iconic lightsabers come in many colors: blue, red, green, purple, and even black. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is apparently a Star Wars junkie, and is the proud owner of--what else? A pink lightsaber. On Thursday, she tweeted...
Rowena Guanzon's Grogu, alias "Baby Yoda". (Twitter) To all the Star Wars geeks out there: Rowena Guanzon is one of you. The P3PWD Party-list nominee proudly shared on Twitter last Monday, April 17 her "life-sized baby Yoda", which looked quite the collectible item. "Mga pulangaw (Hey...
LONDON (AFP) - Three new Star Wars movies are in the making, studio executives announced Friday, including the first film in the cinematic universe to be directed by a woman. Pakistan-born Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is leaping from the Marvel universe to the Star Wars galaxy to...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary Today, wars can be started using a computer mouse instead of bullets. That is the gist of the message of DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy during the recent launch of the Philippine National Cybersecurity Talent Workforce Assessment Report. “It...
A sad day for aviation and ‘Star Wars’ enthusiasts March 31 marks the final flight of the Boeing 777-381ER, registered as JA789A, before she retires. For both av-geeks and “Star Wars” fans, this particular aircraft owned by All Nippon Airways is one of the more famous planes in the...
Here’s the first trailer of the latest ‘Star Wars’ limited series “The fight is done, we lost,” the Jedi Master says in the first trailer of the forthcoming series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” but the saga continues. Actor Ewan McGregor reprises his role as Jedi Master/Obi-Wan Kenobi in the...
But then, even as we’re only building it, it has begun to look more and more like this world to which we are desperate for alternatives ZUCKERVERSE Mark Zuckerberg using VR equipment Oculus Quest 2 In the early 2000s, I signed up on Second Life. My objective was to have a spare life, one unlike...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. believed that declaring a martial law “has its place” and said he will not immediately resort to that if ever Filipinos hold a people power against him during his election. Marcos Jr. made the pronouncement Tuesday, Jan. 25 in DZRH’s...
Swarovski introduces the newest addition to its Star Wars family—the Millennium Falcon STUDDED STARSHIP Swarovski Star Wars Millennium Falcon Limited Edition “What a piece of junk!” cried Luke Skywalker when he first laid eyes on the Millennium Falcon. It wasn’t a strange reaction. Upon...