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Holonet Blast #82

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Hey everyone, it’s time for another Holonet Blast! Unlike last week, we actually have some news. BIG news, as a matter of fact.

First, ILM has launched a new venture called ILM TV, to focus on visual effects and animation projects beyond the Big Screen. This makes perfect sense, as the first live-action TV show, The Mandalorian, recently started production. ILM TV will be based out of London, with offices in Singapore, San Francisco, and Vancouver. Leading the ILM TV team are Visual Effects Supervisors Hayden Jones and Jonathan Privett, as well as Executive Producers, Louise Hussey and Stefan Drury. The first projects are The Mandalorian and Syfy’s Krypton.

But that’s not the only TV oriented news we got last week. On November 8, during an earnings call, Disney chief Bob Iger announced the second Star Wars live-action show, starring Diego Luna as Cassian Andor! The show will be a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (obviously), and will follow Cassian as he works as a spy in the Rebel Alliance. All those terrible things he did in the name of the Rebellion? The fight he’s been in since he was six years old? Yeah, we’re gonna get to see that! According to starwars dot com, “The rousing spy thriller will explore tales filled with espionage and daring missions to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire.” Oh yeah, count me in, big time. No release date has been set, nor do we know about any other characters who may feature, although I’d say it’s a safe bet to assume we’ll eventually see K-2SO.

Personally, I’m thrilled to see a character like Cassian return for a live-action series, and hope there will be even more of these short-term series coming to Disney’s new streaming service, Disney +.

Review: Cassian and K-2SO

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At last! The long awaited Cassian and Kaytu comic! It’s… fine?

Many of my feelings about the timing of this comic line up with some of my feelings on the Threepio comic from last year. While we don’t know exactly what they were supposed to be, there had been talk about prequel comics coming from Marvel related to Rogue One that would be released prior to the film… just how C-3P0 was supposed to be released prior to The Force Awakens. While I liked this particular comic far more than the red arm saga, both probably would have fared better being released in the hype period for their respective movies.

It’s not really Duane Swierczynski’s fault. There’s only so much you can do in 30ish pages with two characters meeting for the first time. He definitely keeps the action rolling as Cassian and Kertas and Rismor (two other Rebel operatives) attempt to infiltrate an Imperial facility and extract their security protocols. It should be simple enough but of course it’s not because otherwise there wouldn’t be a story. While he may have K-2SO in tow by the story’s end, Cassian most certainly doesn’t set out to get himself a reprogrammed droid which is where the fun comes in. There’s just not much else to talk about in this comic except a very interesting line from Kaytu regarding choice but that ties into a bigger discussion about droids in Star Wars.

I have no major comments on the art front. Fernando Blanco and Marcelo Maiolo do a nice job. I will point out that Cassian’s facial hair looks way more normal than it does in the Rogue One adaptation and that Kaytu’s glowing red eyes of evil are a nice touch.

If you were already thinking about picking this comic up, by all means do so! If you’re a big fan of Cassian and Kaytu, it’s worth a read too. It’s just a comic that would have played better as part of the pre-movie hype.

Cassian and K-2SO: Duane Swierczzynski/Writer, Fernando Blanco/Artist, Marcelo Maiolo/Colorist, Clayton Cowles/Letterer, Heather Antos/Assistant Editor, Jordan D. White/Editor