RETURN OF THE CLONE WARS : SEASON SEVEN PRIMER! a GOING GREEDO BY THE ACTORS WHO PLAYED HIM! “ THIS IS THE + WIN! ” THE RISE OF WAY SKYWALKER COLLECTOR’S EDITION Creating The BOOK Mandalorian! Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and Pedro Pascal Destroy The have spoken. Death Star Playing the games that invited fans to take down the dreaded Imperial superweapon! Rise of the Resistance Inside the new attraction at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge ENFYS NEST: a rebel UNCOVERED! A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR ™ MARCH 2020 TITAN EDITORIAL Editor / Chris Cooper WELCOME... Managing Editor / Martin Eden Editorial Assistant / Pheobe Hedges Art Editor / Andrew Leung The very first clip I ever saw of Star Wars was on a children’s LUCASFILM television quiz show called Screen Test. There was some cool Senior Editor / Brett Rector guy in an orange spacesuit flying a cool space plane, with that Art Director / Troy Alders Creative Director / Michael Siglain bleeping robot I’d seen on The Donnie and Marie show sitting Asset Management / Tim Mapp, right behind him. I didn’t know the correct terminology was Erik Sanchez, Bryce Pinkos, “droid,” or that the cool guy was the coolest space hero and Nicole LaCoursiere, Sarah Williams, Shahana Alam future Jedi, Luke Skywalker. In fact, at that point I’m not Story Group / Pablo Hidalgo, even sure I knew the title of the movie. What I did know Leland Chee, Matt Martin was that there were laser blasts, whizzing stars, a sense of CONTRIBUTORS thrilling urgency, and that I was excited. Kristin Baver, Tara Bennett, To this day, it’s the space battles that put the star war Megan Crouse, Mark Newbold, Tony A. Rowe, Jay Stobie, Dan Wallace, Pat Jankiewicz, into Star Wars for me—not that zinging lightsaber blades, and Bryan Young. AT-AT attacks, and angry Ewoks don’t float my boat almost as much, it’s just that I get the biggest rush from dogfighting SPECIAL THANKS TO Lucy Goldsmith, Erich Schoeneweiss starfighters. And of all the saga’s space battles, it’s the at Random House, Holly McIntosh, Joseph original that still gets me the most. That dizzying dive into Taraborrelli, Andrea Towers and Jim Nausedas the Death Star trench was the first time a film had physically at Marvel Comics, Lizzy Draeger, Tracy Cannobbio and Chris Argyropoulos disorientated me, and I look forward to that feeling every at Lucasfi lm. Chris Troise and Eugene time I watch A New Hope. For very different reasons, I Paraszczuk at Disney. experienced a similar sense of discombobulation watching TITAN MAGAZINES The Mandalorian, right at the end of Chapter One. You know Production Controller / Peter James the scene I mean. Suddenly, I didn’t know up from down. Senior Production Controller / Jackie Flook Art Director / Oz Browne I love that Star Wars continues to do that to me. Sales & Circulation Manager / Steve Tothill This issue, not only do we revisit ways to destroy a Publicist / Imogen Harris Death Star, we discover more about The Mandalorian from Press, Publicity & Marketing Assistant / George Wickenden showrunners Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and star Pedro Pascal, Commercial Manager / Michelle Fairlamb and celebrate the return of The Clones Wars—amongst other Advertising & Marketing Assistant / Bella Hoy delights. So, lock S foils in attack position and get reading. Editorial Director / Duncan Baizley Operations Director / Leigh Baulch And remember, the Force will be with you, always. Executive Director / Vivian Cheung Publisher / Nick Landau DISTRIBUTION US Newsstand / Total Publisher Services, Inc. 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Who was the young woman who Insider speaks to the Madalorian himself. merchandise, books, and comics from masqueraded as a criminal marauder, across the Star Wars galaxy. 38 and what was she fi ghting for? 18 Destroy the Death Star 64 How we took on the superweapon, The Comeback Clones in board games and on arcade machines. The Rise of Star Wars Kids Return, Star Wars: The Clone Wars has! Lucasfi lm’s James Waugh explains In preparation for Season 7 of the epic 46 how fun new Star Wars Kids content is animated series, we revisit some of the encouraging younger fans to take their Rise of the Resistance main character arcs of the series. fi rst steps into a galaxy of adventure. An inside look at the development of 26 the new attraction at Galaxy’s Edge. 76 Making The Mandalorian 52 Noughts and Crosses Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni reveal Going Green Which starfi ghter will win in our X-wing how they worked together to unleash Paul Blake and Maria De Aragon on versus TIE fi ghter challenge? The Mandalorian on the galaxy. playing Rodian bounty hunter Greedo. Or will it all end in a... tie? INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS 44 58 72 80 Prize Giveaway! Jedi Master’s Quiz Worldwide Image Archive Your chance to win a prize bundle Test your knowledge of Fan art, family celebrations, Qi’ra A look inside a TIE fi ghter from of fantastic Star Wars books. Star Wars: The Clone Wars. cosplay, and an X-wing on parade. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). STAR WARS INSIDER / 5 LAUNCHPAD NEWS / BOOKS /COMICS / TOYS / GAMES /FASHION Now open at Walt Disney World and Disneyland! Resistance Rises Join the fi ght against the First Order in Disney Park’s immersive new attraction n December 5, 2019, Star Batuu to General Organa’s secret base aboard First Order Star Destroyer the Wars: Rise of the Resistance on Bakura. Meanwhile, Vi Moradi Finalizer. From there it’s a race against O offi cially opened its doors attempted to sneak aboard Kylo Ren’s time to escape from a detention block to visitors at Walt Disney TIE echelon to steal information on First before Kylo Ren catches up with you. World Resort, Florida, welcoming fans Order fl eet movements, and even Utilizing some of the most ambitious to this long-awaited addition to the Hondo Ohnaka and Chewbacca got in Imagineering that Disney Parks has ever Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge experience. on the action. Events culminated in a attempted, the attraction combines A star-studded event the day before stunning lightsaber duel between Kylo multiple ride-systems, elements of saw Bob Chapek, Chairman of Disney Ren and Rey before the “evacuation” virtual reality, and a thrilling storyline, Parks, Experiences, and Products, host a order was given, and everyone had their which Insider’s Batuu correspondent dedication ceremony that launched the fi rst chance to experience Rise of the described as “awesome” in its ambition, attraction with a Star Wars story all of Resistance for themselves.