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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Coming to Disney+ May 4

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Hello, and welcome to a fresh edition of the Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. Today we have a lot of news about changes in Hollywood, and the welcome return of one beloved sitcom. Let's get started. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Coming to Disney+ Early Welp, this feels right. Today, Disney announced that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be coming to Disney+ two months early. On which day? On May the Fourth, of course. Yes, Disney—likely looking to help fans staying home to slow the spread…

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ILM Used Fortnite Tech to Make The Mandalorians Virtual Sets

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George Lucas was dreaming of a Star Wars live-action TV show long before The Mandalorian got off the ground. One of his collaborators at Industrial Light & Magic, Richard Bluff, remembers Lucas talking about it as far back as 2008. There was just one problem: Going to a galaxy far, far away on a TV budget was nearly impossible. “At the time, he felt he was limited in regards to how he was able to tell the story based upon the vast number of locations and worlds we would need…

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Baby Yoda Raspberry Pie

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Professional baker Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin, better known as @thepieous, presents her amazing ‘Raspbaby Yoda Pie‘, which honestly looks too adorable to eat (almost). For those curious, Jessica bakes the top crust separately on a cookie sheet and then places the finished ‘crusty art’ on the base pie as soon as it comes out of the oven with a cake lifter. The heat from the base pie fuses the two pieces together. As for keeping the top crust cold, long enough to do all the artwork, Jessica works on flexible cutting…

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When Baby Yoda Met Pikachu

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Artwork by @Litt1eR3d on Twitter So Disney+ just launched and the only thing I know about the service is Baby Yoda, who has taken the Internet by storm with his utter adorableness. All I know is that Baby Yoda has appeared in an episode of the new Star Wars tv show, The Mandalorian, and that he has now become a bona fide meme and inspiration for all kinds of Internet goodness.. like this interpretation of Michelangelo’s famous fresco in the Sistine Chapel, The Creation of Adam. The Internet remains undefeated.…

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