George Lucas reportedly has been featured in some of the recent Star Wars movies in a unique way. Sources for ABC News say that Lucas's scream appears in the films, which was originally recorded for American Graffiti – the filmmaker's last movie before Star Wars. When The Last Jedi came out, Matthew Wood, a supervising sound editor from Skywalker Sound, said to ABC News that the Wilhelm Scream has been officially retired from Star Wars. He said a new scream has been created that's been featured in The Last Jedi, Rogue One and other non-Star Wars movies. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=all-the-major-new-aliens-in-the-modern-star-wars-movies&captions=true"] Two years later, ABC reports that the new scream is "The George." Wood didn't confirm that the scream was from Lucas, but he and sound designer David Acord said that the new scream is featured in The Rise of Skywalker. Acord said he made over 2,000 sound effects for The Rise of Skywalker, which didn't all make it into the movie. He also created the sounds of The Child in The Mandalorian. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=star-wars-every-jedi-and-every-sith-ever&captions=true"] In the same interview, the sound designers said the sounds of the Orbacks – which were the giant, hairy, four-legged creatures with tusks that Jannah and her crew were riding on – are "90% pitched, slowed down crow" with some donkey thrown in there. A sound effect he didn't have to make was the voice of the miniature droidsmith, Babu Frik. He was voiced by Harry Potter actress Shirley Henderson, who apparently delivered her lines while controlling the mouth for the puppet on set. The sound artists said that the members of the Sith Eternal in Episode 9 are chanting "Revenge, Soul, Kill" in the actual language of Sanskrit. It was voice actor Sam Witwer who came up with that phrase. Witwer provided voices for The Rise of Skywalker but also played Starkiller in The Force Unleashed and earned an Emmy nomination for playing Darth Maul in The Clone Wars. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/25/star-wars-episode-9-colin-trevorrow-confirms-the-leak-is-real-ign-now"] Wood and Acord are nominated at the Academy Awards for their sound effects work in The Rise of Skywalker. The two were nominated for The Force Awakens at the 2016 Oscars but lost the award to Mad Max: Fury Road. Wood was nominated for the sound effects in The Last Jedi two years later but lost to Dunkirk. The two are nominated this year against 1917, Ford v. Ferrari, Joker and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. For more on The Rise of Skywalker, read which ships from Star Wars: Resistance made their way into the film and see the leaked concept art that Colin Trevorrow confirmed was from his time working on the film. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

Disney boss Bob Iger gave an update on the future of the Star Wars Universe and where the company will be shifting its creative focus over the coming years during a quarterly earnings call. "We’re taking a bit of a hiatus in terms of theatrical releases, we finished the nine-episode Skywalker Saga and we’re developing both television and features," Iger explained. "The priority in the next few years is television, with The Mandalorian Season 2 coming in October and then more coming from The Mandalorian thereafter, including the possibility of infusing it with more characters and the possibility of taking those characters in their own direction in terms of series." For a look at a $350 life-sized Baby Yoda statue from Sideshow Collectibles, check out the gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=sideshow-collectibles-the-child-life-sized-statue&captions=true"] Iger went on to confirm that the Obi-Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor and Rogue One prequel series with Diego Luna are both still in development. "And then we have a prequel to Rogue One and an Obi-Wan series also in development," Iger said. "So the priority for Star Wars in the short term is going to be television for Disney+ and then we’ll have more to say about the development of theatrical soon after that." For more Disney+ news, the streamer also revealed release months for three of its highly-anticipated shows: The Mandalorian Season 2, Marvel's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and WandaVision. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Disney boss Robert Iger gave an update on the future of the Star Wars Universe and where the company will be shifting its creative focus over the coming years during a quarterly earnings call. "We’re taking a bit of a hiatus in terms of theatrical releases, we finished the nine-episode Skywalker Saga and we’re developing both television and features," Iger explained. "The priority in the next few years is television, with The Mandalorian: Season 2 coming in October and then more coming from The Mandalorian thereafter, including the possibility of infusing it with more characters and the possibility of taking those characters in their own direction in terms of series." For a look at a $350 life-sized Baby Yoda statue from Sideshow Collectibles, check out the gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=sideshow-collectibles-the-child-life-sized-statue&captions=true"] Iger went on to confirm that the Obi-Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor and Rogue One prequel series with Diego Luna are both still in development. "And then we have a prequel to Rogue One and an Obi-Wan series also in development," Iger said. "So the priority for Star Wars in the short term is going to be television for Disney+ and then we’ll have more to say about the development of theatrical soon after that." For more Disney+ news, the streamer also revealed release months for three of its highly-anticipated shows: The Mandalorian Season 2, Marvel's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and WandaVision. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Disney+ will release its upcoming MCU-set series WandaVision in December 2020, Disney confirmed in its Q1 earnings presentation to investors. Marvel's WandaVision was initially slated to debut in 2021, but the release date was recently moved up to 2020, closer to the August release for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Watch the new Super Bowl big game spot for all of Marvel's Disney+ shows, including Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki, below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] While not much is known about the plot of WandaVision, Paul Bettany has described it as "definitely the oddest of all the Marvel endeavors so far. It's super avant-garde and weird. I don't think either of us [Bettany or Elizabeth Olsen] could have expected to be going in this direction." The recent Super Bowl trailer gave us our first good look at WandaVision, including all the classic TV sitcoms it seems to be influenced by, which you can check out in the gallery below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-wandavision-all-the-tv-sitcom-influences&captions=true"] WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision, alongside other familiar MCU characters including Kat Dennings as Thor's Darcy Lewis, Ant-Man and the Wasp's Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, and Teyonah Parris as the adult Monica Rambeau from Captain Marvel. If you're up for more theorizing about the potential plot of WandaVision and how it might tie into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, which will also feature Scarlet Witch, check out our deep dive on the comics that might've inspired WandaVision. For more on Disney+, see what Bob Iger said about the possibility of a Mandalorian spinoff show and the future of the Star Wars franchise. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/27/wandavision-is-the-mcus-first-sitcom"]

Disney confirmed Wednesday that Marvel's WandaVision is still coming to their Disney+ streaming service this year. While there had been some concern that the series -- which brings back Avengers franchise stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as Wanda Maximoff and Vision, respectively -- might be pushed to 2021 due to production and release disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the press release and video promo (seen below) for what's coming to Disney+ later this year confirms WandaVision remains on their 2020 slate.

Disney confirms WandaVision is still planned for a 2020 release. https://t.co/SVFO8CFDgE

— IGN (@IGN) September 16, 2020

Our original report from February follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Disney+ will release its upcoming MCU-set series WandaVision in December 2020, Disney confirmed in its Q1 earnings presentation to investors. Marvel's WandaVision was initially slated to debut in 2021, but the release date was recently moved up to 2020, closer to the August release for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Watch the new Super Bowl big game spot for all of Marvel's Disney+ shows, including Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki, below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] While not much is known about the plot of WandaVision, Paul Bettany has described it as "definitely the oddest of all the Marvel endeavors so far. It's super avant-garde and weird. I don't think either of us [Bettany or Elizabeth Olsen] could have expected to be going in this direction." The recent Super Bowl trailer gave us our first good look at WandaVision, including all the classic TV sitcoms it seems to be influenced by, which you can check out in the gallery below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-wandavision-all-the-tv-sitcom-influences&captions=true"] WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision, alongside other familiar MCU characters including Kat Dennings as Thor's Darcy Lewis, Ant-Man and the Wasp's Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, and Teyonah Parris as the adult Monica Rambeau from Captain Marvel. If you're up for more theorizing about the potential plot of WandaVision and how it might tie into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, which will also feature Scarlet Witch, check out our deep dive on the comics that might've inspired WandaVision. For more on Disney+, see what Bob Iger said about the possibility of a Mandalorian spinoff show and the future of the Star Wars franchise. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/27/wandavision-is-the-mcus-first-sitcom"]

Update, 2/4: Disney has confirmed that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will premiere in August, announcing the news during their February 4 investor earnings call.  Disney+ launched a first look at its upcoming Marvel Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki in a recent Super Bowl spot, which you can watch below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] Disney also confirmed a December 2020 launch date for WandaVision, and an October release for Season 2 of The Mandalorian. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvel-cinematic-universe-every-upcoming-movie-and-tv-show&captions=true"] Original story continues below. [poilib element="accentDivider"] The release of Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+ has reportedly been moved up to August of this year. According to a recent Deadline report, the highly anticipated miniseries is now expected to hit the streamer towards the end of the summer, slightly ahead of its original Fall 2020 debut, though Disney has yet to officially confirm this schedule shift. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/25/falcon-isnt-captain-america-in-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier"] As it stands, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is set to be the first MCU spinoff series on the Disney+ release calendar. The Phase 4 production started filming towards the end of last year, with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes respectively, alongside Emily VanCamp, Daniel Brühl, Desmond Chiam, Wyatt Russell, and Miki Ishikawa. The new report shares that Noah Mills has also recently signed on in an undisclosed role. If confirmed, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier's new premiere date would be the second shake-up to the Disney+ streaming schedule, as the House of Mouse previously revealed the release of Marvel's WandaVision had been moved up to 2020, ahead of its originally planned Spring 2021 debut. It is now possible that the sitcom-style show will take the newly-opened Fall 2020 slot in order to stagger the two new shows, though exact release dates have yet to be announced. For more on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, read our explainer on Falcon's tenure as Captain America, check out the concept art for the new costumes, and take a closer look at Sam and Bucky's new looks in the first poster. Alternatively, find out more about every upcoming MCU movie and TV show that has been announced so far. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

The Disney+ streaming service has announced a release window for its popular new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, which will debut in October 2020. The announcement was made by Walt Disney boss Robert Iger during the company's quarterly earnings call. Iger went on to say that Baby Yoda "has taken the world by storm," and promised that more consumer products featuring "The Child" will be hitting the market in the coming months, like this insanely detailed life-size Baby Yoda statue from Sideshow Collectibles that'll set you back a bounty of $350: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=sideshow-collectibles-the-child-life-sized-statue&captions=true"] Iger also hinted that Mandalorian spinoffs are a "possibility" after Season 2, heavily implying that the show might utilize more familiar Star Wars characters and allow them to headline their own shows after being introduced in the flagship Star Wars series. On the call, Iger revealed that Disney+ has amassed 28.6 million subscribers to date, which is an impressive number, considering the streamer made its debut just three months ago. “We had a strong first quarter, highlighted by the launch of Disney+, which has exceeded even our greatest expectations,” Iger said. “Thanks to our incredible collection of brands, outstanding content from our creative engines and state-of-the-art technology, we believe our direct-to-consumer services, including Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, position us well for continued growth in today’s dynamic media environment.” While Disney+ has grown substantially since its launch, the company still trails Netflix, which currently sits at over 158 million subscribers worldwide. In more Disney+ news, the company announced release months for Marvel's WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

The Disney+ streaming service has announced a release window for its popular new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, which will debut in October 2020. The announcement was made by Walt Disney boss Robert Iger during the company's quarterly earnings call. Iger went on to say that Baby Yoda "has taken the world by storm," and promised that more consumer products featuring "The Child" will be hitting the market in the coming months, like this insanely detailed life-size Baby Yoda statue from Sideshow Collectibles that'll set you back a bounty of $350: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=sideshow-collectibles-the-child-life-sized-statue&captions=true"] Iger also hinted that Mandalorian spinoffs are a "possibility" after Season 2, heavily implying that the show might utilize more familiar Star Wars characters and allow them to headline their own shows after being introduced in the flagship Star Wars series. On the call, Iger revealed that Disney+ has amassed 28.6 million subscribers to date, which is an impressive number, considering the streamer made its debut just three months ago. “We had a strong first quarter, highlighted by the launch of Disney+, which has exceeded even our greatest expectations,” Iger said. “Thanks to our incredible collection of brands, outstanding content from our creative engines and state-of-the-art technology, we believe our direct-to-consumer services, including Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, position us well for continued growth in today’s dynamic media environment.” While Disney+ has grown substantially since its launch, the company still trails Netflix, which currently sits at over 158 million subscribers worldwide. In more Disney+ news, the company announced release months for Marvel's WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/03/marvel-studios-disney-plus-big-game-spot"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

According to a new report, the mysterious port on the back of the leaked Xbox Series X image may have been identified, and it could be for expandable storage. In a new report from Microsoft insider blog Thurrott, the long, narrow port between the HDMI and digital audio port may be meant for an expandable storage solution, though not one that we’ve seen on console hardware before. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=igns-top-25-xbox-one-games&captions=true"] Thurrott initially believed this port was for diagnostics, but sources say otherwise. “That port is for storage expansion, according to people familiar with [Microsoft’s] plans, and offers the series X a work-around as games continue to expand in size.” The port isn’t a traditional expandable storage unit port, however. It’s seemingly too big for an SD Card and too small for an SSD. Instead, a reader of the blog offered a different explanation: a Type B CFExpress card. The report agrees that the port could fit a CFExpress card, which can be used to add storage to a console. But CFExpress cards are currently quite expensive and models offering 512GB of storage cost as much as $600. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/13/xbox-series-x-console-announcement-trailer"] So either Microsoft is confident the price of CFExpress cards will drop considerably in the coming years or expanding the storage on an Xbox Series X could cost as much as the console itself. The latter appears unlikely. The report states that the port could still be used for non-CFExpress card options, or that the final product version of the Series X might drop the port altogether. But as of now, and at least on the pre-release model, there appears to be an option to expand the on-console storage. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/01/next-gen-console-watch-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-news-leaks-analysis"] This would be a plus regardless. Even with cloud saves, the size of games has been inching higher and higher, with games like Red Dead Redemption 2 taking up over 100GB of storage on consoles. A fifth of the available storage space on older, 500GB models. So any opportunity to increase storage is welcome, even if it’s another accessory you need for your new console. For more on next-gen hardware check out IGN’s PS5 Xbox Series X comparison, or check out our new series Console Watch 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. Reach out on Twitter or newstips@ign.com if you're familiar with the mysterious Xbox port.

According to a new report, the mysterious port on the back of the leaked Xbox Series X image may have been identified, and it could be for expandable storage. In a new report from Microsoft insider blog Thurrott, the long, narrow port between the HDMI and digital audio port may be meant for an expandable storage solution, though not one that we’ve seen on console hardware before. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=igns-top-25-xbox-one-games&captions=true"] Thurrott initially believed this port was for diagnostics, but sources say otherwise. “That port is for storage expansion, according to people familiar with [Microsoft’s] plans, and offers the series X a work-around as games continue to expand in size.” The port isn’t a traditional expandable storage unit port, however. It’s seemingly too big for an SD Card and too small for an SSD. Instead, a reader of the blog offered a different explanation: a Type B CFExpress card. The report agrees that the port could fit a CFExpress card, which can be used to add storage to a console. But CFExpress cards are currently quite expensive and models offering 512GB of storage cost as much as $600. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/13/xbox-series-x-console-announcement-trailer"] So either Microsoft is confident the price of CFExpress cards will drop considerably in the coming years or expanding the storage on an Xbox Series X could cost as much as the console itself. The latter appears unlikely. The report states that the port could still be used for non-CFExpress card options, or that the final product version of the Series X might drop the port altogether. But as of now, and at least on the pre-release model, there appears to be an option to expand the on-console storage. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/01/next-gen-console-watch-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-news-leaks-analysis"] This would be a plus regardless. Even with cloud saves, the size of games has been inching higher and higher, with games like Red Dead Redemption 2 taking up over 100GB of storage on consoles. A fifth of the available storage space on older, 500GB models. So any opportunity to increase storage is welcome, even if it’s another accessory you need for your new console. For more on next-gen hardware check out IGN’s PS5 Xbox Series X comparison, or check out our new series Console Watch 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. Reach out on Twitter or newstips@ign.com if you're familiar with the mysterious Xbox port.