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Earlier this year, Disney announced plans to add a new land inspired by Pixar Animation Studios' Monsters, Inc. to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort. While exciting, the announcement was met with a bit of hesitation as concept art for the new land seemed to indicate it would be replacing a beloved area of the park.

These fears were confirmed today when Disney announced that Monsters Inc. Land will indeed replace Muppets Courtyard. This also means that MuppetVision 3D's time is coming to an end.

Perhaps sensing that the announcement would result in blowback from Muppets fans, Disney announced that the Muppets would take over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. But even the announcement of the first Disney ride ever to feature The Muppets did little to appease fans upset to see Muppets Courtyard and MuppetsVision 3D go.

Even the biggest Muppets fans know that MuppetsVision 3D isn't among...

Imagine dipping into a time capsule and emerging with a slice of cinematic history—could there be a more thrilling comeback? That is the electrifying sensation we are getting as Billy Zane is working hard to play Marlon Brando.

Billy, 58, sported no shirt in one of the photos of his upcoming biopic, Waltzing with Brando, where he can be seen assuming the role of the renowned Hollywood star. Have you seen the transformation? The resemblance is uncanny, leaving us with goosebumps and high hopes.

Fans are abuzz, likening Zane’s potential resurgence to Brendan Fraser’s heartwarming comeback with The Whale, and we can’t help but agree. The hours of meticulous research, pouring over Brando’s classic performances and mannerisms, and silent anticipation have all led up to this moment.

Billy Zane on the set of Marlon Brando’s biopic | Instagram: @billyzane

The Return of Billy Zane: A...

In this edition of Star Wars Bits:

"Andor" Reviews & Breakdowns"Tales of the Jedi" ReactionsA New "Star Wars" Movie?"Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga" Galactic EditionThe "Star Wars" Podcast Round-UpAnd More!Andor Reviews & Breakdowns

Above, Nerdist's Dan Casey breaks down everything you might have missed in this week's episode of "Andor."

Next, Alex at Star Wars Explained shares his thoughts on "Narkina 5."

On Live Action Star Wars, Ralph and James discuss the eighth episode of "Andor."

Tales Of The Jedi Reviews & Reactions

"Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi," a six-part animated short series, premiered on Disney+ this week.

Star Wars Explained provides a full breakdown and review of the series.

Dee Dyszn shares his thoughts on the series and how cool young Count Dooku is.

John Hoey with Star Wars News Net shares his impressions of the animated series.

For more "Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi" discussion, check...

Since #ReleaseTheSynderCut proved that if fans make a fuss long enough, they will eventually get what they want, Star Wars fans have rallied on social media to try and get Disney to commit to a sequel to the Han Solo spin off, Solo: A Star Wars Story with the hashtag #MakeSolo2Happen trending on Twitter.

While not the best reviewed entry in the Star Wars franchise, Solo gave fans a brand new adventure based in the universe that offered more of The Force and plenty of Wookie action, among other things. It also served as a potential launch pad to other sequels and even more spin-offs, which is always the case with any movie linked to one of the biggest franchises in the world. For that reason, many assumed that, by now, three years on from Solo's release, there would have been some word from Lucasfilm about a new adventure...

The ever-growing influence of social media on society has given fans an increased sense of ownership and entitlement over properties that they hold dear, and if they don’t like something then you can be sure that they’ll let the internet know in huge numbers. Nine times out of ten, the studios pay very little attention to these sort of campaigns, but the recent announcement of the Justice League Snyder Cut has given many people a sense of renewed optimism that they can use their online platform to will something into existence if they try hard enough.

While Marvel Studios aren’t exactly going to recast Brie Larson as Captain Marvel just because there’s a petition with a lot of signatures, the momentum has been gathering behind the campaign for Disney to give Alita: Battle Angel a sequel over the last few days, and the double whammy of...

In a recent report on Starwarsnewsnet, the topic of Leia’s character portrayal in the final film has been brought back up, this time with new rumored information on how it will all be done. Author John Hoey claims a source of his gave some clarity on the process of making the late Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia a part of The Rise of Skywalker, as she should be. Here’s what the source was quoted saying:

“They are combining clips. There will also be no horrible digi-double that was used for Leia in Rogue One. This is all being done in what we call “comp.” There will be some digital work done so her face and body match, but not the uncanny valley like Tarkin in Rogue One. They will be changing her hair or adding wrinkles as she looked very different between Tfa and Tlj.”

The source went...

Today brought the joyous announcement that we’re getting a second live-action Star Wars TV series alongside The Mandalorian. As you’ve surely heard by now, it’ll be a prequel to Rogue One starring Diego Luna as Rebel spy Cassian Andor and will premiere exclusively on the newly-christened streaming service Disney +.

Star Wars fans naturally went crazy at the news that we’re getting more from the 2016 movie, which has already become a firm favorite of the fandom. What’s more, it seems Cassian has a lot of love from Rogue One devotees. Just check out these tweets for evidence.

The best Rogue One character gets their own show.

— Indiana Jedi (@IndianaJedi) November 8, 2018

Rogue One Stan Twitter Rises From Our Slumber

— sarah (@SarahDemp) November 8, 2018

cassian was the best character in rogue one pic.twitter.com/ZGNqF7JoLH

— #1 valkyrie stan (@valkyriegamoras) November 8, 2018

Others, meanwhile, couldn’t resist having a...