The Animatrix Network is an anime & manga fan club located in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. We usually meet on the third Saturday of each month (except when holidays or conventions coincide). The meetings are free and open to the public. Join us for a day filled with anime.
This site provides news, reviews, commentaries, and previews of the world of anime and everything it inspires, such as live-action films, comics, music, art, and other weird things to enjoy and contemplate.
Sunday, August 3, 2025
George Lucas Makes First Appearance at SDCC...
Friday, January 5, 2024
Cancel Culture TRASHES George Lucas!
Monday, February 8, 2021
Proof the SW Sequels Are in an Alternate Reality
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Ahsoka Tano Behind the Scenes of Mandalorian
It seems the project is still a long way off so we didn’t get many details on the plot. One thing we do know is that the show is going to be set immediately after the events of Star Wars: Rebels, which means that it should all be before Ahsoka’s meeting with Din Djarin and Grogu. On top of that, this unknown period in Ahsoka’s life could serve as a great setting for us to learn more about the history of the Jedi order.
The Ahsoka Tano series will be created and executive produced by Mandalorian creator and executive producer Dave Filoni. Filoni was an executive producer on the animated series Clone Wars and Rebels, where Ahsoka was an important character, and the writer and director of her big live-action debut. The show will connect to another new Star Wars show, Rangers of the New Republic. According to Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy, the two series will crossover into a climactic event.
According to Disney’s announcement, the Ahsoka Tano series is set to debut sometime in 2022.
Monday, September 7, 2020
The Inspirational Advice of GEORGE LUCAS
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Star Wars Leak - Lucasfilm Upheaval
Monday, December 23, 2019
George Lucas Goes to See Rise of Skywalker
Monday, June 17, 2019
Lucas Reveals Why No Medal for Chewie
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Strange Magic hits January 2015
One kingdom that is home to “fairies, elves, imps and all sorts of creatures,” and then a dark forest, which houses “scary goblins and other nasty creatures.” The residents never venture out of their respective worlds…until forbidden love potions, made from flowers that grow along the border, are let loose. At that point, “all heck breaks loose,” Rydstrom says, especially when the two main characters (voiced by Alan Cumming and Evan Rachel Wood) meet. The director says Lucas often emphasized that the story should be about “finding beauty in strange places.”
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
George Lucas Gets Married!
Lucas' contributions to popular culture include the Indiana Jones saga, which he co-created with Spielberg, and "American Graffiti," which he directed in 1973. Last October, Lucas sold his production company, Lucasfilm Ltd., to the Walt Disney Company for $4.05 billion. "Star Trek" director J.J. Abrams soon signed on to direct the first in a series of planned "Star Wars" sequels, set to begin filming early next year.