Star Wars Insider 230

Star Wars Insider 230

Publisher's summary[]

Welcome to the first issue ofStar Wars Insider for 2025!

Anthony Daniels recently hosted a revival ofStar Wars: A Musical Journey for several nights at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In this issue ofInsider we speak with the C-3PO actor about the original concert series, its new iteration, and his personal thoughts on Williams' incredible music.

Also in this issue, Joonas Suotamo tells us about shooting his big action scene as Kelnacca inStar Wars: The Acolyte; the effects artists at Tippett Studios reveal how they created a stop-motion creature forStar Wars: Skeleton Crew; andStar Wars: A New Hope set decorator Roger Christian details how some ofStar Wars' most iconic objects came to be. All this and exclusiveThe High Republic fiction from Lydia Kang too!^[1]

Contents[]

Departments[]

• "A Message from the Editor"
• "Launchpad"
• "Prize Giveaway!"
• "A Certain Point of View"
• "Worldwide"
• "Jedi Master's Quiz"

Features[]

• "Armature Crew: Animating the "Trash Crab""(byJames Spry)

  The animators atTippett Studio takeInsider through the making ofStar Wars: Skeleton Crew stop-motion monster.

• "A Musical Journey"(byMark Newbold)

  Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) celebrates the music ofJohn Williams with a look back at theStar Wars: In Concert tour.

• "What a Piece of Junk!"(byChristopher Cooper)

  Star Wars: A New Hope set decoraterRoger Christian tells the story of the iconic props and sets from the movie.

• "Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Companion"(byJay Stobie)

  Every episode of the animatedStar Wars shorts revisited, with input from starsAshley Eckstein andCorey Burton.

• "Pip: The Making of theStar Wars Multitool"(by Mark Newbold and Christopher Cooper)

  Creature concept designerNick Tyrrell and puppeteerJack Parker reveal howThe Acolyte's droid multitool was made.

• "Kelnacca Kaos"(by Jay Stobie)

  ActorJoonas Suotamo on filming themighty Wookiee's stunt-filled clash with his Jedi cohorts inThe Acolyte.

• "Playing by the Book"(byChelsea Zukowski)

  A look at how tie-in novels have expanded on the stories of videogames, including Battlefront II and Jedi: Fallen Order.

• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Sparks Fly"(byLydia Kang)

  Tales from the Occlusion Zone continue with "Sparks Fly" by Lydia Kang.

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Subscriber exclusive cover

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Star Wars Insider #230 onTitan Comics'official website(backup link)