From Mandalorians toMulan, Our Favorite Reveals From This Year’s D23 Expo

The 2019 D23 Expo is now in the books and if you ’re a fan of pop culture , your head may still be spinning .

For three daytime true , theWalt Disney Companyflexed its muscles , designate off everything it has coming out for the next few old age ( and remind ushow much it owns ) . Some favourable rooter were on internet site to take it all in and io9 was in attendance tobring the latest to all of youat home .

A caboodle happenedover the weekend but we picked our 12 favorite pieces of news or moments from the event .

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Ewan McGregor and Kathleen Kennedy on stage at D23 Expo.Photo: Jayne Lyons (io9)

1. Obi-Wan Kenobi

Rumors of Ewan McGregor return to play Obi - Wan Kenobi have beenswirling for old age . Years . This hebdomad , the actor finally changed his previously wishy - washed-out answer to interrogative sentence about returning to Star Wars . “ Yes,”McGregor said . He ’s coming back to play Obi - Wan .

While it ’s a little disappointing to get yet another prequel serial , especially one whose timeline is so well search , McGregor was easy one of the best things about the prequels and Obi - Wan Kenobi ’s character has become so much richer thanks to The Clone Wars and Rebels . see to it him abuse back into the gown almost feels like the only agency to bring all of that richness domicile .

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2. Cruella

swear me , we ’re as shocked as you . Emma Stonehas been attach to play Cruella de Vilfor a recollective timeand while she ’s obviously an excellent actress , it was just kind like “ Meh . ” Who cares ? Another Disney villain gets her own prequel movie . But then , Disney showed the above double at the D23 Expo . And holy shit . It looks like a music video . The pilus . The junk . The dog . Plus , Stone confirmed Cruella film position in the strong-armer rock’n’roll 1970s of London . Finally , everything clicked . This is something different and unexpected . We ’re in .

3. Peggy Carter

Most of Marvel Studios’upcoming Disney+ showshaven’t initiate take yet , so president Kevin Feige did n’t have anything to show from them . One exclusion though is the animated serial What If … , which will take one central element from antecedently released Marvel picture show and change it .

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Feige screened a clip that showed what would hap if Peggy Carter set out power instead of Steve Rogers , and the results — Peggy as what may or may not be Captain Britain ( Hayley Atwell called her Captain Carter ) , and little Steve helping in an early Iron Man suit — almost made for as much of a compelling account as the Captain America movies themselves .

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Agent Carter? How about Captain Carter?Photo: (ABC)

Instantly the unfathomable possibleness for this serial commence to elucidate . Marvel is n’t just changing tiny thing . It ’s extend big . Like grammatical gender - swapping Captain America big . And holy crap is it going to be exciting to see .

4. More Marvel Studios Shows

There ’s just something special about being in the elbow room when Marvel Studios announces new labor . When Feige look at the stage , he finally can be clear about thing he ’s very , very rarely exonerated about . That befall a few times at the D23 Expo this twelvemonth , with the biggest surprises being the announcement of Disney+ shows focusing onMs . wonder , She - Hulk , and Moon Knight . Not only was it shocking and fun to pick up , but it ’s also yet another step forward for the studio stool up for a lack of inclusivity in its projects over the last 10 years .

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5. Dark Rey

Any new footage fromStar Wars : The emanation of Skywalkeris exciting , and the above clipping , which debut at the D23 Expo , would have been great even without that last guesswork . But that last shot?Holy turd . It made 7,000 people squeal in surprise and delight ( and in all probability 70 million do the same as they watched it on YouTube . )

Seeing it there in the elbow room , and trying to describe it to friends after the fact , was challenging . How do you put something so unexpected and godforsaken into words ? At least now we can all see and speculate for ourselves until December 20 .

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An image from Pete Docter’s Soul. The movie, not his literal soul. Though…maybe?Image: (Pixar)

6. The Mandalorian

How is the first prescribed footage from the first - ever live - action Star Wars TV show only the 6th best matter at the Expo ? Well , the competition was fierce , to be true . Plus , as perfectly unbelievable as this lagger is … it ’s still pretty short considering we ’re looking at not just a two - hr flick , buta multi - hour TV story . We love this but we want more .

It also did n’t help that at Star Wars Celebration just a few months ago , executive manufacturer Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni showeda whole bunch more footagethan this . So , yes , it ’s absolutely , positively enceinte , but there ’s so much more to come .

7. New Original Pixar Movies

After a few years dominated by sequels like Toy Story 4 , Incredibles 2 , and Cars 3 , Pixar is back doing what it does best : gripping , original stories . And the two it play up calculate glorious . First up in March 2020 isOnward , which is about two brothers who quest through a once - magical res publica to use a spell that brings their bushed Padre back to lifespan . We saw several minutes of the movie and it was amazing .

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afterwards in 2020 , Pete Docter returns to the theater director ’s chair with Soul , a film about a middle schooling jazz teacher(voiced by Jamie Foxx ) who somehow becomes break up from his someone , so another soul ( voiced by Tina Fey ) dance step in to help them reunite . Like Inside Out ( another Docter film ) , this is Pixar take on Brobdingnagian , mind - melting issues in a very folk - friendly , fun fashion . Docter ( who also made Up and Monsters , Inc. ) is three for three in the “ Direct a Masterpiece ” column so we have high hope for Soul . gratefully , it looks awe - inspiring .

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Tom Holland and Chris Pratt in Onward.Image: (Pixar)

8. Tom Holland

Tom Holland had a rough week , betweenall the Spider - Man controversyand his Uncharted movielosing another theatre director . In fact , going into the convention , more people were peach about Spider - Man than anything else . So it would have been understandable if the doer , who vocalize one of the leads in Onward , did n’t show up for the D23 Expo . He did show up , though , and before leaving the stage he give thanks the rooter for being so awing during this defective sentence . “ I love you 3,000 , ” he said . He did n’t have to plow anything , but he did , and afterward it was hard not to experience like no matter what studio apartment , Spider - Man is in good hands .

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9. Raya and the Last Dragon

Disney Animation has a piddling movie anticipate Frozen II derive out in a few months ( which take care substantial but will not make this list ) , but we ’re most worked up for what comes next , which was a mystery until this weekend .

Disney Animation at last bring out the movie it has come out in November 2020 is calledRaya and the Last Dragon . It ’s the news report of a warrior who must find her rural area ’s last flying lizard to write it . However , there is no longer a tartar , it ’s now in human form and needs to be changed into a flying lizard . Even though the movie is over a year away , the footage looked nearly pure , and the blending of flair and genres made me sense like this picture could be special in a way few animated films are .

10. An Epcot Center glam up

When it come to theme parks , Epcot Center , once a vision of the future , has been largely leave in the past . That changes in the next few year . Disney announced a massive retooling of the park which will include , but not be limited to , a fresh water experience themed to Moana , the first - ever Mary Poppins rally , a feebleminded Guardians of the Galaxy tumbler coaster , a restaurant that ’ll take you to space , an rise to Spaceship Earth , a Ratatouille ride , and so much more . As someone who loves Epcot more for its booze than its ride these days , a full - scale upgrade sounds like just what the doctor order .

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11. Star Wars: Galactic Starship

When you ’re visiting Epcot in the next few year , you could also head up to Star Wars : Galactic Starship , the official nameof what was once just touch to as the Star Wars hotel . But this is not just a hotel . It ’s an immersive experience closer to a sail than a hotel . And as someone who has been all about pretended they live in Star Wars since I was a footling boy , all the way through visiting Galaxy ’s Edge over the past few months , the whole concept sound awesome . Expensive , to be certain , but awe-inspiring .

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12. Mulan

Since before Disney ’s remaking of Mulan even became an official thing , controversy has beleaguer it . In fact , it still does . And yet , the several minutes of footage screened of Niki Caro ’s reimagining of this legendary story made it seem very unclouded once the movie amount out , all of that is likely to go off . It seem like a wizardly slice of filmmaking ( read a description here ) and peradventure a reminder that all the talk about a movie before its release finally is kind of meaningless . The movie is what it ’s really about , and Mulan could be the variety of picture that ’ll completely exchange the conversation once everyone sees it .

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