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The Chandra X-ray Observatory shows us how a neutron star has “fractured a bone” to our galaxy

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As if it were the radiography of a broken bone, the last image that has come to us from NASA shows us the image of a whitish structure whose natural silhouette has been “fractured” by the passage of a mysterious object. An object in whose nature we have been able to investigate thanks precisely to the recent observations. The fracture. The new image It was captured Combining captures of different astronomical observatories and shows us the fracture in G359.13142-0.20005 (abbreviated as G359.13) as well as the object that would have caused this fracture: a neutron star or pulsar. The “bone.” G359.13, the “bone” of this photo, is a cosmic structure called sometimes also as “snake.” This cosmic filament expands over about 230 light years and is about 26,000 light years from the earth, near the core of our galaxy. Filaments that emit radio waves that make them detectable from our planet. These structures are directed, NASA explainsby magnetic fields that run in parallel to them. The radio waves that come to us are caused by particles loaded with energy that form spirals along these magnetic fields. Joint work. The image has been possible Thanks to the combination of observations taken in different segments of the electromagnetic spectrum. As we pointed out, the “bone” of the photo is a visible structure in radio lengths, and its observation has been possible thanks to the Radiolescopes of the Merkat Observatory. When “diagnosing” the cause of this fracture, however, resort to X -rays. Those of Chandra Space Observatoryto be more exact. The reason is that the main suspect of causing this fracture is hidden in the structure itself. Fortunately, this mysterious object also emits in the frequency of X -rays, since what is hidden after this “fracture” seems to be a neutron star or, probably, a pulsar. According to NASA, this object would be emitting light both in the form of radio waves and X -ray, to which an additional x -ray source caused by electrons and positrons (its antiparticles) accelerated to large energies should be added. To millions of km/h. The fracture itself would have been caused by the irruption of the pulsar at exorbitant speeds. According to astronomer estimation, this speed would be between 1.6 million and 3.2 million kilometers per hour. A study linked to this image was published last year In an article In the magazine Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Change perspective. The image is a memory that sometimes things are not what they seem. The light that our eyes perceive is a tiny fraction of the emissions that exist in the cosmos. Sometimes the invisible to our eyes can be made visible using the correct instruments, while other times the opaque may not be so much if we change perspective. In Xataka | One of the objectives of the Webb Space Telescope was to look for signs of life on other planets. He just found them Image | NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ./f. Yusef-Zadeh et al; RF/Sarao/Meerkat; NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Books, Lego sets, board games and more. Five ideas to take advantage of Star Wars

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Star Wars He has accompanied us for many years throughout his numerous films, but also through a wide variety and quantity of products Merchandasing. Therefore, if you have in mind celebrate today the day of Star Wars we leave you with five ideas related to the extensive saga created by George Lucas. Lego Star Wars – Logo by 69.99 eurosa set that commemorates the iconic Star Wars logo. How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ by 47.50 eurosa book that deepens the development and filming of the first film released in cinemas of the saga. Star Wars Heritage Pack by 54.95 eurosa pack for Nintendo Switch that includes no less than seven classic video games of the saga. Star Wars: Shatterpoint by 131.95 eurosone of the best and most complete saga board games. Star Wars: Light Sables by 33.25 eurosan interesting book that deepens everything related to light sabers. Lego Star Wars – Logo One of the best sets that Lego has launched on Star Wars during the new May wave is that of the logo itself. It includes a total of 700 pieces and has a very well careful design – even that Marvel’s. It has dimensions of approximately 13 cm high, 30 cm of width and 3 cm of deepness, its price is 69.99 euros and Save a little surprise for fans of the first film. * Some price may have changed from the last review How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ If you like the first trilogy (the original), in stores such as El Corte Inglés we can find an interesting book about How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’. It is a book of 372 pages where we can find the works that inspired George Lucas to shape the film, photographs and unpublished production notes, curious data and anecdotes and much more. Its price, in this case, is 47.50 euros And if you stay wanting more there are two other books from the following films: How was ‘Star Wars episode IV: a new hope’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode V: the empire counterattack’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of Jedi’ by 47.50 euros. How Star Wars became a new hope: the definitive story after the original film (hardcover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars Heritage Pack There are many Star Wars video games, but if the classic attracts above the current, ‘Star Wars: Heritage Pack‘It is a super interesting compilation. The Nintendo Switch version has a price of 54.95 euros In Xtralife (cheaper in Amazon) e Includes seven video gamesalthough some are digital. Included in the cartridge: ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy’. ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast’. ‘Star Wars Episode I Racer’. ‘Star Wars Republic Commando’. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’. Digital download: ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’ ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords’. Star Wars: Heritage Pack (Nintendo Switch) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Shatterpoint The same can be said of board games or board. There are many, but we are looking for one of the most popular, the best and the most complete, Star Wars Shatterpoint It is a real delight for fans of the saga. Its price is 131.95 euros In the English Court (cheaper in Amazon) and stands out because it is a game of skirmishes that includes miniatures. It is a game for two people in which We can select heroes or villains To face each other. Each game lasts approximately 90 minutes and among the characters we have Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress and more. * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Light Sables Light sabables are one of the most important elements of much of the saga, and we have seen them in a large portion of films, series, comics and video games. Although we have seen them so many times, they continue to keep a certain mystery, so in this book called ‘Star Wars: Light Sables‘We can discover some of the secrets that contain these weapons or tools. It is an enlightened 156 -page guide where we can see the different light sabers that have appeared along the films, series, comics and video games. In addition, it is interesting to discover differences between the colors of each sheetthe different handles that the characters have had and more. In this case, its price is 33.25 euros. Star Wars Light Sables (Hard Cover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Disney, Lucasfilm, Lego, Planet Comic, Aspyr, Atomic Mass In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away In Xataka | The 41 best board games: from ‘Catán’ to ‘Gloomhaven’

Disney needs to solve the greatest crisis in the story of ‘Star Wars’. And Baby Yoda has been clinging to get it

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In Disney they are the first to know that ‘Star Wars‘A considerable identity crisis is going through: the projects that have emerged after the trilogy produced by JJ Abrams have been falling one after another, and since 2019 the franchise does not premiere a new film. However, The Star Wars Celebration That this weekend in Japan has been held, two years after the 2023 in London, has fought to fall that feeling, and has presented a few projects that have new roads of exploitation of the franchise. More than a celebration, a plan has been presented in Japan. What has been presented. The event has served to formalize the return of ‘Star Wars’ to the big screen: the main dishes are, on the one hand,’The Mandalorian and Grogu ‘which will continue the three seasons of the series starring Pedro Pascal and his adorable adopted son Grogu. He adds’ Starfighter ‘, self -clusive film directed by Shawn Levy (‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘) and starring Ryan Gosling. New seasons of ‘have been confirmedAndor‘ and ‘Ahsoka‘And an animated series of Darth Maul. On the horizon, although without date, projects appear as a story about the Jedi origins signed by James Mangold, an adventure by Tika Waititi and the return of King Skywalker. Where do we come from. After Lucasfilm’s purchaseDisney bet strongly with a new trilogy that premiered between 2015 and 2019 and that, although devastated at the box officewith more than 4.4 billion admitted worldwide, The most traditionalist fans did not like to like. The spin-off ‘was only An unexpected batacazo: just 393 million dollars of collection, to which projects canceled in chain followed, including Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins movies. Series like ‘Andor‘ either ‘Ahsoka‘They achieved the support of criticism and public, but its impact globally was incomparably lower to the movies. And the failure of the Ubisoft ‘video gameStar Wars Outlaws‘He has endorsed that the saga is no longer infallible. The problem of nostalgia. Star Wars’s great dilemma in the Disney era has been his nostalgia addiction and to the Fan Service. Attempts to content the most traditional fans have resulted in products that, or are too conservative, such as the very critical and very unlike ‘The last Jedi’a film capable of being measured in terms of quality with the classics of the franchise, but Densed by fans). The audience has been fragmented: the riskiest projects, such as ‘Andor’, receive praise from critics but They click on a audience and They cost a fortune. What does the new plan intend to solve? The prowned strategy at the Star Wars Celebration is clear: with fans it is not enough to maintain these films and series, such as They have demonstrated ‘Andor’ or ‘Ahsoka’. You have to return to the box office parameters of the films produced by Abrams, that is to say to films-Event that are worldwide phenomena at a mass scale. ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ bets on the accessible and charism of its protagonists (remember: Baby Yoda marked Star Wars even Before receiving an official name); And ‘Starfighter’ seeks a broader audience with a story that does not require “doing homework” and resorting to a star like Gosling, oblivious to the usual blockbusters. But will it solve it? Obviously, it is complicated to predict because countless factors come into play. Projects such as the Spin-Offs ‘Solo’ and ‘Rogue One’ had all to win, but they worked with discretion (or directly) at the box office: their problem was, perhaps, the excessive dependence of the Lore Previous, the need to know the long history of the saga. Superficially, it seems that ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Starfighter’ will circulate in another direction, which could inject the long -awaited revitalization of the franchise. An important property. It must be taken into account, however, that since the purchase of Lucasfilm for 4,050 million dollars, Disney has tripled its investment: the ‘Star Wars’ franchise has generated CERCA of 12,000 million dollars in direct income Until 2024. That income comes from the box office of the films, yes, but also from attraction parks, cruises and, above all, merchandising. However, its profitability cannot be compared to franchises such as ‘Frozen’ or Marvel. Internal earthquakes. In addition, the box office is not the only problem of ‘Star Wars’: Kathleeen Kennedy has started a discreet withdrawal of the Presidency of Lucasfilm and prepares his succession. Although Filoni and Levy’s films are still under their mantle, the announcement of the search for someone who relieves what has been Lucasfilm’s great architect since the purchase of Disney is the best example that things are changing in Disney. Header | Disney In Xataka | Before selling ‘Star Wars’, George Lucas imagined a megalómana series: 10 times more expensive than a saga movie

Its sales are falling 37% between politics, controversies and the renewal of your star car

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Tesla is going through an extremely complicated moment. Like every automaker, the company faces a really complicated context in the United States and China with the open commercial war between the two countries. Although Donald Trump has announced last Sunday that his offensive retracted in part and that partially lifts tariffs on technological products manufactured in China, commercial barriers to cars production and to steel and aluminum They are still underway. Obviously, these last two variables directly affect the company. Although Tesla manufactures in the United States All cars that sells in the country, tariffs also apply to the pieces with which these cars are produced if they arrive from outside the country’s borders. That is to say, will suffer a minor impact than other companies but also faces difficulties in this regard. Tariffs explain from Bloomberg, They have caused the company to stop selling its Tesla Model S and Model X in China. These two luxury options are almost testimonial in the Chinese market but the image of the company in a way. In spite of everything, as we explain, what Tesla can fear are Restrictions related to autonomous drivinga service with which the company expects to gain ground in China now that Byd is pressing taking these serial options to its cheapest vehicles. The international context cannot reach Tesla at the worse. The company has faced some last months where the falls in the stock market have been a constant. To the point that on December 17 its cost brushed the $ 480 and today it is quoted just over 250 dollars. And all of the above must be added a generalized fall in almost all European markets. Sales figures that scare In March 2025, Tesla Model 3 was The best -selling electric car In Spain, registering 1,391 registrations. The Tesla Berlina reinforces its position as the best -selling electric car in our country and puts distance to the KIA EV3 in the accumulated of the year. Between January and March, Tesla Model 3 added 2,047 registrations, for the 1,292 of the Korean model. In addition, in March the Berlina opened a huge gap with the Renault 5, the second best -selling electric car in Spain last month, which added 696 registrations. He clearly exceeded Tesla Model and (589 registrations), third classified last March, and maintained the accumulated of the year with 1,177 enrollments compared to 1,101 SUV of Tesla enrolled. However, in what we have been, the fall of sales of Tesla in Spain is considerable. He Tesla Model 3 It is working at the same rate as last year at this point (it grows less than 1%) but Tesla’s SUV does fall strongly (-27.38%). And their luxury vehicles, the Tesla Model S and Model X, have only sold 10 and 11 units which is around half that last year. In the sum of units, Tesla has sold in Spain 3,169 cars between January and March. It is 11.75% less than the previous year, which also drastically reduces its market share among the electric where it dominated with iron hand. As we have explained on other occasions, the trend points to the fact that in April the sales of Tesla will begin to recover, with the delivery of the Tesla Model and Updated that had not yet been delivered and that they have had the Shanghai plant has half a gas until not long ago. We must also add that The approvalagain, of MOVES III PLAN I should encourage sales. But Tesla not only lives from Spain and sales in the other markets in Europe are being especially bad. In Germany, which remains by volume the largest market in the electric car in Europe, Its sales have collapsed to the point that it is no longer its main market. Between January and MarchTesla sold 4,935 units in Germany. It is 62.2% less than in the same 2024 period. And of those less than 5,000 registrations, 2,229 arrived last March. Germany’s data are especially worrisome. It remains to be seen to what extent is the hangover of the update of Tesla Model and but you have to take into account that Elon Musk has been politically meaning With the extreme right in the country, a really sensitive issue and that has caused multiple protests To the point of projecting on the facade of the Berlin factory an image of the company’s CEO doing the Nazi greeting. On average, they collect in ForocochesticoTesla sales have fallen 37% in Europe. This is a consequence of very pronounced falls in large markets. In France, 11,360 registrations in the first quarter of 2024 to 6,696 units this year have passed. It is a 41.1% fall. In Belgium, Denmark or Netherlands, some of the countries with the highest share of electric cars, the falls are counted at 58.2%, 56.5%and 49.7%, respectively. The only market where Tesla sales are maintained is in the United Kingdom. There have been 7,220 units making this country into the company’s main market and the only major market where sales are maintained. An absolute exception in the company’s context. But why is this taking place? In Electrek He points out that the company is giving substantial advantages in financing but also echoes a information that suggests that the company is redirecting leftover vehicles from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. In United Kingdom They are not paid import tariffs of cars arrived from China, unlike in the European Union. This commercial barrier prevents Tesla from bringing more vehicles from China to countries such as Spain or Germany, so the performance of its gigafabrica in Berlin is key to its performance in our continent. However, in the absence of an extra cost at the entrance to the United Kingdom, it is rumored that the company is redirecting vehicles in stock that find no buyer in Hong Kong to the United Kingdom since they are cars with the steering wheel to the right and have very few options to go … Read more

To US controls are now joined by the Beijing himself, and point to his star chip

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Nvidia has been dealing with the export controls that restrict the sending of their most advanced chips to China. But now, the company directed by Jensen Huang faces a double pressure: while trying to dodge Washington’s measures, it must also face new barriers imposed by Beijing, which threaten to further reduce their margin of maneuver in one of its key markets. A growing threat. As we said, the challenges for Nvidia are not new. In 2022, Joe Biden administration prohibited export of his chips A100 and H100specifically designed for artificial intelligence tasks. The company then warned that the measure could be up to 400 million dollars in sales losses in China. The answer soon: he decided to move. Thus, Nvidia designed a product designed exclusively to keep present in the Chinese market. To achieve this, he had no choice but to reduce the capacities of his chips and adapt them to regulatory demands. From there the A800 and H800 were born, cut versions of their star models. For a time they managed to be marketed in China, but a second round of controls ended up leaving them out of play. The H20 also wobbles. Once again, the team led by Jensen Huang got down to work to develop a chip adapted to the Chinese market. The result was the H20a cut version in front of its equivalents in the West, but raised as its great bet for China. Sales forecasts in 2024 exceeded one million units. However, obstacles have not taken long to appear. Now the pressures come from Beijing. Last year, the Chinese government began to recommend to local businesses to acquire NVIDIA GPUS. In full global career for artificial intelligence, the measure seemed contradictory. But the context explains it: just then, several Chinese manufacturers were finalizing their own alternatives to reinforce the country’s computation capacity without depending on foreign technology. Huawei has not stayed with crossed hands. The company has opted strong with products such as the Ascend 910C, a chip that, as points out Tom’s hardwarereaches inference to inference about 60% of the NVIDIA H100 yield. In addition, it is optimized for large language models and has already begun to be adopted by Chinese giants such as Baidu or Bytedance. Huawei also has other variants, such as the Ascend 910b. But there is more. In the middle of last year, The Chinese government presented an action plan to boost the “ecological development of data centers.” The objective was clear: to improve its energy efficiency. To measure the advances, the authorities chose a metric known as Pue (Power Usage Effectiveness)which relates the total energy consumption of the center – including air conditioning, lighting and other auxiliary systems – with the energy used exclusively by IT equipment, such as servers, networks or GPU. The objective of the plan was to reduce the can of the data centers below 1.5 by 2025. It should be remembered that the more the Pue can the value 1, the more efficient the data center is. One of the keys to achieve this goes to use more efficient graphics cards, which generate less heat and, therefore, reduce the energy consumption of the cooling system. The problem, As the Financial Times points outis that H20 chips do not finish fit in this equation. According to the aforementioned newspaper, the National Development and Reform Commission is urging local companies to use only chips that meet demanding energy efficiency standards, both in new data centers and in extending of the existing ones. In practice, this translates into increasing pressure on Chinese technology to reduce – or directly abandon – their GPUS dependency manufactured in the United States. For now, the regulations do not apply strictly, but everything indicates that that could change. In the horizon a possible hardening of control appears: inspections in situ, economic sanctions and harder requirements. If that scenario materializes, Nvidia could be seen before an even greater blow in which, until now, it is its second most relevant market: China represents 13% of its global sales, with more than 17,000 million dollars in annual income. Images | ABODI VESAKARAN | Nvidia In Xataka | The US suspects that Nvidia chips are arriving in China through a third surprising country: Malaysia

Korea has a problem with celebrity suicides. The last one has caused an earthquake and sunk to a star

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He February 16 They found in their house in Seoul the lifeless body of Kim Sae-Rona 24 -year -old interpreter who had become famous for his papers for Netflix and Disney+. It was a friend who discovered the body and alerted the police. Kim was alone. There were no clues to suggest murder. No signs of violence. Nor were health problems. What did drag were dark years, claims of payments, harassment in the networks and the shadow of a scandal that sank his career. From A first moment Police handled the case as a suicide. The tragic death of Kim Sae-Ron has however raised a huge dust that touches several sensitive issues in South Korea: Suicideonline harassment to celebrities, Hypercompetivitygender inequality and relationships marked by the age difference, something that is now taking its toll (in the literal sense) To one of the greatest celebrities of South Korea, the actor Kim Soo-Hyun. A tragedy … and an earthquake Around what happened in the apartment of Kim Sae-Ron before one of his friends found it, a month ago, there are few doubts. “We believe it made an extreme decision and planned to handle it as suicide,” I recognized Shortly after the body lifting the Seoul Police. Without great doubts about that particular, the great question that remained throwing was, why? What led an actress of only 24 years to take “An extreme decision”? For Kim’s father there are few doubts. The same day of funeral He pointed to a YouTuber with more than 620,000 subscribers that basically dedicate gossip on celebrities. In one of the many incisive pieces that he dedicated to Kim, the influencer He made fun for example that the actress had been forced to work in a cafeteria. Moreover, he even accused her of being a paripé to get attention. “His videos caused him a deep anguish,” remember The father of the actress. After suicide, the Youtuber just eliminated the contents. In the case of Kim there are however much (a lot) more cloth than cut. Throughout the last month it has transcended more information that helps to understand how its last years of life passed. Some was already public domain. Another not so much. Among the first, what was already known, is The incident He starred several years ago for driving under the influence of alcohol. In 2022, in an episode that soon attracted the attention of the media, Kim crashed into a railing and an electric transformer for drunk driving. The consequence: a small blackout, A fine of 13,000 euros… And something else, a irreparable damage In his image that seemed to precipitate the end of his career. That same year the Gold Medalist and Kim agency They did not renew his contract and It is counted That the producers came to edit (or directly eliminate) scenes in which the young woman appeared, such as ‘Bloodhounds’, released in 2023. Whether or not, the truth is that Kim, who debuted as a model being still a baby and achieved her first leading role with only eight years, saw how her career was truncated from night to morning. Just a year ago he tried to return to the stage with a role in a theater play, but he retired claiming “Health problems”. The 2022 accident with alcohol in between, satirical videos and the withdrawal in extremis of 2024 were made known; But they are just a part of the chronicle of Jim Sae-Ron. Another circumstance that has aroused much more interest in South Korea is its relationship with Kim Soo-Hyun, A 37 year old actor Famous in the country (and outside) for its papers in ‘Queen of Tears’ or ‘One Ordinary Day’. Around the alleged romance there are many shadows among other reasons for how the controversial actor himself and the agency that represents him has managed, the same one that worked in his day with Kim Sae-Ron. According to India todayIn 2024 the company denied that such a relationship existed for amending shortly after. The truth is that I know They have disseminated photos in which you can supposedly see both young people In affectionate attitude and about him Affair The YouTube channel have been spoken Garosero Resarch Institute and (more importantly) the Sae-Ron family. The Korean press has not escaped a detail that lends itself to different interpretations: Sae-Ron decided to take his life on the same day of Soo-Hyun’s birthday, although the relationship between the two would have ended long ago. Click on the image to go to Tweet. And why is it important? For several reasons. The main is that, As he has denounced The aunt of the deceased actress, the relationship between Sae-Ron and Kim Soo-Hyun began when she was 15 years old and he 27. Until 2023 the age of legal consent in Korea It was 13 yearsalthough later he rose at 16. The age of majority is in any case in the 19th. The perspective between a famous 27-year-old actor and a 15-year-old teenager has generated an intense stir in South Korea, shaking the debate and placing in the eye of the hurricane to Soo-Hyun. Kim Sae-Ron’s family has greatly influenced the subject and has even apologized to the actor. “We ask Kim Soo-Hyun who admits to have left with SAE-Ron when he was a minor and It apologizes publicly. We also demand an apology from your agency, which has denied the relationship for the past three years and even reiterated this denial just three days ago, ” demand. Around the case there is also another key and it is the role of the Gold Medalist agency, whose link with SAE-Ron was cut years ago but still linked to Soo-Hyun. The reason is simple: in recent weeks the support he gave to the actress has been questioned, after the 2022 scandal, and the pressure he exerted for demand reimbursement of 700 million wones, equivalent to about 440,000 euros. The agency He has already responded Speaking of “invented and unacceptable accusations … Read more

It is the best series of ‘Star Wars’, and in the face of its second season, Disney has uploaded its first episodes free of free

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It is possibly the best that will give us’Star Wars‘In 2025 (and beyond, possibly), so it has all the meaning that Disney is taking care of this premiere to the extreme of promoting it with a few free episodes. Specifically the first three of the initial season of ‘Andor‘, that You can enjoy free on YouTube (Yes, in original version with subtitles only in English). This arrival has coincided with the premiere of the series in Hulu in the United States, something that does not affect us in Europe but demonstrates that Disney knows what is brought between hands. ‘Andor’ is a series acclaimed by criticism and public, and that has been celebrated to recover the little solemn style and with a mixture of genres (Here, a very curious mixture of prison leaks and robbery film) that has characterized the best moments of the franchise since the late seventies. A gift that helps us to refresh the memory with the history of this rebel to her, set about five years before what we saw in ‘Rogue One’, that is, we are in the early days of that rebel alliance that we would see in the first trilogy of Star Wars, with a series of events that will lead to the theft of the plans of the Death Star. Andor is a thief who will end up becoming a spy and, finally, into a key piece to trigger the rebel movement against the empire. Without a doubt, what makes ‘Andor’ one of the key series of ‘Star Wars’ is introduce ourselves to a series of characters with many gray nuances: Neither heroes nor villains, many believe in the rebel movement, others are ready for their own interests, and we will see how their behaviors and ideals evolve realistically. A characteristic that will undoubtedly remain in the expected second (and last) season of the series, which has already made history within the franchise. Header | Disney In Xataka | Kathleen Kennedy seeks substitute in the front of Lucasfilm: it is the sign that ‘Star Wars’ is going through the greatest bump in its history

Despite the controversies, Kathleen Kennedy made essential decisions for ‘Star Wars’. Your successor will have it more difficult

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Years ago ‘Star Wars‘goes to the most debatable moment of his long career. It is no longer an economic issue, but about pure creativity: new series and films seem not to arouse the expectation of other times. In this context, Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasarts since Disney bought it, leaves the company, and leaves it without a clear helmsman. Who happens is a more than complicated situation. Twelve years of decisions. In the decade and peak that leads to Kennedy company, it has not been easy, facing One of the most volatile and aggressive fandoms: He has been accused of reorienting the franchise TO THE WOKEbut it has also been said that it was excessively immobilist and was pending past glories. All his ‘Star Wars’ films They have been box office successesbut when he has tried to distance himself from the fee with projects such as’Han Solo‘, things have not done well. It could be said that Kennedy was in a position where he did what he did, he was going to be criticized. Producers against authors. What is clear is that, under his mandate, Kennedy has tried to convert ‘Star Wars’ into an author franchise … while he has collided countless occasions with his creators. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller went out to unbeatted boxes of the ‘Han Solo’ set, Patty Jenkins and David Benioff and DB Weiss were going to revolutionize the franchise and their respective projects They ended up vanished. Currently, the purpose continues, almost as a legacy of Kennedy’s plan, but she will not see it from her position: James Mangold, Taika Waititi, Donald Glover … who knows if we will see it. The Marvel mirror. Comparisons with the other superfranchice owned by Disney are inevitable. Kevin Feige, with a position comparable to the one that Kennedy has just left, has dodged the ghost of the need to find prestigious authors for his films (now the vast majority sign them creators with cut wings Or, directly, Yes-Men Like Shawn Levy), but it crosses a bump of prestige and box office comparable to ‘Star Wars’. Possibly, the first to find an exit will mark the path that the other will follow. That is why they are under the same roof. How is the situation: movies. There has been a pump, involuntary but between which they mediate seven years and a pandemic between the last film released in the franchise, ‘Star Wars: Skywalker’s rise‘And next,’The Mandalorian and Grogu‘, which will arrive in 2026. It is a parenthesis, the result of chance and bad luck, unheard of franchises whose only strategy is to primar fans with medium cooking products. It is certainly the first challenge that Kennedy’s successor will have to face: return the big projects to the saga. How is the situation: series. As in Marvel, some saturation and lack of course has taken over the television faction of ‘Star Wars’, although the results have some quality that surpasses Kevin Feige’s projects. Despite the controversies, ‘Ashoka‘or’ The Acolyte ‘have also collected good reviews, and both the first season of’The Mandalorian ‘ (especially) like pride ‘Andor‘They are among the best that the franchise has given from the films and the classic video games. Even so, these series almost exclusively arrive at the Fandom of the franchise: Lucasartes needs ‘Star Wars’ to return to mass conversation. Broken visions. Perhaps Kennedy was not the producer who needed ‘Star Wars’, who could have achieved the same box office successes but at the rate of one (or more) per year with a less ambitious approach, but it was noteworthy that Kennedy always wanted to find exploitation ways for a saga whose main characteristic is that (except ‘Andor’ and some other isolated case) repeats the same tropes again and again. His was the idea of ​​raising high Republic as a new coordinate to explore, and wanted to take Lucasfilm beyond ‘Star Wars’ and Indiana Jones, adapting new projects, such as the trilogy ‘Children of Blood and Bone’. We will not know what so much ambition would have been. Header | Dick Thomas Johnson / Disney In Xataka | The catastrophe of the ‘Star Wars’ hotel: 3,000 euros per night in an interactive film of 350 million dollars

The director of ‘The substance’ debuted 30 years ago with a homemade tribute to Star Wars that you can now see for free

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It is one of the most surprising films of the year: ‘The substance‘(What can you see In Filmin and Movistar Plus+) It is a history of neocárnico horror that satirizes the obsession of society to supervise the body of women. With absolutely star Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley and a display of absolutely demential effects, the film It is also a tribute to many forms and styles of horror cinemafrom the toxic avenger films to ‘Videodome’. That is, its director Coraline Fargeat is a devouring of all kinds of films. In fact, he already demonstrated it three decades ago and with only 17 years. Herself Account to Letterboxd I “did A small Star Wars movie. Using my family’s camcorder, I encouraged my toys in Stop Motion, I dressed my friends from Ewoks and Stormtroopers, and edited it in a VHS video (which was the fashionable device at that time!) “. The rudimentary images and the zero budget are apologized by Fargeat himself: “It was a fond thing, but Everything I liked to make movies was already there… It was the place where I felt free, passionate and alive, and capable of expressing myself fully. It was after making this little movie when I knew I wanted to be a director … today that I am nominated for best director, I can’t help remembering this little movie … Follow your dreams. “ The truth is that the result is absolutely adorable, and the shameless campaign at ease: infrahuman costumes, direct ripeo of plans and complete dialogues of the original film, sectional script twists … and of course, an absolute devotion for the act to create stories, even if they are second -hand. To do this, Fargeat puts the hands of the licensed toys that he had on hand and the soundtrack of John Williams, of course used without permission, as well as the portal of a building, shot as if they were the interiors of an imperial base. And, of course, a final Ewok party that lengthens more than reasonable. Now that Fargeat is a prestigious director and Oscar nominated What would she do if a new installment of ‘Star Wars’ fell into their handsa possibility not as far from reality as a few years ago. Surely we would see much more canteen, much more alien with tentacles and confrontations with infinitely more visceral imperial assault troops. It seems impossible for Disney to put a family franchise as ‘Star Wars’ in the hands of such a radical director, but for that Oscar win, right? Header | Letterboxd In Xataka | ‘Star Wars’: Where and what order to watch all the films of the saga

Hubble investigates whether a star has “pretended” his own death

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The Hubble has given us a new image. It is an image with history behind, even if it is not a story that can be appreciated at first glance. A story of false appearances. Image of the week. The last “week of the week”Of Hubble Space Telescope shows the UGC 5460 galaxya galaxy in which a few years ago we detected what we believed were two supernovae. However, one of the outbreak could have been the result of a very different phenomenon: a blue luminous variable. SN 2011ht and SN 2015as. A few years ago, the UGC 5460 galaxy He witnessed two great events to those that astronomers called SN 2011ht and SN 2015as. Their names refer to the fact that they were classified as Supernovas (SN) and the year in which they were discovered (2011 and 2015) SN 2015as was listed as a Core collapse supernovaa type II supernova that occurs when the nucleus of a massive star (stars more massive than our sun) is left without “fuel” for fusion. This means that the nucleus ends up implicating because of its own severity, after which there is a kind of rebound effect. The result: a “cataclysmic explosion”, as explained by Hubble. That is what happened with SN 2015as And it could also be what happened with SN 2011ht. But astronomers have another open hypothesis to explain this last outbreak. Appearances can fool. A hypothesis with its own name: blue luminous variable (LBV), a “impostor” star capable of making astronomers fall into the mistake of confusing it with a supernova. The blue luminous variables are stars that occasionally generate eruptions of such magnitude that can be confused with supernovae. However, these outbreaks do not occur at the end of the life of these stars. Rather they seem to represent points and apart in the life of This type of stars. LBVs are huge and unstable stars. They are also relatively Uncomowhich implies that what we know about them is not much. While we know that the eruptions of the LBV do not represent the final explosion in the life of these star objects, astronomers They believe that they are an indication that the star is in the last stages of her life. A kind of final track, more than a lethal collapse. Observing UGC 5460 to search for clues. That is why SN 2011ht is a unique opportunity for the instruments of the veteran Hubble to direction their attention to UGC 5460. The image, in which four wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum are combined will allow astronomers to learn more details about supernovae such as SN 2015as and, perhaps, help us solve the unknown about the nature of the outbreak observed four years before. And we may be able to unmask (for now alleged) “impostor.” In Xataka | NASA is developing a Hubble super telescope capable of observing exoplanets. And only two rockets can launch it Image | Este/Hubble & Nasa, W. Jacobson-Galán, A. Filippenko, J. Mauerhan

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