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Tom's Guide
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
'The Mandalorian' rumor suggests season 4 won't be happening — but the force is still strong with the movie
This is the (movie) way — at least, according to a new report. It's been over two years since 'The Mandalorian' wrapped up its third season, and with no official word on season 4 since, fans have begun to wonder if the galaxy far, far away has quietly left the show behind. Now, a new rumor suggests those suspicions may not be far off. According to a claim by insider Daniel Richtman on his Patreon, 'The Mandalorian' won't return to Disney Plus for a fourth season. Instead, the story of Din Djarin and Grogu will remain on the big screen for the foreseeable, beginning with the upcoming movie 'The Mandalorian & Grogu.' To be clear, Disney and Lucasfilm haven't officially confirmed any of this so take it with a grain of salt. But given the long silence, shifting priorities at Disney, and the spotlight now shining fully on the theatrical project, it's getting harder to imagine season 4 ever materializing. It's a surprising shift for a show widely regarded as one of the best projects in the 'Star Wars' universe. The show not only helped restore fan excitement after a divisive sequel trilogy, but it also catapulted Pedro Pascal to a new level of fame for his role as the helmeted bounty hunter. While season 3 drew more mixed reactions, many held out hope for a proper continuation. But with shifting strategies at Disney and Lucasfilm, the future of 'The Mandalorian' may now rest solely on its theatrical debut. With 'The Mandalorian' season 4 looking less and less likely, all attention has shifted to the upcoming feature movie set to continue the adventures of Din Djarin and his beloved foundling. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. While official story details for 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' remain under wraps, the movie is expected to pick up where season 3 left off, acting as a bridge between the Disney Plus series and the broader cinematic plans being crafted by Lucasfilm's creative head, Dave Filoni. 'The Mandalorian' season 3 concluded with Din (Pascal), the adorable Grogu, and Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) leading a united Mandalorian front to finally defeat Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) and his lingering Imperial forces. Their victory allowed Bo-Katan to reclaim Mandalore and begin the long process of restoring her homeworld. In the aftermath, Din struck a deal with the New Republic to help hunt down other remnants of the shattered Empire. That mission naturally puts him on a collision course with a much larger threat teased in 'Ahsoka': the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn. With Thrawn potentially preparing a full-scale assault on the vulnerable New Republic, Din and Grogu may soon find themselves pulled into a galactic conflict. And with Filoni's crossover 'event' movie still years away, it appears 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' is set to serve as the crucial link between the beloved streaming series and the escalating war looming on the horizon. Richtman also mentioned on his Patreon that the stakes for the movie are incredibly high. He claimed that 'if the movie succeeds, a sequel will be made. However, if it flops, it will serve as the final chapter for Mando and could also put [Dave] Filoni's movie at risk.' Jon Favreau, creator and executive producer of the series, recently reinforced this shift in focus. At this year's Star Wars Celebration in Japan, he told Collider that his attention is fully on the movie, not a potential fourth season. 'Right now, I'm focusing on the feature,' Favreau said. 'You discover so much as you edit a film… Right now we're really locked in on the big screen story that's coming.' I've absolutely adored every step of Mando and Grogu's journey. I've even built up a little collection of Grogu toys and posters as a reminder of just how much this duo means to me. So, I truly hope 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' becomes a huge success, not just for fans like me, but for the future of 'Star Wars' storytelling as a whole. Season 4 hasn't been entirely ruled out yet, but since theatrical releases tend to bring in a lot more revenue, I'm fairly certain 'The Mandalorian' will remain on the big screen. Looks like Din and Grogu might be trading their beskar for box office bling!
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Newly opened Din Fried Chicken draws buzz with crispy Malay-style flavours
As I pondered what to have for lunch, a Facebook post with over 300 likes caught my eye — a new stall at the hawker centre near our office, DFC (Din Fried Chicken). Din Fried Chicken - exterior of stall Curious, I braved the sweltering heat and speed-walked my way over to Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market & Hawker Centre at around noon on a Wednesday. I was even lucky enough to catch the owner, Din, while the stall was empty. Although soft-spoken, he kindly shared with me that the stall had been open for about a month, mainly selling ayam goreng, which is Indonesian-Malaysian style fried chicken. As lunch hour rolled around, more people started to queue up (call me a trendsetter or something), so I'd say business is picking up nicely for him. Din shared that he wanted to focus on fried chicken as it is something 'easy' that many people like. You know what, fair enough. What's not to love about crispy, juicy chicken? Their menu, displayed just below the signboard, is succinct and to the point. It features their signature fried chicken, various curry puffs, nasi lemak and mee soto. Din Fried Chicken - overview of food If only I had a little more cash on me, I would've ordered Din Fried Chicken's Nasi Lemak (S$4.50). Alas, as the average Gen-Z who is over-reliant on Paynow, I could only dabao a Quarter Chicken (S$3) and one Sardine Puff (S$1) back to the office. Din Fried Chicken - quarter chicken Please don't be fooled by the size of the chicken in this picture, as it was super meaty and substantial! The taste of the chicken meat itself was so-so, slightly dry in the way most chicken breasts are. What stood out to me here was the skin. Albeit thin, it was packed with a well-seasoned, deliciously salty flavour that oozed out as I took a big bite into the chicken. I liked that they didn't use the skin to cover up the chicken, instead elevating it as a whole. In the end, I couldn't finish the chicken, so I just nibbled around the surface to get as much of that oily, crisp skin. Din Fried Chicken - sardine puff Next up was, in my opinion, an underrated snack: the sardine puff. However, this one wasn't quite what I expected. The second it landed on my tongue, I could feel the tingling spice spreading over my mouth. Although not unwelcome, it surprised me for sure. Thankfully, the slightly sweet afternote balanced it out. There was a mixture of onions and sardines in the filling, topped off with a slice of egg. Frankly speaking, the ratio of onion to sardine was quite off, with a lot less sardine than what one would assume a sardine puff would contain. Din definitely knows what he's doing with his fried chicken but what about his other dishes? I guess it'll take me another trip to Din Fried Chicken to find out. P.S. They do not accept cashless payment (at the time of writing). Please don't be like me— bring cash! The post Newly opened Din Fried Chicken draws buzz with crispy Malay-style flavours appeared first on
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Din Tai Fung: A family's food and their humble road to a grand opening in Vancouver
Albert Yang hasn't seen the view from Quarry Rock or sampled the dumpling trail in Richmond since he arrived in Vancouver to open the new, 311-seat soup dumpling emporium, Din Tai Fung on Alberni Street, although he is keen to try both the view, and the local fare. 'It's been all work,' says Yang as he settles into a booth bearing a pot of oolong tea, and two cups. He wouldn't ask a staff member for it. In a family business, as in dumpling-making, you pitch in. His brother is here. His parents, too. Cousins are in town. They are behind the bar, training staff, and popping into the glass-enclosed dumpling kitchen that is the heart of the operation. Yang grew up a restaurant kid, doing homework at a Formica table, and taking orders as soon as he was tall enough to see over the counter at the Din Tai Fung that his parents opened in a strip mall in Arcadia, California, then a 'humble mom and pop shop.' He also learned the art of making Xiao Long Bao, or soup dumplings, but not until he was 12 and strong enough to roll the dough. 'Making dumplings is hard, physical work. It's very difficult,' says Yang. Din Tai Fung Vancouver, which opens May 5, is one of 171 worldwide, including spots in London, Manhattan and Dubai, and features Taiwanese dishes and, most importantly, the Xiao Long Bao his grandfather, Yang Bing Li first made to survive, and later, to his surprise, became famous for. Vancouver food lovers, no strangers to Asian cuisine, have been locked in on the arrival of DTF, arguing passionately on social media for the soul of the soup dumpling. Its 18-fold top, its gush of hot broth on first bite, is seen as a measure of skill, heritage and artistry. 'Xiao Long Bao is a traditional food,' says Yang. 'We feel a responsibility to carry that tradition forward.' But a restaurant is also about hospitality, said Yang, and creating an experience. Behind the scenes at Din Tai Fung, there have been weeks of dress rehearsals. The interior design, like a stage set, reflects the story it wants to tell: one that stays true its Taiwanese heritage but honours the west coast with a rock garden, and jewel green tones. Although Xiao Long Bao originated in Mainland China, Din Tai Fung's have a strong Taiwanese influence. 'They are a smaller in size compared to original versions found near Shanghai,' said Yang, 'and we are also known for the incredibly thin skin that doesn't break.' Yang's grandfather, Yang Bing Yi, was born in China's Shanxi province in 1927 but moved to Taiwan in 1948, where he took a job delivering cooking oil by bicycle. In 1970, as grocery stores began to pop up, the oil cooking oil business became obsolete. A friend suggested he sell some specialty items that Chinese immigrants in Taiwan longed for, like Xiao Long Bao. Yang Bing Li set up four tables in his shop, and the first Din Tai Fung restaurant was born. The business grew from one floor to five, and in 1993 was named one of the world's top 10 best restaurants by the New York Times. Din Tai Fung's Xiao Long Bao has three components, all made from scratch at the restaurant: a soup stock, simmered overnight; pork ground fresh every morning; a dough made hourly, lest it dry out and become too stiff to work. The cooled broth is mixed with pork, ginger, green onion and sesame oil and nestled in a packet with 18 precise folds (18 is a lucky number in Chinese culture). The dough, rolled with a traditional dowel, must be thinner at the edges so it can be folded, and thicker at the centre so it can hold the soup. Dumpling trainees drape the dough over a special light box to learn how to get the exact thickness. 'It is that difficult, and that simple,' said Yang. In the dumpling room, 40 dumpling makers are at work. 'It's a very skilled position,' said Yang. The dumpling trainers have been in Vancouver for months, working with the staff. Yang, who was born in Taiwan, and whose father helped grow the Din Tai Fung empire, remembers the original shop in Taipei, with the narrow staircase to the top floor, and the hospitality his grandfather, who died in 2023, showed to every guest. 'In Taiwan at that time there were no elevators, so he carried a disabled guest on his back up that tiny little staircase so he could dine with his friends. It shows the humility and dedication he had, and his ethic about treating our guests like family.' You might not have to get your own tea, or make your own dumplings, and yes, there is an elevator, but if they get it right, Yang hopes you will feel like part of the family. dryan@ Din Tai Fung's long-awaited Vancouver restaurant to hire 300 people Restaurant review: For those who insist on great pasta check out Cantina di Luigi
Scroll.in
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Jammu and Kashmir HC halts deportation of police constable, eight siblings to Pakistan
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday halted the deportation of a police constable and his eight siblings to Pakistan after notices were sent to them to leave India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, PTI reported. However, the current location of the siblings, who had been transported to the Attari-Wagah border near Punjab's Amritsar by authorities before the stay order, is not known, The Indian Express reported. Poonch Senior Superintendent of Police Shafqat Hussain told the newspaper that there was 'uncertainty about their whereabouts'. In the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, India had ordered all Pakistani citizens in the country to leave by April 27, and also suspended visa services to Pakistani citizens with immediate effect. The case On Saturday, the deputy commissioner in Poonch district issued a deportation notice to 45-year-old Iftkhar Ali, a constable who had been working with the Jammu and Kashmir Police for 27 years, The Times of India reported. His elder brothers Zulfqar Ali, Mohammad Shafiq, Mohammad Shakoor and his sisters Shazia Tabsam, Kouser Parveen, Naseem Akhter, Akseer Akhtar and Nashroon Akhter were also served notices. All of them are residents of Salwah in the district. A day later, all nine of them were taken into custody by the police and driven to the Attari-Wagah border for deportation, according to The Times of India. Iftkhar Ali and his siblings, however, challenged the deportation orders in court. On Wednesday, Justice Rahul Bharti directed the authorities to ensure that the nine petitioners 'not be asked or forced to leave' the Union Territory. The judge added that a preliminary case was made out by the revenue papers submitted by their counsel that they were not Pakistani citizens. The court also asked the authorities to submit their objections to the petition, and listed the matter for hearing on May 20. In their petition, Iftkhar Ali and his siblings claimed that their father Faqur Din was a 'hereditary state subject' as per a permanent resident certificate that ceased to exist after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, The Indian Express reported. Din was also an Indian citizen under the 1955 Citizenship Act, the petition said, adding that their family owned about 17 acres of land and a house at Salwah village. However, Pakistan had taken over areas along the Line of Control, including where Din, his wife and three children were settled, during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, the petition said. Subsequently, Din and his family spent years at a camp in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, The Indian Express reported. The petition said that Din had made frequent representations to the Pakistan government to aid them in their return to Salwah. The family eventually returned to the village between the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to the newspaper. A petition by Din to the court seeking directions that they not be moved out of Jammu and Kashmir had been rejected, the petition noted. The court had said that citizenship could only be decided by an appropriate authority and directed him to approach the Centre. In 1997, the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir issued ' state subject ' status, or permanent resident status, to Iftkhar Ali. His siblings were granted the status in 2000. However, the petitioners claimed that this status was cancelled on the basis of 'false' complaints by their relatives in a matter related to a property dispute, The Indian Express reported. The siblings said that the matter was still pending before the court. Pahalgam terror attack Twenty-six persons were killed and 17 were injured in the attack near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. The attack took place in the Baisaran area of Anantnag district. Militants fired at tourists, most of whom were from outside the state. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those who died were Hindu. At least 537 Pakistanis
Mint
24-04-2025
- Mint
J&K news: Indian Army launches joint operation with SOG in Poonch against terrorists in hiding
The Indian Army's Romeo Force and the Special Operations Group (SOG) on April 24 continued their joint operation in the Lasana forest area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, where terrorists are believed to be hiding, according to an ANI report. The operations began on April 15 after shots were fired between security forces and terrorists on April 14, injuring one Romeo personnel close to the National Highway near Lasana village in Poonch. The joint operation has been organised for 10 days, with the dense forest area cordoned off. News agency ANI posted the video on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), showing the joint search operation underway in the dense forests of Lasana village in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, the footage is not live, but delayed for security reasons. Watch: Rajouri Traffic Police officer Ahmed Din told ANI that security forces in the area have also heightened alert on the Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch Highway 144. 'We are checking local cars by checking their licenses. We are not allowing a loaded truck as it may create a jam. Traffic Police are there, the District Police are there, and the Army is also supporting us. 24/7 nakas are there,' Din said. In a post on X, the Indian Army's Chinar Corps said that they intercepted terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition from them in J&K's Baramulla district. Weapons seized include two AK series rifles, five magazines, one pistol, 10 kg of Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED), and other war-like items. 'Update: OP TIKKA, Baramulla: Two AK Series Rifles, five Magazines, one Pistol, ten Kgs of RCIED and other war-like stores have been recovered from the site. Identity of terrorists is being ascertained,' the post informed. In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the security forces had launched operations to eliminate terrorists across the Kashmir valley. As many as 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed in the deadly attack by terrorists at Baisaran meadow in J&K's Pahalgam district on April 22. It is among the deadliest attack in the Kashmir Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019 which killed 40 CRPF jawans; and the largest terror attack since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
