A massive new Star Wars publishing initiative began at the start of 2021, as we were taken to the brand new era of The High Republic, set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga. The storytelling includes books and comics so far, but they have been massive hits. Like, seriously, they've been huge. Light of the [...]
Yesterday, the news broke that Lucasfilm had fired Gina Carano after yet another controversial social media post, saying that there are no plans for her to appear in The Mandalorian or any show moving forward. The most important thing was not what happens in the Star Wars universe but what happened in our universe, and [...]
Earlier today, it was revealed that Lucasfilm has fired Gina Carano, known for playing Cara Dune in The Mandalorian. The move comes in the wake of yet another controversial post on social media by Carano. A Lucasfilm spokesperson released a statement saying, "Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans [...]
There's a very simple axiom that may as well be started amongst Star Wars fans: if Claudia Gray writes it, it's going to be great. Gray's first four Star Wars novels have all been fantastic and are, in my opinion, each among my very favorite books from the new canon: Lost Stars, Bloodline, Leia: Princess [...]
Over two years ago, I wrote an article about the 25 characters I'd most like to see added to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. In the time since then, 12 of them have been added, including six of the top seven (but for whatever dumb reason, not number two... read on to find out who). [...]
Greg Pak's current Darth Vader comic series is connecting in major ways to the sequel trilogy, showing Vader encountering Ochi of Bestoon, discovering Palpatine's wayfinder, and heading off for Exegol in an effort to discover what his master is hiding. Because of all of that, it feels like a significant story being told, and it's [...]
A new collection of Star Wars stories was announced recently, celebrating the holidays in the galaxy far, far away with Life Day! Releasing on September 7, Life Day Treasury: Holiday Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away is written by Cavan Scott and George Mann, with art by Grant Griffin. According to the announcement on [...]
The second issue of Cavan Scott's The High Republic comic series was recently released, and it shows some Jedi on a mission packed with intrigue... but perhaps the biggest intrigue of them all is what's happening with Jedi Master Sskeer. I don't want to divulge any spoilers here, so I suppose we'll just go right [...]
The Star Wars social media channels continue to put out new video shorts focusing on different characters from the High Republic, and they're very cool. In recent days, we have gotten videos about the Nihil, Bell Zettifar, and Lina Soh! Check them out: The Nihil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UlfAYe1pv4 The Nihil are very interesting villains to me, and [...]
Hasbro recently announced a number of new figures coming in 2021 in celebration of Lucasfilm's 50th anniversary, including a number of new entries in The Black Series and The Vintage Collection lines. Which, as a side note, it's great to see The Vintage Collection getting a bit more attention. It feels like it's been an [...]
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