One of the really cool surprises in Solo: A Star Wars Story was the appearance of Maul, a character once thought dead in The Phantom Menace who returned to prominence in The Clone Wars and Rebels. In Solo, Maul is revealed to be the crime boss leading Crimson Dawn, for whom Dryden Vos and Qi'ra [...]
Earlier today, the official trailer was released for the upcoming Star Wars show Jedi Temple Challenge! The show was originally said to be releasing on Disney+, though today's announcement said that instead it will be on the Star Wars Kids Youtube channel with new episodes weekly. It will premiere next Wednesday, June 3, with the [...]
As we continue to reflect on the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, I think there's a cool little tidbit included in the book From a Certain Point of View, which was released in 2017 as a tribute to the anniversary of A New Hope. Some of the (many) great moments in Empire come [...]
In The Empire Strikes Back, as the Empire takes over Cloud City and Lando Calrissian orders the people to evacuate, there's a character seen briefly running. In typical Star Wars fashion, this guy became the focus of a lot of attention. He's been named Willrow Hood, and he has garnered a following amongst Star Wars [...]
With the recent celebration of the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look at the most iconic line from the film. As Darth Vader gains the upper hand in his battle with Luke Skywalker on Cloud City, he reveals the truth about Luke's father: "No, [...]
[This article is satire and written in jest, but I hope it helps to make the point that some of the criticisms of Star Wars films today are untenable, unhelpful, and unfair, since The Empire Strikes Back is widely regarded as maybe the greatest Star Wars film, and many of the criticisms of modern Star [...]
George Lucas is one of the true innovators in the history of filmmaking, and the advances he made or pushed are numerous and legendary. There are some things that he wanted to do, however, that he wasn't able to - because he had to wait for the technology to catch up. "He always, always, was [...]
40 years ago today, Star Wars was forever changed. The highly-anticipated sequel to the first film was released on May 21, 1980, entitled The Empire Strikes Back. It wasn't the most well-received at the time by some fans, but it has grown to be the gold standard of Star Wars films and probably the one [...]
In a recent interview with SW Holocron Blog, Sam Witwer discussed a number of different aspects of Star Wars, including how Dave Filoni's live-action experience came in handy on the final arc of The Clone Wars: “Funny enough, Dave Filoni’s live action experience definitely played into this final arc, because this final arc is more [...]
It was recently reported that Timothy Olyphant will be appearing in the second season of The Mandalorian, but there were no details on his role. Well, today, Slashfilm's Peter Sciretta reports that Olyphant will wear Boba Fett's iconic armor in the show. But with Temuera Morrison reportedly portraying Fett, that means that Olyphant is playing [...]
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