At long last, Ahsoka Tano returns! The opening montage of "Gone with a Trace" reminds the viewer of what happened with the Jedi padawan at the end of season five, as she decided to walk away from the Jedi Order, and it is fitting, because this truly felt like the continuation of that story. While [...]
In a huge scoop today, Slashfilm's Peter Sciretta reportsthat Rosario Dawson has been cast for The Mandalorian season two - and playing Ahsoka Tano!!! Slashfilm is very credible, and the report has also been confirmed by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter's Borys Kit, and ABC News's Clayton Sandell (though the latter couldn't confirm Dawson's casting, he [...]
In an exciting bit of news, Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures is returning with a second season! You can watch the trailer for the second season of the animated shorts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMl_c5r_kk Galaxy of Adventures is a series of animated shorts (each around a minute long) that use music, voice lines, and other sound effects [...]
The Clone Wars just wrapped up the first arc of the seventh and final season, focusing on the Bad Batch. In many ways, this arc was included for its focus on Captain Rex, and now the focus turns to Ahsoka Tano. The first episode of this arc premieres on Disney+ this Friday, and Star Wars [...]
The Rise of Skywalker released early on digital home media, and with it came lots of bonus content! Most prominently was a feature-length documentary, The Skywalker Legacy, focusing on the making of the film, with a recognition of the saga that came before it. I am utterly fascinated by the making of Star Wars films [...]
Over the last few months, we've been learning the story of Ben Solo's fall to the dark side in The Rise of Kylo Ren, the excellent four-part comic miniseries written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Will Sliney. The fourth and final issue was recently released, and it shows us Solo finally giving into the [...]
Whenever a new Star Wars film is released, a Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm story group is published. And I rarely say anything is a "must read," but these Visual Dictionaries fit the bill: they are always among my most anticipated Star Wars publications, and they provide a wealth of fun tidbits [...]
The Rise of Skywalker is out on digital NOW! Though originally scheduled to be released on March 17, in a surprise move the digital release date was moved up a couple of days, as the Coronavirus has forced people inside and closed many gatherings. Similarly, Disney moved up the release date for Frozen II on [...]
As has always been the case with The Clone Wars, the show is broken up into a series of episode arcs, and the first arc of the seventh and final season season wrapped up today! The fourth episode of the season, "Unfinished Business," wrapped up the four-episode Bad Batch arc with a thrilling and action-packed [...]
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was released last fall, and it's an amazing game - the one we've been waiting for. This single-player game features very good gameplay, thoughtful combat, and plenty of exploring and lore to add to a fantastic and compelling story. You can read my non-spoiler review of the game here, but [...]
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