With the very first words of the opening crawl of The Rise of Skywalker - "the dead speak!" - we are told that Palpatine has returned. The film doesn't explain how, beyond the line "the dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural," but ultimately we know [...]
Recently, Making Star Wars' Jason Ward reported that the next series of Star Wars films will be set in the "High Republic" era! According to Ward, the High Republic era will be set around 400 years before the events of the Skywalker saga. He also said that Project Luminous, a mysterious collaboration between a number [...]
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, we met Han Solo, before there was a “Solo”. When we first meet him in the film, he’s just “Han,” a young boy living on the streets of Corellia, but after a failed escape attempt resulted in Qi’ra being taken, Han joins the Empire. When asked for his family [...]
We’re now halfway through The Rise of Kylo Ren, the four-part comic miniseries written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Will Sliney, that focuses on Ben Solo becoming Kylo Ren. And I have to say, the first two issues have been absolutely fantastic! In the second issue, released this week, we are given a flashback [...]
Star Wars Resistance continued this past weekend with the 13th episode of the second and final season, entitled "The Mutiny"! It was another strong installment, and it seems like the show may have found its footing in recent weeks. Let's dive in to this week's review! SUMMARY: Kragen Gor and his pirates contact Sidon Ithano, [...]
Over the weekend, Making Star Wars' Jason Ward reported that the next Star Wars film saga will be set during the "High Republic" era! According to Ward, the new series of films will be set around 400 years before the events of the Skywalker saga, which means that the Sith's Rule of Two has already [...]
Tatooine is perhaps the most iconic Star Wars planet we've ever seen. It's the planet that started it all, in A New Hope. It's the planet on which so many pivotal moments occur: the Binary Sunset, Luke Skywalker meeting Ben Kenobi, Luke and Ben meeting Han Solo and Chewbacca, Luke's heroic Jedi moment rescuing Han, [...]
The four-issue comic Star Wars Allegiance that came out this fall as part of the Journey to The Rise of Skywalker was a bit disappointing, as it didn't give us quite as much insight into the post-The Last Jedi world as it was presumed to and remained fairly bland. But there was something pretty cool [...]
Now that the sequel trilogy has concluded, we're finally getting a lot more clarity as to the timeline of what was happening in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, particularly as it pertains to the events and characters of the sequel trilogy. Thankfully, Pablo Hidalgo's Visual Dictionary for The Rise of Skywalker places [...]
****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** In the promotion for The Force Awakens before it was released, it was made to seem like Finn was going to be the Jedi of the sequel trilogy. This was done in order to keep the reveal about Rey a secret (which was [...]
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