The Star Wars sequel trilogy has brought back many familiar faces, from Luke Skywalker to Han Solo to Leia Organa to Admiral Ackbar to the beloved droids (R2-D2 and C-3PO) and many others. But one major figure from the original trilogy has been conspicuously absent: Lando Calrissian. The scoundrel returned to the big screen in [...]
Ever since The Last Jedi was released, there has been a vocal (albeit relatively small) percentage of fans who are furious about it. Some of these complaints can easily be dismissed because they are rooted in sexism, while others have taken to harassing the actors and people involved with the film and should be largely [...]
Amidst all the discussion recently about the future of Star Wars standalone films, there was a rumor that Lucasfilm might be saving the Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone film to debut on Disney's new streaming service. To be sure, it makes a certain amount of sense to have some big draw to the streaming service, and Star [...]
Next month, Del Rey will release the highly-anticipated Star Wars novel Thrawn: Alliances, written by veteran Star Wars author Timothy Zahn. The book, a sequel to Zahn's Thrawn released in 2017, further follows the exploits of Zahn's greatest creation and one of the greatest characters in the Star Wars universe, Grand Admiral Thrawn. This time, [...]
If you've been following Star Wars news over the last week, you'll know that there has been quite the commotion over the future of the standalone movies. With Solo: A Star Wars Story not performing nearly as well at the box office as expected, many capitalized on that to express concern for the future of [...]
I was very impressed by Solo: A Star Wars Story, and I came away wishing to see a sequel made by Ron Howard following some of the events or storylines the film laid out. Howard captured the feel of Star Wars, and the actors gave terrific performances in their reprisals of classic characters. And, of [...]
In the recent Star Wars novel "Last Shot" by Daniel Jose Older, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian team up on a mission vital to the galaxy's well-being decades in the making. What more do you need to know? The novel was released as a tie-in to Solo: A Star Wars Story, and it does indeed [...]
Solo: A Star Wars Story has been out for nearly a week now, and there's plenty about the film that we could talk about. It seems that the most-talked about thing in the movie, however, is THAT cameo. If you've seen the film, you surely know what I'm talking about. It's a relatively minor cameo [...]
To coincide with the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, last Friday the Disney Youtube channel uploaded a Forces of Destiny episode starring Qi'ra! Lucasfilm had already released the episodes from the second half of season two earlier this month, but only seven episodes were released, with one being withheld until the release of [...]
If you've been following the news surrounding Solo: A Star Wars Story whatsoever, you likely have seen plenty of headlines talking about the concerns, the disapointing box office numbers, about the film stalling, and about why Disney should be concerned about the Star Wars product. Ok, fine. Much of the media does indeed thrive on [...]
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