The Star Wars and Lucasfilm communities today are mourning the death of Jonathan "J.W." Rinzler, the supremely talented and incredibly influential author behind many behind-the-scenes books. Rinzler died on July 28 after an eleven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 58. Rinzler was a longtime executive editor at Lucasfilm and prolific author, writing many books [...]
Star Wars announced today that a LEGO Star Wars Halloween special will be coming to Disney+ on October 1, 2021, titled LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales! This comes on the heels of the fantastic LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, which was released last November on the streaming platform. While that focused on Life Day (which [...]
Last week, seemingly without much attention or fanfare, a new series dropped on Disney+ called Behind the Attraction. Like the popular The Imagineering Story that came before it, this series takes a behind-the-scenes look at Disney Parks, and each episode looks at a different attraction, telling the history behind it in a fun way. The [...]
There's a ton of Star Wars content currently in the works, including over ten shows coming to Disney+ in the next few years, a brand new publishing initiative of the High Republic, the current War of the Bounty Hunters comic crossover event, and of course plenty of films in the works too. Though the next [...]
As has been the case in a number of episodes in this first season, the latest episode of The Bad Batch featured an appearance from a character we've seen in Star Wars before. And this one was a character many fans had been thinking and hoping would appear at some point, as the focus on [...]
The Bad Batch has entered its endgame. As we approach the end of first season, a new episode dropped today that appears to set in motion the events that will be explored over the final two episodes, and today's chapter was one of my very favorites of the season so far. Let's dive into the [...]
Qi'ra is back in focus in Star Wars storytelling right now, making a stunning return in the current War of the Bounty Hunters comic story event. The reveal caught the attention of actress Emilia Clarke, who portrayed Qi'ra in live-action in Solo: A Star Wars Story, saying that Qi'ra's return in the comic "means so [...]
We're nearing the end of the first season of The Bad Batch, and it has been fantastic. I feel very confident in saying that it's the strongest first season of any Star Wars animated series so far, and as such there are tons of positive things that I could (and have) pointed out. But there's [...]
The War of the Bounty Hunters continues! The latest issue of Greg Pak's Darth Vader comic series, Darth Vader #14, peels back the curtain on some things that have come before and shows us a more complete picture, all centering around the mysterious Umbaran who is a part of Palpatine's court, Administrator Sly Moore. Let's [...]
Changes are coming to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. And they're not good. All of this information comes via the Road Ahead video posted by the developers. First, let's mention the upcoming release of two new characters, which any other time would be massively celebrated, as they are both highly anticipated and long awaited. The [...]
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