Thrawn is back! The fan favorite Imperial Grand Admiral, who was first introduced in Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire in 1991, was brought back into canon by Lucasfilm with the TV series Star Wars Rebels, which was accompanied by a brand new Thrawn trilogy by Zahn. That trilogy - set before the events of [...]
In a surprising turn of events, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is apparently developing a Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm, working alongside Kathy Kennedy. This was reported by The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday evening, and a quote from Disney Studios head Alan Horn to THR seems to confirm it: "We are excited about the projects [...]
The book "Master and Apprentice" by Claudia Gray gives us a great story set during Qui-Gon Jinn's days training Obi-Wan Kenobi, and it's a very enjoyable and interesting narrative. But one of the major points of the story is that of prophecy. We learn that Qui-Gon was fascinated by the Jedi prophecies just like Dooku, [...]
Disney CEO Bob Iger has done an incredible job of growing the Walt Disney brand, and he put that story and wisdom learned into a new book, released today, entitled "The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company". I haven't gotten a chance to read it [...]
In Charles Soule's tremendous Darth Vader comic series, we learned about the ancient Sith Momin, and connected to that we also learned that Mustafar wasn't always the fiery wreck of a planet that we know it as. That story tells how Momin built a weapon that he intended to use to freeze the Mustafarians in [...]
For some fans, the sequel trilogy highlights the failure of the heroes from the original trilogy. In their minds, the fact that the sequel trilogy so quickly disposes with the New Republic is a sure sign that the original heroes failed. Ok, sure. That is a part of it, because the sequel trilogy is about [...]
In the prequels, it is made pretty clear that Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn't like flying. He expresses this a couple of times in Attack of the Clones, and in Revenge of the Sith insists that flying is for droids. But interestingly, Obi-Wan is actually a very skilled pilot. So why did he hate it so much? [...]
Jon Favreau is a busy man. This live-action remake of The Lion King released this year and has grossed over $1.6 billion at the box office, making it the seventh-highest grossing film of all-time currently. His Star Wars live-action TV series, The Mandalorian, will release on November 12 on Disney+. And his cooking show, The [...]
When it comes to Star Wars authors, Claudia Gray is perhaps the best of a very good group. Everything Star Wars that she has written so far has been absolutely fantastic: "Lost Stars", "Bloodline", "Leia, Princess of Alderaan", and the short story "Master and Apprentice" in "From a Certain Point of View". Well, she expanded [...]
A pretty exciting project was announced yesterday by Star Wars, as a new book, entitled "The Secrets of the Jedi," is coming on November 19. The book is written by Marc Sumerak, but the really interesting thing is that it is written from Luke Skywalker's point of view. So, in other words, this book will [...]
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