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 [...]
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 [...]
With 2019 over, let’s take a look back at the best moments from Star Wars over the past calendar year, giving out several awards. We’ll hand out the hardware for best film, best show, best book, best comic, best comic arc, best episode, best game, best song, best hero, best villain, best performance, biggest surprise, [...]
****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** The Rise of Skywalker recently released, and the late Carrie Fisher reprised her role as General Leia Organa one last time, thanks to previously unused footage and the wonders of ILM. J.J. Abrams has previously called Leia "the heart of this story", and in [...]
Star Wars Episode IX, The Rise of Skywalker, officially released on Friday, with Thursday previews the day before! I have seen it several times already, and wanted to wait to write this review until after I had gotten multiple viewings in. This post will include only the faintest of spoilers, and nothing that you wouldn't [...]
With The Rise of Skywalker coming THIS WEEK, I thought it might be helpful to give a brief rundown on what we know of the new characters in the film - similar to what we did in looking at the new planets. So here's your primer of what to know about the newcomers before you [...]
There are a ton of TV spots for The Rise of Skywalker that have been released, and I've been trying to keep up with them all. Thankfully, Star Wars has been officially releasing a lot of them, which makes it easy, but they haven't officially released all of them online. But Zcure1 on Twitter has [...]
Throughout the sequel trilogy, Rey has been wondering who she is and how she fits in to this story, waiting for her parents to return. In The Last Jedi, however, it was revealed that Rey's parents were nobodies - a fact important to remember, since Rey herself was the one who admitted this. This was [...]
On Saturday afternoon, Star Wars came to Fortnite with an event themed around the upcoming The Rise of Skywalker! You can read about the event here, which included appearances in-game from J.J. Abrams and the Millennium Falcon, as well as a voiceover from Palpatine. But perhaps most pertinent to our purposes was a brand new [...]
Amazon recently released a special look at The Rise of Skywalker, and the video takes a look back at the saga from a behind-the-scenes perspective. There are interviews with J.J. Abrams, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, and these include interviews both old and new. The video is intended to [...]
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