One of the most beloved characters in Star Wars is Lando Calrissian, first brought to life by Billy Dee Williams in The Empire Strikes Back. In that film, Lando was the Baron Administrator of Cloud City who betrayed Han Solo, Leia Organa, and Chewbacca, but later had a change of heart, helping them (minus Han) [...]
The second season of The Mandalorian will be premiering in October 2020, and we'll likely be seeing a trailer for the new season soon! The first season featured a terrific team of directors, and it looks like season two won't be any different. Though there has been no official announcement made, over the months we've [...]
Recently at a Comic-Con@Home livestream, a few exciting new Star Wars books were announced! You can read about all of the interesting tidbits and reveals from the panel here, but there were two books in particular that stood out to me. The first is The Lightsaber Collection, written by Daniel Wallace. This reference book will [...]
A month ago, there were a number of book announcements connected to The Mandalorian. But one of them is already being delayed. Del Rey announced today that the original novel, written by Adam Christopher, will release in fall 2021 now instead of when it was previously scheduled. https://twitter.com/DelReyStarWars/status/1289251677715873794 There wasn't a release date originally announced, [...]
The comic industry experienced quite a bit of delays over the last several months due to COVID-19, but on Wednesday the current Darth Vader Marvel series resumed, with issue #3 dropping. This is actually the third major Darth Vader comic series released in recent years, following Kieron Gillan's Star Wars: Darth Vader (set in-between A [...]
Mon Mothma was an influential figure in the Republic, in the Rebel Alliance, and in the New Republic. Though she doesn't have a ton of screentime in the Star Wars films, she casts an important influence in the story of Star Wars - so what was she up to after the Battle of Endor? Here's [...]
Nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards were announced today, and Star Wars is incredibly well represented! Leading the way was the successful first season of The Mandalorian, which was the first-ever live-action Star Wars TV series, debuting on Disney+ at launch late last year. The show received an impressive 15 nominations, including for Outstanding Drama [...]
In my opinion the climax of The Last Jedi is not just the best moment from the sequel trilogy but among the best moments in Star Wars, period. We see the return of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, confronting his nephew Kylo Ren and allowing the Resistance to escape. Of course this was all through a [...]
This isn't a huge update, but it's still one worth noting: Taika Waititi has begun writing his Star Wars film! In a recent interview with BBC about a variety of subjects, Waititi was asked about Star Wars and he simply revealed that he's writing the film now. It was announced in May that Waititi will [...]
Back in April we got our first look at some of the new characters who will feature in The High Republic, and on Thursday Star Wars unveiled another one We are introduced to a Trandoshan Jedi named Sskeer, who sounds like a more complicated Jedi than we're used to. Here's the way that author Cavan [...]
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