We knew that the main Star Wars comic line is coming to an end later this year, wrapping up with issue #75, followed by a one-shot called Empire Ascendant, leading right up to the events of The Empire Strikes Back on Hoth. Announced last Friday was that the main comic line will relaunch in January [...]
Since January 2015, the main Star Wars comic line has been filling in the gaps between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. It has taken many twists and turns and seen several different authors take their turn at it, but it has done a very good job of telling the further exploits of [...]
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 [...]
After The Last Jedi, there was a segment of fans that made their displeasure with the film quite vocal. Some even wondered whether J.J. Abrams would retcon some of the decisions that Rian Johnson made, 'fixing' them in The Rise of Skywalker (which hilariously and falsely assumes that there are mistakes that need fixing in [...]
In The Force Awakens, we only saw the Knights of Ren in one very brief scene (Rey's Forceback vision), and we only got one mention of them (Snoke calling Kylo Ren their master). Yet in true Star Wars fashion, that was all it took for fans to be hooked - so much so that there [...]
In The Rise of Skywalker, Poe Dameron has a new X-Wing. This is needed, since Black One was destroyed in The Last Jedi. But Poe's new fighter is painted orange, and I think it looks awesome. We got our first look at it in one of the new items available to purchase on Triple Force [...]
Earlier, we mentioned that two new characters from The Rise of Skywalker - Boolio and Babu Frik - were revealed as part of the merchandise for the film. Well, on Wednesday, Star Wars released an image of Babu Frik from the film, as well as a description of the tiny character: "The tiny Anzellan droidsmith, [...]
On Thursday, Star Wars hosted a live stream revealing new merchandise for Triple Force Friday, and as part of it they actually revealed two new characters from The Rise of Skywalker! Boolio The first of these characters is an alien named Boolio. He is included as a minifigure in the Millennium Falcon LEGO set, alongside [...]
In case you haven't seen, Kylo Ren's mask is back in The Rise of Skywalker. Yes, the one he wore for much of The Force Awakens and then destroyed early in The Last Jedi. It is now repaired, and it is pieced together with a red substance, allowing you to see the cracks in it [...]
Probably the most anticipated novel releasing this fall in the leadup to The Rise of Skywalker is "Resistance Reborn" by Rebecca Roanhorse, releasing on November 14. Set after The Last Jedi, this novel focuses on Leia, Rey, Poe, and Finn rebuilding the Resistance. So this will undoubtedly provide good context for us as we prepare [...]
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