Ever since Ben Kenobi in A New Hope introduced us to the lightsaber, we've been hooked. "This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight," he tells Luke Skywalker. "Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age." In the decades since, we have seen tons of different lightsabers, [...]
"How do we build a Rebellion from this?" Rey asked Leia Organa at the end of The Last Jedi. The Resistance had just been decimated; they lost much of their leadership, their allies didn't come to their aid, and Jedi Master Luke Skywalker had given his life to ensuring their escape. What remained of the [...]
The first book in the Journey to The Rise of Skywalker line was released on Force Friday: Spark of the Resistance, written by Justina Ireland with illustrations by Phil Noto. The book is set post-The Last Jedi and focuses on Rey, Poe, Rose, and BB-8 responding to a request for help from the people of [...]
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, [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
There is A TON of Star Wars content coming in 2019!
One of the most essential publications that goes along with each Star Wars movie is the visual dictionary, written by Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm story group. In these visual dictionaries there are a ton of interesting tidbits and factoids that are shared that add to our understanding of the movie and of the universe [...]
Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader. It seems nearly impossible to think of a more dangerous duo in Star Wars, combining the Empire's most brilliant strategist and tactician with the Empire's most ruthless and capable warrior. It seems too good to be true, like the dreams and fanfiction made up by countless Star Wars fans [...]
In the recent Star Wars novel "Last Shot" by Daniel Jose Older, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian team up on a mission vital to the galaxy's well-being decades in the making. What more do you need to know? The novel was released as a tie-in to Solo: A Star Wars Story, and it does indeed [...]
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