As we near the tenth anniversary of The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm is beginning to return to the sequel trilogy era. A movie starring the return of Rey is in the works. The comics are finally moving beyond Return of the Jedi, exploring the post-Civil War galaxy. And books are being written about the sequel trilogy [...]
One of the extremely bright spots about the first season of The Acolyte was the Stranger, a character who goes by Qimir. And one of the most disappointing parts about not getting a second season of the show is that the Stranger's story won't be continued, at least on screen. In the forthcoming book The [...]
With Star Wars launching into the new Legacy of Vader comic series exploring Kylo Ren's character arc in-between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, we are taking a look at some other notable moments from his life that the films didn't explore. Today, we're looking at a pivotal moment in New Republic politics [...]
One of the best books to come out of the new Star Wars canon is Bloodline, written by the ever-excellent Claudia Gray. The book focuses on Leia Organa's political career six years prior to The Force Awakens when, with Leia presumed to be the next First Senator (the replacement to the role of Chancellor), the [...]
The Bad Batch wrapped up last year with its third and final season, bringing to a close the Clone Wars spin-off series that became a beloved staple in the long line of terrific Star Wars animated shows. But though the series has concluded, the characters live on. Star Wars announced that there will be a [...]
The Star Wars comics recently finished telling a very significant story in a key period of the timeline, exploring the lead-up to the Battle of Jakku and the fight itself, which marked the final battle of the Galactic Civil War, one year after the Battle of Endor turned the tide. This story has been told [...]
The High Republic publishing initiative will be coming to an end, four and a half years after it began. And it will end in much the same way it started: with a novel written by Charles Soule. Soule, who penned Light of the Jedi to launch this brand new era in 2021, has written Trials [...]
Nearly a decade after first hearing about him, we finally have our first look at Gallius Rax. It comes from one of the variant covers released for the upcoming comic Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Republic Under Siege #4 (available December 11, 2024), which shows Rax commanding a battlefield. It surely won't be long [...]
One of the most closely-guarded secrets in the Star Wars universe is the background of Grand Master Yoda. By George Lucas's design we have never known the identity of his species, and much of his time training as a Jedi is also shrouded in mystery. We have not seen him prior to his days as [...]
Clone captain Rex was a hero of the Clone Wars, and a hero of the Galactic Civil War. It turns out he didn't retire right away after the fall of the Empire, either. A new book written by Marc Sumerak, The Secrets of the Clone Troopers, is written as an in-universe reference book, written from [...]
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