In the most recent episode of Ahsoka, Grand Admiral Thrawn studies Ahsoka Tano's history - and is surprised to learn that her master was General Anakin Skywalker. The moment in the show is designed fo a specific purpose, to show audiences that Thrawn is someone who studies his opponents to learn about them and how [...]
At the very end of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker looks on at the Force ghosts of his Jedi masters, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, joined by a third: Anakin Skywalker. Luke smiles, having seen his father return to the light and defeat not just Emperor Palpatine, but Darth Vader. "Tell your sister, you were [...]
Earlier this week all 40 chapters were announced from the upcoming book From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi. The book follows 40 different Star Wars character, each with a different chapter, interacting in some way with the events of the film. You can find the whole list of stories here, but [...]
A Star Wars book that I'm particularly excited about will be releasing later this month, as From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi will release on August 29. The book is the third in a trilogy celebrating the 40th anniversary of each film from the original trilogy. In 2017 there was the [...]
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, later this year there's a collection of stories being released titled From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, with 40 stories written by 40 authors about 40 characters in connection with the movie. It's the third book of its kind, following [...]
To celebrate the release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor this weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at a book that released last month, one that ties in to the game quite well. Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars is written by Sam Maggs (in her first full-length Star Wars novel) [...]
At The High Republic panel at this year's Star Wars Celebration, the obvious highlight was the announcement that Rebecca Morrison will be portraying an older Vernestra Rwoh in The Acolyte, marking the first (known) character to make the jump from the books to this live-action series. But there were plenty of announcements about the publishing [...]
It was announced today that a new novel about Qi'ra is coming, titled Crimson Climb, written by E.K. Johnston. Johnston took to twitter to announce the news, sharing that she's writing another Star Wars book, this time about Qi'ra. No details were provided, but a cover was released: https://twitter.com/ek_johnston/status/1622642947786174464 Based on the title, as well [...]
The High Republic phase two began not long ago, and I recently was able to catch up on the book that kicked off the new wave, Path of Deceit, written by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland. While it might initially seem unusual for a young adult novel to kick off the new wave, it is [...]
This past year was a huge one for Star Wars, and 2023 looks to be much the same. There's a ton of new Star Wars content that will be coming this year, from shows to books to comics to games to everything in-between - and that's just of the stuff we know about! There's always [...]
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