While all the talk this week has, rightly and understandably, been about Adam Driver's Star Wars movie that Disney shot down, there was another part of Driver's interview with the Associated Press that went a bit under the radar. The AP story mentioned this: "Driver had undertaken the trilogy with an arc in mind for [...]
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 [...]
When the preview pages for Legacy of Vader were released back in January, there was a panel in particular that created a lot of stir in the Star Wars fandom: images of Darth Vader killing Watto. It created a lot of discussion because, well, everything does with Star Wars fans online. But it turns out [...]
An upcoming Star Wars comic will finally show us the fate of one of the prequel trilogy's most despicable characters. Marvel Star Wars editor Mark Paniccia posted a few images of the second issue of the upcoming Legacy of Vader comic, showing Kylo Ren traveling to Tatooine as he hunts the legacy of his grandfather. [...]
When Anakin Skywalker was redeemed at the end of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker had spent the previous year dealing with the fact that his father was actually Darth Vader. So by the time Anakin returned to the light, Luke had already come to believe there was still good in his father and was [...]
The Star Wars comics are finally beginning to cover the time period following Return of the Jedi, but they'll soon jump a few decades further in the timeline to begin filling in some more gaps in the sequel trilogy storyline. Veteran Star Wars author Charles Soule is writing a new comic series called Star Wars: [...]
Earlier today, James Earl Jones died at his home at the age of 93. Jones had a long and successful career as an actor, both on the screen and on the stage, a star on Broadway and in Hollywood. He won three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award, which combined with an [...]
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 [...]
In the World Between Worlds in Ahsoka, master and apprentice engage in a lightsaber duel all intended to teach one last lesson. As Ahsoka Tano fights Anakin Skywalker, there are a couple of real interesting parallels to another Star Wars lightsaber duel: Luke Skywalker versus his father, Darth Vader, aboard the second Death Star in [...]
In The Phantom Menace, we were introduced not only to Anakin Skywalker but to some of his friends, fellow slaves, such as Kitster and Wald. As is typical in the Star Wars fandom, Kitster in particular seems to have developed a sort of cult following in recent years, and he has recently made a surprising [...]
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