Explaining the massive connections to Thrawn, the First Order, and other Star Wars material in The Mandalorian: Chapter 23!

Explaining the massive connections to Thrawn, the First Order, and other Star Wars material in The Mandalorian: Chapter 23!

The latest episode of The Mandalorian, "Chapter 23: The Spies", included some incredibly strong threads and connective ties to other material, including both Legends and canon, as it drew on plot lines from the books and the sequel trilogy. It's all setting up for the return of Thrawn, in the more immediate view, and the [...]

Why Carson Teva’s concern with the New Republic foreshadows the eventual rise of the First Order

Why Carson Teva’s concern with the New Republic foreshadows the eventual rise of the First Order

The Mandalorian season three has been exploring the New Republic more in-depth than anything we've seen on-screen in Star Wars before, and it's been extremely interesting to see. A big theme that has emerged with the New Republic is that, for all their good intentions, they are nonetheless inadvertently repeating some of the same mistakes [...]

Latest Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures shorts explore Black Spire Outpost at Galaxy’s Edge!

Latest Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures shorts explore Black Spire Outpost at Galaxy’s Edge!

The latest batch of Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures shorts were recently released, and like all the others, these are amazing. These three latest episodes are all set at Galaxy's Edge, at Black Spire Outpost on Batuu. So it's really cool how these short episodes are telling stories at Galaxy's Edge and about things that [...]

The Rise of Skywalker novelization reveals that Allegiant General Pryde was loyal to Palpatine all along

The Rise of Skywalker novelization reveals that Allegiant General Pryde was loyal to Palpatine all along

One of the most significant new characters introduced in The Rise of Skywalker was Allegiant General Pryde, a brand new officer in the First Order. The film pits Pryde against General Hux, while also making it clear that Pryde outranked Hux in the First Order hierarchy. But after Supreme Leader Kylo Ren turned back to [...]

The Rise of Kylo Ren #2 makes it seem like Ben Solo was initially not aware of Snoke’s connection to the First Order

The Rise of Kylo Ren #2 makes it seem like Ben Solo was initially not aware of Snoke’s connection to the First Order

In The Rise of Kylo Ren #2, written by Charles Soule and drawn by Will Sliney, there’s a brief moment that I think is pretty significant, as it pertains to the First Order. After that fateful night at Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple, Ben Solo decides to run to Snoke, who is found on this strange [...]

Star Wars Resistance: “The Escape” review!

Star Wars Resistance: “The Escape” review!

It's crazy to believe, but Star Wars Resistance has concluded its run! It had just two seasons and seems to have been not much more than a filler in-between higher-priority animated projects, but in the meantime it managed to create really compelling characters and tell an entertaining story. It has been continually underrated in its [...]

Star Wars Resistance: “Rebuilding the Resistance” review

Star Wars Resistance: “Rebuilding the Resistance” review

It's hard to believe, but there's only one more week left of Star Wars Resistance! This upcoming Sunday the two-part series finale will air, but this past weekend we got another episode that was tremendous and quite significant. Let's dive in to our review of "Rebuilding the Resistance"! SUMMARY: A group of Resistance X-Wings arrives [...]

Everything we learned about Snoke from The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary

Everything we learned about Snoke from The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary

The Rise of Skywalker featured a short but massively significant revelation about Snoke: he was a creation of Palpatine! When Kylo Ren arrives on Exegol at the beginning of the film, Palpatine tells him, "I made Snoke," and Kylo then sees what looks like two other Snokes in a tank. The implication is clearly that [...]