****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** The Rise of Skywalker recently released, and the late Carrie Fisher reprised her role as General Leia Organa one last time, thanks to previously unused footage and the wonders of ILM. J.J. Abrams has previously called Leia "the heart of this story", and in [...]
****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** The Rise of Skywalker is intended to be the end of the nine-chapter Skywalker saga. The film put a ton of effort into attempting to establish this satisfying ending, and it paid off in plenty of ways. In just one example, Rey ends [...]
The Rise of Kylo Ren, a comic mini-series written by Charles Soule and drawn by Will Sliney, is a very highly-anticipated look at Ben Solo's descent to the dark side. The series promises to give us a look at Ben Solo, Luke Skywalker, Snoke, and the Knights of Ren. The first issue of the comic, [...]
When the TV spot hit that showed General Leia Organa holding the Skywalker lightsaber in the jungles of Ajan Kloss, speculation continued to increase as to whether Leia might actually be continuing Rey's training. It turns out that's exactly the case. There was a press junket on Wednesday for The Rise of Skywalker, and included [...]
In 1977, Star Wars was released, and filmmaking has never been the same since. It was a monumental achievement, and A New Hope remains an iconic film even today. It's awesome in so many ways, and the Trench Run at the end remains one of the coolest Star Wars moments. There are so many things [...]
WEDGE ANTILLES IS BACK! That's right, the hero of the Rebellion returns in the upcoming novel "Resistance Reborn" by Rebecca Roanhorse (releasing November 5), as the Resistance needs him. In a brand new excerpt from the novel released by StarWars.com, we learn that Wedge and Norra Wexley are retired to a quiet farming life on [...]
In the final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker, there's a line from Luke Skywalker in a voiceover that I think is really great and worth discussing a bit more. We hear Luke saying (almost certainly to Rey): "Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny." I love that line, because there's so [...]
Wow!!! Today, a preview for the second issue of Charles Soule's upcoming Kylo Ren comic, and it's a stunner. This is the cover (drawn by Will Sliney) for the second issue, due out in January: https://twitter.com/CharlesSoule/status/1187359415344795648 Yes, that's right, the cover shows Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and his apprentice, Ben Solo, fighting the Knights of [...]
On Monday night, the final trailer for the ninth and final installment of the Skywalker saga, The Rise of Skywalker, was released! It's a beautifully made trailer, and it manages to thrill and excite audiences with stunning visuals and music while maintaining a very hopeful note, giving us optimism that this saga will wrap up [...]
We knew that the main Star Wars comic line is coming to an end later this year, wrapping up with issue #75, followed by a one-shot called Empire Ascendant, leading right up to the events of The Empire Strikes Back on Hoth. Announced last Friday was that the main comic line will relaunch in January [...]
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