Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) do incredible visual effects work on Star Wars and other franchises, and that was certainly the case in The Rise of Skywalker. Recently, ILM released a video detailing some of their work on the film, and it's a fascinating look at the process. We get a chance to see a [...]
For the last several years, the main Star Wars comic line has been filling in the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. This January, however, it rebooted by beginning to explore the period in-between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. In the first issue, written by Charles Soule [...]
In The Rise of Kylo Ren #3, written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Will Sliney, we get some flashbacks to Jedi Master Luke Skywalker training his students at his Jedi Temple. The students in focus in this issue are (obviously) Ben Solo, as well as Voe, Hennix, and Tai. These three students were away [...]
The Rise of Kylo Ren comic series, written by Charles Soule and drawn by Will Sliney, has been phenomenal so far, showing us Ben Solo becoming the villain known as Kylo Ren - and in the meantime painting him as a sympathetic character. The third issue was recently released, and it's another success. If you [...]
With the very first words of the opening crawl of The Rise of Skywalker - "the dead speak!" - we are told that Palpatine has returned. The film doesn't explain how, beyond the line "the dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural," but ultimately we know [...]
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, we met Han Solo, before there was a “Solo”. When we first meet him in the film, he’s just “Han,” a young boy living on the streets of Corellia, but after a failed escape attempt resulted in Qi’ra being taken, Han joins the Empire. When asked for his family [...]
We’re now halfway through The Rise of Kylo Ren, the four-part comic miniseries written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Will Sliney, that focuses on Ben Solo becoming Kylo Ren. And I have to say, the first two issues have been absolutely fantastic! In the second issue, released this week, we are given a flashback [...]
Now that the sequel trilogy has concluded, we're finally getting a lot more clarity as to the timeline of what was happening in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, particularly as it pertains to the events and characters of the sequel trilogy. Thankfully, Pablo Hidalgo's Visual Dictionary for The Rise of Skywalker places [...]
****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** In The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams decided to give further backstory to Rey's family. This led to the major reveal that Rey is actually a Palpatine, the granddaughter of the feared Emperor. When Rey and Luke Skywalker talk on Ahch-To, it [...]
****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** The Rise of Skywalker gave us one last chance to see Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, and it was beautiful. But there was one thing in particular that was a pretty major reveal: Leia actually trained as a Jedi briefly under Luke [...]
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