As Rey finds the Skywalker lightsaber in The Force Awakens, a series of flashback images appears, including a shot of Kylo Ren killing someone and then stepping toward the camera. People wondered what this meant about his possible relationship with Rey, but the movie didn't explain the sequence, nor did later films in the trilogy. [...]
One of the big mysteries of the Star Wars sequel trilogy was the identity of the sinister Supreme Leader Snoke, introduced in The Force Awakens as the shadowy leader behind the First Order. As the trilogy went on we learned more about him, but there are things that still remain unknown - especially about his [...]
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 time where Snoke tried to teach [...]
In the latest novel from the High Republic era, set 200 years before The Phantom Menace, the heroes arrive at a previously abandoned space station in the wake of the Great Disaster. As such, Into the Dark by Claudia Gray sees the majority of the book take place on this space station, with four Jedi [...]
*** Be warned that FULL SPOILERS ARE AHEAD for the most recent episode of The Mandalorian, so if you haven’t watched it yet, don’t read this article. Trust me, you want to go into this one without spoilers. *** The most recent episode of The Mandalorian, "Chapter 12: The Siege," was another thrilling adventure for [...]
Over the last few months, we've been learning the story of Ben Solo's fall to the dark side in The Rise of Kylo Ren, the excellent four-part comic miniseries written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Will Sliney. The fourth and final issue was recently released, and it shows us Solo finally giving into the [...]
Whenever a new Star Wars film is released, a Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm story group is published. And I rarely say anything is a "must read," but these Visual Dictionaries fit the bill: they are always among my most anticipated Star Wars publications, and they provide a wealth of fun tidbits [...]
The Star Wars sequel trilogy concluded recently with The Rise of Skywalker, and I'm hoping that means that Lucasfilm will slowly but surely begin to fill in the gaps of the trilogy by more storytelling. None of this is a criticism of the way they've handled things, because of course there are going to be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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