Star Wars has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of The Phantom Menace this year, and as part of that commemoration StarWars.com recently published an interview with Ian McCaig, a concept artist who helped bring the movie to life. It's a great read, but McCaig also revealed a pretty massive plot twist that [...]
George Lucas is a brilliant storyteller. That's not a controversial statement, but I want to mention one aspect of that here that I think has often gone overlooked. And it pertains to the way each of the three prequel films end. In his subtle genius, Lucas subverts our natural thoughts and feelings by suggesting there's [...]
There are a great many things that Star Wars is known for. But one that people don't often think about is the fantastic documentaries that have accompanied the saga. In fact, a couple of these documentaries, which look at the making-of certain films, are widely considered gold standards not just amongst Star Wars but amongst [...]
Rose Tico once said that we're going to win not by fighting what we hate, but by saving what we love. That wisdom is pertinent for Star Wars fans; amidst seemingly incessant criticism, I want to spend time actually liking Star Wars. I love all Star Wars, so in this series, I'll walk through each [...]
The comic industry experienced quite a bit of delays over the last several months due to COVID-19, but on Wednesday the current Darth Vader Marvel series resumed, with issue #3 dropping. This is actually the third major Darth Vader comic series released in recent years, following Kieron Gillan's Star Wars: Darth Vader (set in-between A [...]
Now that the Skywalker Saga is finished, it remains to be seen what will happen to the opening crawl we've grown accustomed to in Star Wars films. The standalone movies haven't had them, and I'm not sure what will happen with future movies. But either way, a staple of the Star Wars saga films has [...]
We're just a couple of weeks away from perhaps the most anticipated Star Wars Celebration ever, which will be taking place from April 11-15 in Chicago. We'll get new information and announcements about a variety of subjects, as well as our first look at Star Wars shows, games, parks - and, oh yeah, a certain [...]
Darth Vader #25 seemed to seriously imply it.
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