As we near the tenth anniversary of The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm is beginning to return to the sequel trilogy era. A movie starring the return of Rey is in the works. The comics are finally moving beyond Return of the Jedi, exploring the post-Civil War galaxy. And books are being written about the sequel trilogy [...]
Adam Driver dropped a pretty massive Star Wars tidbit in an interview with the Associated Press, released today: he was quietly working on developing a Star Wars film for two years before Disney ultimately killed the project. In the interview, which was in promotion of Driver's upcoming film Father Mother Sister Brother, the actor known [...]
The Star Wars comics are finally beginning to cover the time period following Return of the Jedi, but they'll soon jump a few decades further in the timeline to begin filling in some more gaps in the sequel trilogy storyline. Veteran Star Wars author Charles Soule is writing a new comic series called Star Wars: [...]
When The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980, it contained the biggest twist in all of film history: that Luke Skywalker's father was actually Darth Vader. So when it came time for the sequel three years later, Return of the Jedi faced an impossible task of matching it. And while no one would claim [...]
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, later this year there's a collection of stories being released titled From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, with 40 stories written by 40 authors about 40 characters in connection with the movie. It's the third book of its kind, following [...]
The discourse over Rey's parents in the Star Wars sequel trilogy has been a near-constant talking point online in the Star Wars fandom since The Force Awakens released in 2015, and it only escalated with the answers revealed in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. There's no shortage of opinions out there on [...]
In The Rise of Skywalker, we saw Rey's parents for the first time, glimpsed only briefly in a flashback appearance. It was revealed that her father was the son of Palpatine, who sent the Sith assassin Ochi of Bestoon to hunt them down in order to bring the young Rey to him, seemingly necessary to [...]
There has been a very strange mystery that's lurked in the background of some Star Wars discussion the last few years surrounding the identity of Rothgar Deng - and whether he's actually Dengar. And it seems like we just keep getting more and more hints that they're actually the same person. Let me unpack the [...]
In The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6, we get a look at a bunch of droids building a hut for Luke Skywalker on a remote forest world, where he trains Grogu in the ways of the Force. Din Djarin visits the planet, where Luke, Grogu, R2-D2, and Ahsoka Tano are hanging out. Djarin asks [...]
There were many things about The Rise of Skywalker that sparked debate amongst fans, some of which were fair and others which weren't. And while there is certainly room to criticize the film, one line from the movie has become a common one to use in highlighting its issues... except I don't think it's a [...]
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