Polygon today revealed that a brand new Star Wars novel is coming later this year about Poe Dameron, entitled Star Wars: Poe Dameron: Free Fall! The book will be written by Star Wars newcomer Alex Segura and is set to be released on August 4, 2020. Here's the official description for the novel that was [...]
At the end of The Rise of Skywalker, just when things are looking bleakest for the Resistance, Lando Calrissian arrives with reinforcements - people from across the galaxy. It's a heroic and triumphant moment, and included amongst the massive fleet that arrives at Exegol to face the Final Order are some very familiar ships to [...]
****This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** It is hardly noticeable, but if you pay close attention to the final battle sequence of The Rise of Skywalker, you will notice the destruction of a ship - and a character - from the original trilogy. It was spotted by Bryan Young, who [...]
The Rise of Skywalker featured a short but massively significant revelation about Snoke: he was a creation of Palpatine! When Kylo Ren arrives on Exegol at the beginning of the film, Palpatine tells him, "I made Snoke," and Kylo then sees what looks like two other Snokes in a tank. The implication is clearly that [...]
A longstanding theory that held tons of credence has finally been officially confirmed: Ilum was turned into Starkiller Base. In The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary, written by Pablo Hidalgo, we read this: "Properly energized, kyber crystals create containment fields that hold and amplify power to incredible levels. The Empire controlled several kyber-rich worlds, funneling [...]
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 [...]
The four-issue comic Star Wars Allegiance that came out this fall as part of the Journey to The Rise of Skywalker was a bit disappointing, as it didn't give us quite as much insight into the post-The Last Jedi world as it was presumed to and remained fairly bland. But there was something pretty cool [...]
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 promotion for The Force Awakens before it was released, it was made to seem like Finn was going to be the Jedi of the sequel trilogy. This was done in order to keep the reveal about Rey a secret (which was [...]
With 2019 over, let’s take a look back at the best moments from Star Wars over the past calendar year, giving out several awards. We’ll hand out the hardware for best film, best show, best book, best comic, best comic arc, best episode, best game, best song, best hero, best villain, best performance, biggest surprise, [...]
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