To no surprise, Richard E. Grant is not playing Thrawn in Star Wars: Episode IX

To no surprise, Richard E. Grant is not playing Thrawn in Star Wars: Episode IX

One of the newcomers to the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX is Richard E. Grant, and some fans almost instantly noticed that he bears some resemblance to Grand Admiral Thrawn - provided you give him blue skin and red eyes. But what was a far-fetched fan theory will not turn into anything more than [...]

Dave Filoni has ideas about what happens to Ahsoka and Sabine, whether he ever tells the story or not

Dave Filoni has ideas about what happens to Ahsoka and Sabine, whether he ever tells the story or not

To use Star Wars lingo, Dave Filoni is the apprentice to the master, George Lucas.  Filoni learned from Lucas as he was the executive producer on The Clone Wars, and Filoni has continued to flourish in Star Wars storytelling in the years since Lucas' retirement from the company. Star Wars has plenty of very good [...]

Book Review: “Thrawn: Alliances” may just be Timothy Zahn’s best Star Wars novel yet

Book Review: “Thrawn: Alliances” may just be Timothy Zahn’s best Star Wars novel yet

Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader. It seems nearly impossible to think of a more dangerous duo in Star Wars, combining the Empire's most brilliant strategist and tactician with the Empire's most ruthless and capable warrior.  It seems too good to be true, like the dreams and fanfiction made up by countless Star Wars fans [...]

Ranking the best moments of modern day Star Wars: Numbers 11-15

Ranking the best moments of modern day Star Wars: Numbers 11-15

On Twitter, Bryan Young recently asked his followers what their favorite moment of the modern Star Wars era (the Disney era) is, and there are too many great ones to count.  Inspired by that, we'll be taking a look at this author's top 50 moments from recent Star Wars material.  Today, we look at numbers [...]

Thrawn meets Anakin Skywalker in new art, excerpt from upcoming novel

Thrawn meets Anakin Skywalker in new art, excerpt from upcoming novel

Next month, Del Rey will release the highly-anticipated Star Wars novel Thrawn: Alliances, written by veteran Star Wars author Timothy Zahn. The book, a sequel to Zahn's Thrawn released in 2017, further follows the exploits of Zahn's greatest creation and one of the greatest characters in the Star Wars universe, Grand Admiral Thrawn.  This time, [...]

Dave Filoni confirms the fate of two major Star Wars Rebels characters

Dave Filoni confirms the fate of two major Star Wars Rebels characters

Star Wars Rebels has ended. The show concluded with a thrilling ninety-minute finale on Monday night, sending the show out on a high note and explaining the fates of the remaining members of the Ghost crew. Of course, there's still some mystery remaining around what exactly happened to some of the characters in the show; [...]

The Star Wars Rebels finale is as much of a beginning for future stories as it is an ending for this one

The Star Wars Rebels finale is as much of a beginning for future stories as it is an ending for this one

On Monday night, the final episodes of Star Wars Rebels aired, bringing to a close the four-season run of the latest successful endeavor from Dave Filoni and his team at Lucasfilm animation. We know that even though Filoni is done with Rebels, he's not done with Star Wars storytelling, and we're eagerly awaiting the announcement [...]