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 [...]

What’s the big deal about Grand Admiral Thrawn?

What’s the big deal about Grand Admiral Thrawn?

Grand Admiral Thrawn. Die-hard fans love him and many fans know of him, but there are others who wonder, "what's the big deal about Thrawn?"  In 2008, IGN ranked Thrawn as the second-best Star Wars villain, behind only Darth Vader.  In a separate ranking, IGN listed Thrawn as the tenth-best Star Wars character period.  Most [...]

Breaking down the Star Wars Rebels season four midseason trailer

Breaking down the Star Wars Rebels season four midseason trailer

Star Wars Rebels will be wrapping up in the coming months with the final seven episodes of the fourth and final season, meaning that we're in for some very interesting and exciting moments as the show concludes. There are lots of questions still to be answered, and we'll have to see how Dave Filoni and [...]