One of the most closely-guarded secrets in the Star Wars universe is the background of Grand Master Yoda. By George Lucas's design we have never known the identity of his species, and much of his time training as a Jedi is also shrouded in mystery. We have not seen him prior to his days as [...]
A ten-issue Yoda comic recently concluded with a very interesting final issue that saw a major figure from the High Republic era make a shocking cameo. The series included flashbacks to the High Republic era, but the 'main' story took place while Yoda was in exile on Dagobah. The Jedi Master is pained and haunted [...]
Last year, Tales of the Jedi showed us the tragic story of Dooku, once a respected Jedi Master who turned to the dark side after seeing the Republic's failures and the seduction of Darth Sidious. The moment that finally cemented Dooku's darkness came when he confronted Master Yaddle, who tracked him to a meeting with [...]
As seen in the Skywalker Saga films, two of the greatest Jedi Masters to ever live both went into a self-imposed exile. First it was Yoda, who went into exile on Dagobah after the fall of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side and the collapse of the Jedi Order - until a young Jedi-to-be showed [...]
In Tales of the Jedi, we finally got to hear another member of Yoda's species talk on-screen. And to the surprise of many, Yaddle actually sounds normal! That was actually the case in Legends, and in the High Republic as well, but we'd never heard her on-screen before. She showed up just briefly sitting on [...]
A collection of anthology Star Wars stories was recently released, Stories of Jedi and Sith, and one story in particular caught my attention. "Masters" was a short story about Palpatine and Yoda written by Tessa Gratton, marking her first contribution to Star Wars, though she has also joined the team of The High Republic and [...]
Twenty years ago today, on May 16, 2002, Attack of the Clones released in theaters in the United States, marking the release of the second chapter of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Those two decades haven't exactly been smooth sailing for the film, which was met by extremely mixed and tempered reviews from both critics [...]
The High Republic is full of mostly new Jedi that we've never met before, set around 200 years prior to the events of the Skywalker Saga. But there's one especially prominent Jedi active at this time: Grand Master Yoda. At the time of the High Republic, Yoda is one of three Grand Masters of the [...]
The third issue of Charles Soule's Crimson Reign comic miniseries was recently released, and this time the focus is on the Archivist! This five-issue series focuses on Qi'ra's plans and attempts to overthrow Palpatine and Vader, as she lays in motion a grand plan with many different pieces allied to Crimson Dawn. So the first [...]
At the very end of The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6, Luke Skywalker offers Grogu something very significant, yet unexpected: Yoda's lightsaber. Luke tells Grogu to choose between either the lightsaber, and with it embracing the Jedi path, or the beskar gift from Din Djarin, embracing the Mandalorian foundling path. We don't get to [...]
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