October 5th, 20181163Charles Soule said the second volume of Marvel's Star Wars: Darth Vader will end with issue #25, concluding what has been a character-defining arc for the character. The news, revealed at the Lucasfilm publishing panel at New York Comic Con on Oct. 5, was softened by the reveal that Aftermath trilogy author Chuck Wendig is writing a...
September 3rd, 20182344When Maul was first brought back during The Clone Wars, I immediately thought it was such a cop-out. Bringing back another dead character because why? Can’t they think of anyone original to bring in? First, it was The Emperor in the Dark Empire comics, and then it was Boba Fett. Didn’t he die when he fell into the Sarlacc pit?...
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August 7th, 20180166*This review of Thrawn: Alliances contains minor spoilers.* Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn is a follow-up to Star Wars: Thrawn, published in May 2017. (You can my review here.) In Thrawn, Zahn laid a thread that the Chiss had once worked alongside General Anakin Skywalker, during the time of The Clone Wars. In Alliances, that thread...
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July 27th, 20181244"For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi Since Obi-Wan's famous line in the original Star Wars, fans have been wondering what these "dark times" actually were. Since the Lucasfilm purchase by Disney...
July 21st, 20180149The Lucasfilm Publishing Panel at SDCC featured exciting news about upcoming novels, children's books, and Star Wars comics from IDW and Marvel. Of note, the conclusion of the Poe Dameron series, the spooky Tales from Vader's Castle, scheduled for release in time for Halloween, and Marvel's Solo: A Star Wars Story adaptation. Find...
May 23rd, 20181150Over the past two months, I have examined the portrayal of evil in the Star Wars saga. First, I looked at evil in the prequels and how the concept of evil was a little more ambiguous. Next, I turned to the movies of the original trilogy and Rogue One. While the films of the original trilogy largely treated evil as a black and white...
April 23rd, 20181146Last month, I began exploring the concept of evil in Star Wars. This series began by examining how evil was portrayed in the prequels. In the prequels, “evil” is fluid. The galaxy is split between the Republic and the Separatists, but the movies made clear that “evil was everywhere.” When all factors were balanced, the...
March 24th, 20180187StarWars.com has released an excerpt from the upcoming , Timothy Zahn's follow-up to Thrawn. Alliances, due for release July 24, follows Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader on a secret mission, and introduces the world of Batuu -- which is the location for Disney's Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. The excerpt, which you can read below,...
