March 17th, 20200181This review of the novelization and audiobook for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will contain spoilers for some of the expanded content. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker marks the end for the 40-plus year journey of the sweeping Skywalker Saga. Whether you were satisfied with how the saga wrapped up, or were less so, it's probably...
October 31st, 2019035ILMxLAB ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE AND FIRST STORY DETAILS FOR VADER IMMORTAL: EPISODE III The conclusion to the VR series arrives November 21st for Oculus Quest and Rift headsets OCTOBER 31, 2019 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Today ILMxLAB announced that Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - Episode III, the conclusion to the acclaimed virtual...
December 4th, 20180144Just one issue this week, but it's left a searing impression on Jeff and Matt. Darth Vader #24 is setting up the series' conclusion with an unusual vista that may change the reality and perception of Darth Vader and, by extension, Anakin Skywalker, too, with consequences that could potentially resonate down the Star Wars timeline.A...
November 20th, 20180204Fresh of the heels of being deemed too obscure for the Star Wars Celebration podcast stage (Q: Who reads Star Wars comics anyway? A: About 200,000 do, every month.), we're looking at last week's Star Wars comics this week, including a rather stirring start of a new story arc in Doctor Aphra #26 and a thoroughly entertaining chapter of...
November 6th, 20180182Five weeks after it began, the frightful final issue of Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #5 provides a resonant endsong to the mini series, keeping the suspense and chills on a steady course from start to finish. We're quite happy with how this weekly experiment played out and impressed how it not only kept its all-ages...
October 16th, 20180168It was a quiet week in Star Wars comics until it wasn't. Jeff McGee and Matt Moore discuss Chuck Wendig's reveal that he's been "fired" by Marvel, the implications it may have and the reactions it's drawn. Also discussed? The solid and deft debut of Robbie Thompson and Will Sliney's first issue of the Solo: A Star Wars Story...
May 8th, 2018092Jeff, Matt and ... Daisy make three? No, not that Daisy, the other Daisy, who weighs in with a woof as we discuss the events of Part IV of "Mutiny at Mon Cala" in the pages of Star Wars #47. We're also discussing, at length, the future of the Poe Dameron series, given its sliding sales stats, Charles Soule's plans for his other...
May 21st, 20172181The day is almost here and honestly, it’s hard to believe that Star Wars (A New Hope) is celebrating its 40th anniversary. What’s even harder to fathom, is the realization that I’ve grown up right alongside it―we’ve gotten old! It was the first film that I’m aware of that played in the theater for a full year, giving it...
December 30th, 2016064Two weeks to the day after seeing it ourselves, my husband, Tom, and I finally got to see “Rogue One” with our two daughters who came home for the holidays. Neither one of them had seen the newest chapter in Star Wars lore as of yet, and Tom and I were waiting with bated breath for them to see it – especially this past week since...
January 13th, 20151484 A house across the street from me was destroyed by fire this past Sunday. Gutted. Decimated. Destroyed. Only half the house remains standing, a charred, fragile shell against a backdrop of freezing rain and snow. I hear that a dried, neglected Christmas tree, turned on and accidentally left on by my neighbor, is the cause of this...