What Are the Transparent Boards With Glowing Lines?

Most of us meet General Grievous either in the 2003 Clone Wars micro–series, stalking Jedi on Hypori, or on Utapau in Revenge of the Sith. On screen, he feels like a late–war monster the Republic only learns to fear after years of fighting. But in Legends, there’s a quiet little detail that changes that picture: …

When we leave The Phantom Menace, it feels like Anakin finally got his happy ending: he’s freed from slavery, brought to Coruscant, and accepted into the Jedi Order as Obi-Wan’s Padawan. On paper, that sounds like a miracle upgrade.  But if we look at the Legends side, especially the novel Rogue Planet, those early Temple …

In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, we watched as Palpatine issued Order 66, commanding the clone army to storm the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and wipe out the Order once and for all. But did you know that wasn’t the first time the Jedi Temple was destroyed? Long before the Clone Wars, over 3,600 …

We all know the line: General Grievous snatches Obi-Wan’s saber and says, “Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection.” It’s become a meme, but under the joke there actually is a clear in-universe logic. Grievous isn’t just hoarding random trophies. He’s turning the Jedi’s own weapon into proof of his reputation and …

I always thought the list of Order 66 survivors was pretty short. You’ve got Yoda, Obi-Wan, a few names like Kanan or Ahsoka if you follow the extra material, and that’s about it. However, Star Wars quietly introduced another survivor—a former Jedi who not only lives through the Purge, but survives the entire age of …

Everyone knows the image: Anakin crawling up the lava bank on Mustafar, burning alive while Obi-Wan walks away. Then we cut to Coruscant, medical droids swarm in, the black armor closes, and Darth Vader takes his first breath through the mask. It’s brutal, but the movie moves fast. We don’t really sit with what actually …

When I was a kid, like a lot of Star Wars fans, I spent way too much time arguing over which Jedi was stronger. Yoda vs everyone, Mace vs Obi-Wan, that kind of thing. Now a canon story has quietly settled one of those debates for me: it shows that Qui-Gon Jinn is actually more …

When I first saw Vader rip that transport out of the sky in Obi-Wan Kenobi, it immediately made the ending of Rogue One feel strange. In the show, he walks out onto a landing pad and drags a ship back down with the Force; in the movie, he cuts through a corridor of Rebels, reaches …

When I first saw that in The Old Republic trailer, it felt like it broke the rules. We’ve seen Jedi block blaster bolts and even absorb Force lightning, but grabbing a lightsaber with your bare hand feels like a different level. And it’s not just her—on Mortis, the Father does almost the same thing with …

We’ve all kind of accepted that Yoda’s species is one of those Star Wars mysteries we’re never meant to solve. Lucas kept it blank on purpose, the Databank just says “Unknown,” and even now with Yaddle and Grogu around, nobody at Lucasfilm is slapping an official species name on them. But inside the Star Wars …