May 4 Be With You

Vader has so many “terrifying” moments that picking one can turn into a trap. Are we talking about the highest body count? The cruelest thing he did to someone personally? The scene where he feels most unstoppable? Or the moment that makes you realize the Empire did not just use Vader as a weapon — …

Luke Skywalker returning to the burned Lars homestead is one of the bleakest moments in A New Hope. The people who raised him are dead, the farm is gone, and the Empire has cut away the last reason he had to stay on Tatooine. But there is an even darker question hiding inside that scene: …

Ahmed Best told a wonderfully funny George Lucas story about one of Jar Jar Binks’s strangest lines, and it turns out the actor was just as confused as many fans. The moment comes from The Phantom Menace. Jar Jar, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi have left Boss Nass in Otoh Gunga and are traveling through …

Luke leaves quite a lot behind on Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back: his hand, his lightsaber, and, rather awkwardly, his X-wing. The Millennium Falcon rescues him, but his fighter is still parked on Bespin under Imperial control. So how is Luke flying an X-wing again later Luke Returns To Cloud City After The …

Nahdar Vebb has one of those Clone Wars deaths that gets darker the more you think about it. He is a newly promoted Jedi Knight, eager to prove himself beside his former master, Kit Fisto, and General Grievous knows exactly how to punish that confidence. Then LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars adapts the …

Palpatine makes the fall of the Republic look like his personal masterpiece. It wasn’t quite that simple. In Legends, Darth Plagueis was still alive on the eve of Palpatine’s election as Supreme Chancellor, convinced that the Sith were finally ready to begin the last stage of their victory. Palpatine celebrated with him, got him drunk, …

Star Wars can explain ancient Force traditions, gigantic superweapons, and the history of entire planets. But apparently it also needs to explain why Poe Dameron’s hair is messy. Some of the captions in DK’s sequel-era Visual Dictionaries are so painfully obvious, weirdly personal, or unnecessarily dramatic that they become hilarious. Whoever was pointing those little …

Anakin loses his right arm to Count Dooku at the end of Attack of the Clones. But freeze the scene, and the cut seems surprisingly high – possibly above the elbow. Then Revenge of the Sith shows his exposed mechanical arm starting around or below the elbow, with what looks like normal skin above it. …

Most Sith do not exactly look like they are enjoying themselves. Vader lives with pain and loss. Maul is consumed by revenge. Dooku is proud and powerful, but hardly cheerful. Then there is Palpatine, cackling through lightsaber fights and other people’s worst moments like being evil is the most fun he has ever had. So …

This comes from Star Wars Legends, where many Dark Lords of the old Sith Empire favored alchemically enhanced Sith swords even after lightsabers existed. And once you compare those swords with the lightsaber technology available at the time, the choice starts to make a lot more sense. Not Every Ancient Sith Rejected Lightsabers According to …

Count Dooku had a legendary run on Geonosis when he defeated Obi-Wan, took Anakin’s arm, and escaped Yoda. Fans often claim this wild night terrified Darth Sidious, making him fear his apprentice was getting too powerful. While canon lore paints a different picture, Dooku was absolutely dangerous to his master. The real threat he posed …