The duel on Mustafar is one of the most devastating lightsaber battles in Star Wars. It doesn’t end in triumph, but in total loss. Anakin Skywalker is defeated by his former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, left dismembered and burning on the edge of the lava flow. Hatred for Obi-Wan is already consuming him, but that isn’t …
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In The Empire Strikes Back, Lando Calrissian admits that he made a deal with Darth Vader. We hear him say it directly, and we see the consequences play out almost immediately. The problem is that the film never clearly explains what that deal actually was. All we know from the dialogue is that Lando believed …
In The Empire Strikes Back, we see Darth Vader receive a report from an Imperial probe droid. The transmission is incomplete, and an officer even points out that the information is fragmentary. All the probe really shows is a shield generator on an ice planet. Even with that limited information, Vader immediately states that the …
When the Empire fell and the New Republic took its place, the clone army was already gone from the galaxy’s center stage. The soldiers who had fought the Clone Wars, enforced Order 66, and helped build the Empire were no longer marching in formation or standing guard over Imperial worlds. By the time Palpatine was …
Anakin Skywalker’s love for Padmé Amidala is one of the few constants left in his life. Yet even that love has a limit, and there is one side of Padmé that Anakin openly hates. Why Anakin Hated Padmé’s Politician Persona The moment happens in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, when Anakin arrives to see …
If you’ve ever watched the Maul duel and wondered why the Naboo would design a long, straight hallway that ends in a bottomless pit, then add a row of shields that switch on and off in perfect “bad timing” intervals, you’re not crazy. So what was that place actually built for, and why would it …
Do you remember the chase scene in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, when Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker race across Coruscant in pursuit of the assassin sent to kill Padmé Amidala? The scene ends with the assassin, Zam Wessel, pinned down and finally ready to talk. For a moment, it looks like the mystery …
Stormtroopers are everywhere in Star Wars. We see them guarding cities, occupying planets, and fighting wars across the galaxy. They’re treated as a massive, standardized military force, disciplined, replaceable, and always under Imperial control. But that raises a basic question we almost never hear asked. These aren’t droids. They’re people. So how does payment work? …
Among the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi is often seen as the one who would never fall to the dark side. His dedication to the light, even after the collapse of the Jedi Order, makes him feel unshakable — a Jedi who endures without compromise. But during his early exile on Tatooine, while waiting for the future …
Before Darth Maul ever crossed blades with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Phantom Menace, he had already imagined that moment many times. In his mind, the duel was never going to be a random encounter. It was meant to be a test. According to Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, Maul had specific Jedi in …