Mandalorians and Jedi are two of the most famous warrior traditions in Star Wars, but for some reason, they almost never become the same thing. The Jedi were raised to follow the Force, control their emotions, and let go of personal attachment. Mandalorians were raised very differently. Their identity was built around clan, armor, weapons, …
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After Return of the Jedi, the Empire was falling apart, but Luke Skywalker was not finished crossing paths with Imperial soldiers. In Star Wars Battlefront II, Luke ends up on the planet Pillio, where one of Palpatine’s secret observatories is hidden. At the same time, Del Meeko, a member of Inferno Squad, is sent there …
The clone army looked identical from the outside, but inside the Grand Army of the Republic, every clone did not hold the same level of authority. Some clones were regular troopers. Others became captains, commanders, or senior officers trusted with much larger units. And while names like Rex, Cody, Fives, and Wolffe are all famous, …
Before Lando Calrissian became the smooth Cloud City administrator we know from The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas had a much stranger idea for him. After the first Star Wars became a huge success in 1977, Lucas began working on ideas for the sequel with screenwriter Leigh Brackett. He wanted to introduce someone from Han …
Revan’s mask is one of the most recognizable designs in Star Wars Legends, but he did not start out with that Mandalorian helmet. It became part of his identity later, first as a Jedi leader during the Mandalorian Wars, and eventually as the Sith Lord known as Darth Revan. The strange part is that the …
Kylo Ren idolized Darth Vader, but Vader’s story did not really end the way Kylo wanted it to. He came back to the light, saved Luke, and rejected the path of the Sith at the very end. So did Kylo Ren know about Vader’s redemption, or was he chasing a false version of his grandfather’s …
Dave Filoni has a reputation for knowing Star Wars better than almost anyone. Across The Clone Wars, Rebels, and beyond, he’s the one people trust to keep the details consistent and the lore intact. Which is why this moment stands out. Because during one early recording session, it was Sam Witwer who caught something Filoni …
Not long after Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader came dangerously close to young Leia Organa on Alderaan. He did not know she was his daughter, but the situation was still far more dangerous than it looked on the surface. So how did Vader end up so close to Leia that early in the Imperial …
Sam Witwer came into The Clone Wars already carrying one big Star Wars voice behind him: Starkiller from The Force Unleashed. So when he was asked to play the Son of Mortis, the living embodiment of the dark side, he started worrying that the voice sounded too familiar. That is when Dave Filoni gave him …
Anakin Skywalker was one of the most powerful Force users the Jedi had ever seen. From a young age, his abilities stood out, his reflexes, his instincts, his connection to the Force all felt stronger than anyone around him. By the time of the Clone Wars, he had already become one of the Order’s greatest …