There’s something about a lightsaber that makes anyone holding it feel unstoppable. It’s sleek, deadly, and iconic—able to slice through metal, block blaster bolts, and end a duel in seconds. But even the Sith, with all their arrogance and power, feared one thing: a weapon forged from cortosis, a rare metal that could shut down …
Anh Pham
In the early years of the Empire, Darth Vader lived by one rule — obey the Emperor. Every order, every mission, every Jedi he hunted down was done without question. He became the perfect enforcer, a weapon forged in rage and loss. But deep beneath the armor, something waited — a moment when that absolute …
Some people in the galaxy far, far away make bad choices. And then there are the truly stupid ones — like the guy who decided to call himself “Luke Skywalker” while Darth Vader was on a personal mission to find his real son. The story in Star Wars (2020) #5 shows exactly how that ended …
Like me, you’ve probably noticed Obi-Wan Kenobi always slipping into that same iconic stance before a fight — lightsaber raised back, two fingers pointed forward. It’s not a random quirk or a throwaway flourish. That pose carries layers of meaning, both behind the scenes and in the story itself. Here’s what’s really going on. It …
When I was a kid, I didn’t think twice about the clones obeying orders — they were soldiers, after all. But as I got older and rewatched The Clone Wars and Rebels, the tragedy behind their actions started to hit me. Could they have known what they were doing? That question kept pulling me deeper …
Blackwing—also called “the Sickness”—started as a Sith attempt to beat death and later became an Imperial black project. In Legends continuity, its roots run through Old Republic–era Sith alchemy and end up on an Imperial Star Destroyer where a weaponized strain turns crews into coordinated undead. In Canon, the virus surfaces through the mobile game …
If you ever ended up in a sarlacc pit, things weren’t over quickly. Crime lords knew that better than anyone. Dropping someone into the Great Pit of Carkoon was a sentence that could stretch across centuries. What you saw on the surface — the ring of teeth, the beak, the writhing tentacles — was only …
In the Star Wars galaxy, Boba Fett’s name carries a weight few others ever match. People whisper about his reputation as a hunter who always gets his mark. Yet, in one of the most surprising moments from the Legends timeline, someone once kissed his wife right in front of him — and he didn’t fire …
The duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope is often seen as the slowest and least impressive lightsaber fight in the saga. Compared to the fast, acrobatic battles of the prequels or the intense clashes of the sequels, it can look simple — even clumsy — to new viewers. …
At Florida Supercon 2025, John Boyega — the actor behind Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy — didn’t hold back when asked how things would look if he had been in charge. And based on what he shared, his version of the galaxy far, far away would have taken a pretty different path from …