When fans think of Anakin Skywalker’s tragedy, most remember his mother’s death at the hands of the Tusken Raiders. But Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning adds a heartbreaking layer: Shmi Skywalker did try to reach out to her son. She wanted Anakin to know about her freedom, her marriage, and her new life with Cliegg …
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Have you ever stop and think about how wild it is that the Jedi missed Palpatine as a kid? Like, this guy grows up to be Darth Sidious, wipes out the whole Order, becomes Emperor… and yet nobody from the Temple ever showed up at his door. Naboo isn’t some totally forgotten rock either, it’s …
The duel on the Death Star ended with a moment nobody expected. Obi-Wan Kenobi stopped fighting, smiled, and let Darth Vader cut him down. For Vader, this wasn’t just another battle. It was a clash with his old master, the man who had shaped him, betrayed him, and haunted him for two decades. When the …
Coruscant hosted the first graduation for Imperial officers from Raithal Academy. Speeches wrapped, crowds packed Imperial Plaza, and six academies had their top cadets on-world. Then the attacks hit. Explosions wiped out dozens of Imperial sites within minutes—garrisons, comm towers, depots, the officers’ club. Hundreds of cadets poured into the streets and fought the clone …
The fall of the Jedi wasn’t just about soldiers turning their blasters on them. The hate that spread across the galaxy had been building for a long time, and by the time Order 66 hit, people were ready to believe the worst. So, how did the Order go from respected peacekeepers to villains in the …
I still remember the first time I saw that duel on screen—it felt like a turning point for Anakin, the first time he won a duel in the prequel. But later, when I read the ROTS novelization, I realized the fight wasn’t what I thought it was. The difference between page and film stunned me, …
I came across a Reddit thread where the OP asked if Darth Plagueis was sitting behind Palpatine during Queen Amidala’s speech in The Phantom Menace. That take spread in the comments, but it didn’t sit right. To clear it up, I went back to James Luceno’s novel Darth Plagueis and matched it with what we …
The Empire didn’t always blast every Rebel they found. When soldiers, leaders, or even droids were captured, their fate depended on their species, rank, and how valuable the Empire thought they were. None of the options were good—slavery, prisons, torture, or execution—but each path told the same story: captivity under the Empire was brutal. Non-Human …
When people think about the Clone Wars, they usually picture the Republic as the “heroes” and the Separatists as the “villains.” After all, the movies and shows put us on the side of the Jedi and the clones. But when you take a closer look at what really happened, the story isn’t that simple. Many …
Came across a post asking why stormtroopers without snow gear were just chilling (literally) during cold missions. The thread blew up with Canadians and Alaskans chiming in, and honestly, their real-life stories make the comparison click. The Body Glove Underneath the plastoid plates, every stormtrooper wore a black body glove. This was a smart material …