In The Rise of Skywalker, audiences had one last encounter with Han Solo. It happened when Ben engaged with Han after his duel with Rey. Yet, when Han appeared, he couldn’t be a Force ghost, so what was he? Han emerged as a Force vision that could have been internal or external to Ben’s consciousness. …
Todd Wahlstrom
In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke managed to blow up an AT-AT Walker during the Battle of Hoth. Audiences probably believed he threw a thermal detonator into the armored vehicle to pull off this task. But what he held didn’t look like a detonator. What could it be then? It most likely was a detonator, …
Fans may wonder just what would have happened if Obi-Wan had come with Mace Windu to confront Palpatine on that fateful day in his office. It’s an interesting scenario that could have resulted in several variations from what transpired in Revenge of the Sith. Below are the top five outcomes, going from least to most …
If we go by a Lego minifigure book, perhaps this one, the Clone Wars lasted 300 years. Yet, if we go by the Star Wars timeline, these wars were carried out over the course of 3 years. Then again, there are other ways of framing the Clone Wars that make the conflict longer. If we …
As reported late last month, Disney spent over $700 million on both seasons of Andor. That amount made the show the most expensive Star Wars production yet. While we may think that’s too much money on a television series, the exact opposite is true. It was worth spending that much on Andor to make the …
Star Wars fans were surprised when Sabine became a Padawan in the Ahsoka series. The last time we had seen this character was on Rebels as a Mandalorian warrior. Having her start training under Ahsoka led to fans questioning whether this was the right move. Recently, the senior writer and executive producer of Rebels expressed …
All dark side users usually have a lightsaber. We may think of Vader and Maul as prominent examples of Sith who possessed lightsabers. Even Palpatine had one, actually two. Yet, Snoke didn’t have one–why is that? The reasons boil down to his hatred of the Jedi and knowledge of the dark side. Snoke Didn’t Have …
We most likely think of Inquisitors as powerful and fierce. After all, we typically think of them as the pursuers of the Jedi, evildoers without a conscience. Yet, being an inquisitor was actually awful because they had to go against their former selves and subsume their identity beneath the Empire. Being an Inquisitor Was Terrible …
As we have probably recognized, the Jedi Order consisted of a diverse range of members. We may think first of humans like Obi-Wan, but we just as quickly think of Yoda from an unknown species. We also have Jedis from such groups as Twi’leks and Kel Dors. Yet, we have even rarer Jedi species than …
Perhaps we believed that when Anakin turned into Vader, he had reached the peak of his suffering. But that would be a mistaken viewpoint. Palpatine tortured Vader even further and to a point beyond what had originally happened on Mustafar. Through the comics, we get an impression of extreme physical and mental torture. How Did …