Nahdar Vebb has one of those Clone Wars deaths that gets darker the more you think about it. He is a newly promoted Jedi Knight, eager to prove himself beside his former master, Kit Fisto, and General Grievous knows exactly how to punish that confidence. Then LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars adapts the …
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Palpatine makes the fall of the Republic look like his personal masterpiece. It wasn’t quite that simple. In Legends, Darth Plagueis was still alive on the eve of Palpatine’s election as Supreme Chancellor, convinced that the Sith were finally ready to begin the last stage of their victory. Palpatine celebrated with him, got him drunk, …
Star Wars can explain ancient Force traditions, gigantic superweapons, and the history of entire planets. But apparently it also needs to explain why Poe Dameron’s hair is messy. Some of the captions in DK’s sequel-era Visual Dictionaries are so painfully obvious, weirdly personal, or unnecessarily dramatic that they become hilarious. Whoever was pointing those little …
Anakin loses his right arm to Count Dooku at the end of Attack of the Clones. But freeze the scene, and the cut seems surprisingly high – possibly above the elbow. Then Revenge of the Sith shows his exposed mechanical arm starting around or below the elbow, with what looks like normal skin above it. …
Most Sith do not exactly look like they are enjoying themselves. Vader lives with pain and loss. Maul is consumed by revenge. Dooku is proud and powerful, but hardly cheerful. Then there is Palpatine, cackling through lightsaber fights and other people’s worst moments like being evil is the most fun he has ever had. So …
This comes from Star Wars Legends, where many Dark Lords of the old Sith Empire favored alchemically enhanced Sith swords even after lightsabers existed. And once you compare those swords with the lightsaber technology available at the time, the choice starts to make a lot more sense. Not Every Ancient Sith Rejected Lightsabers According to …
Count Dooku walked into the Battle of Geonosis as a political leader and left it looking like one of the most dangerous men in the galaxy. He defeated two Jedi, faced his old master, and still escaped with the Clone Wars moving exactly where the Sith wanted them to go. That night also changed how …
Most First Order TIE pilots wore identical black armor and flew as part of larger squadrons. Major Elrik Vonreg and the Banshee of Bestine were different. Both were elite aces with personalized armor, specialized interceptors and enough skill to threaten some of the Resistance’s best pilots. The First Order’s Red Baron Vonreg rescues Torra Doza …
Darth Vader’s failures were usually connected to Jedi who escaped him, Rebels who survived his attacks or his inability to capture Luke Skywalker. But one of his most horrifying failures in Legends began when the Empire tried to transform an ancient Sith plague into a biological weapon. The virus later known as Blackwing could kill …
After the Jedi Order was destroyed, Yoda disappeared to Dagobah and remained there while the Empire ruled the galaxy. He did not join the early resistance movements, fight beside the Rebel Alliance or help plan the attack on either Death Star. For nearly twenty years, one of the most powerful Jedi in history appeared to …