Palpatine’s red-robed guards are some of the most memorable figures in Star Wars, even though the films barely let them move. They stand silently, carry strange weapons, and somehow make the Emperor’s throne room feel even more dangerous. That creates an obvious question: were they truly elite fighters, or was the uniform doing most of …
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The destruction of Hosnian Prime is one of the biggest turning points in the sequel trilogy. In a few minutes, Starkiller Base wipes out the New Republic’s capital, Senate, and much of its central fleet. The scene is meant to make the First Order feel terrifying, but it also changes the kind of story the …
Put Boss Nass beside Jar Jar Binks and the difference is hard to ignore. Jar Jar is tall and narrow, while Nass is broad, heavy-faced, and built almost like he belongs to another species. The Phantom Menace never stops to explain the mismatch, so viewers have been filling the gap with jokes and theories for …
Vader has so many “terrifying” moments that picking one can turn into a trap. Are we talking about the highest body count? The cruelest thing he did to someone personally? The scene where he feels most unstoppable? Or the moment that makes you realize the Empire did not just use Vader as a weapon — …
Luke Skywalker returning to the burned Lars homestead is one of the bleakest moments in A New Hope. The people who raised him are dead, the farm is gone, and the Empire has cut away the last reason he had to stay on Tatooine. But there is an even darker question hiding inside that scene: …
Ahmed Best told a wonderfully funny George Lucas story about one of Jar Jar Binks’s strangest lines, and it turns out the actor was just as confused as many fans. The moment comes from The Phantom Menace. Jar Jar, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi have left Boss Nass in Otoh Gunga and are traveling through …
Luke leaves quite a lot behind on Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back: his hand, his lightsaber, and, rather awkwardly, his X-wing. The Millennium Falcon rescues him, but his fighter is still parked on Bespin under Imperial control. So how is Luke flying an X-wing again later Luke Returns To Cloud City After The …
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 …
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 …