There’s a moment in Vader’s story that doesn’t show up in the movies, but it hits harder than almost anything he does on screen. The brief story is about the one thing he swore he’d buried for good: Anakin Skywalker. In one trial, Vader came face to face with the Jedi he used to be, …
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Darth Vader wasn’t known for handing out gifts—especially not something as sacred as a lightsaber. But then came Sergeant Kreel, a trooper so loyal and unshakable that Vader decided to test him in a way no one else would ever experience. A Different Kind of Stormtrooper Most stormtroopers were faceless and forgettable, but Sergeant Kreel …
When we think of C-3PO, we usually picture the nervous golden droid always complaining about danger and wishing he was anywhere else. But here’s the thing: he actually has a kill count. It’s not huge, but it’s more than you’d expect from a protocol droid built for etiquette and translation. Let’s go through it step …
When I came across a thread asking how C-3PO was able to speak with the Talz in The Clone Wars episode “Trespass,” the question stuck with me, so I started getting into it. Once I pulled together what’s shown in canon and what’s explained about the droid’s design, the answer turned out to be quite …
In the vast jungle of a forgotten world, a lone soldier still waited for orders that would never come… Before the Discovery Decades before the Galactic Civil War, during the height of the Clone Wars, a clone trooper designated BL-1707 — later known as Able — served under Jedi General Shaak Ti. Like countless others …
You know that quick scene in The Phantom Menace when Darth Maul charges at Qui-Gon and young Anakin right outside their ship on Tatooine? It’s fast and chaotic – Maul shows up, there’s a short duel, and Anakin barely escapes by getting yanked into the ship. It lasts maybe a few seconds. But years later, …
Some may say Yoda and Obi-Wan made a mistake by giving up on Anakin Skywalker, that if they’d just tried a little harder, maybe he could’ve been saved before Luke came along. But if you have gone through the comic Darth Vader: Cry of Shadows, you will start to see why walking away wasn’t the …
You probably noticed it if you’ve been into The High Republic stuff and then jumped back into The Clone Wars: yellow lightsabers were everywhere during the High Republic, but almost completely gone by the time of the Clone Wars. Except for a few Temple Guards, we don’t really see them at all. Meanwhile, in the …
Growing up watching Star Wars, I thought the Empire was just the bad guys with cool ships and scary music. Then I got older, and started reading more, watching the shows, digging through the side stories – and yeah, it hit different. There’s a pattern to how the Empire handled anyone they couldn’t control. Let …
Order 66 is easily one of the most iconic and devastating moments in Star Wars history. We all vividly remember Palpatine’s chilling command in Revenge of the Sith, where the clone army suddenly turned on their Jedi allies, nearly wiping out the Order entirely. However, during the Empire’s reign, long after the initial purge, a …