Ben Quadinaros barely gets a race in The Phantom Menace. While the other pilots tear across Tatooine, he is stuck on the starting grid, fighting with a machine that refuses to move. Then his four-engine podracer comes apart in front of the arena. For a character with so little screen time, Ben has a surprisingly …

Jabba’s Sarlacc pit comes with a threat almost nobody forgets: being slowly digested for a thousand years. It sounds like the worst punishment a galaxy could invent. But the older Star Wars stories went to some very dark places, and their nastiest ideas were not always waiting at the bottom of a hole. These five …

Sebulba remembers the kid who beat him, but he clearly missed what happened next. That joke is one of several easy-to-miss references in Star Wars: Galactic Racer, available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Between races, familiar creatures, returning characters and old racing history are hiding in plain sight. Spoilers ahead for campaign events …

At the start of the Clone Wars, most clone troopers marched into battle in almost identical white armor. Then a soldier with bright markings would appear among them, practically asking you to notice him. On a battlefield like Geonosis, that seems like a dangerous choice. Why give an enemy such an obvious clue about which …

Darth Vader entered the cantina looking for someone connected to an attempt on Palpatine’s life. He brought two Royal Guards, both fresh from watching him execute members of their own unit. In the Legends comic Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin #2, one of those guards spotted a detail on their suspect that gave the …

Star Wars has never been short on terrifying weapons, but the Death Star gets most of the attention. Beyond the films, ancient civilizations, Sith engineers, and even crime bosses found ways to destroy worlds, erase fleets, and turn entire populations into hostages. Their weapons could drain life, pull moons out of orbit, consume cities for …

Stormtroopers are supposed to be the Empire’s elite shock troops, so why are they stopping speeders on a dusty world Luke cannot wait to leave? It looks like work ordinary soldiers could handle. The Mos Eisley Checkpoint Was Part of a Death Star Emergency In A New Hope, the Empire is searching Tatooine for the …

A few shots from a gun buried in the snow, and an Imperial Star Destroyer is suddenly out of the way. Hoth’s ion cannon makes one of the Empire’s most intimidating ships look surprisingly helpless. Watching that escape, it is hard not to wonder why every fleet did not build its whole strategy around the …

Anakin Skywalker had a midi-chlorian count higher than even Yoda’s, but Darth Vader never became the all-powerful Sith he might have been. Mustafar changed that future. The key detail is that midi-chlorians live inside living cells and Vader’s replacement limbs could not restore the body he had lost. Anakin’s Midi-Chlorian Count Measured Potential, Not Mastery …

Maul has spent most of his life making other people afraid. Then Darth Vader arrives in Maul – Shadow Lord, and suddenly the fear is on Maul’s face. Their clash puts two of Darth Sidious’s former and current apprentices in the same fight, but Dave Filoni wanted more than a lightsaber showdown. His explanation makes …