If you’ve ever played, or at least watched, the scene where Galen Marek, a.k.a. Starkiller, meets Yoda on Dagobah in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, you probably remember how simple it looked. Yoda guides him toward the dark side cave, helping him see a vision that points him toward his destiny. But what most …
This is one of those questions that keeps coming back to me: should Grand Admiral Thrawn have been the main villain of the sequel trilogy instead of Emperor Palpatine? The Rise of Skywalker dragged Palpatine back with almost no setup on screen. Meanwhile, sitting right there in the toolbox, you’ve got Thrawn: the guy who, …
We all know Order 66 — the day the clones turned on their Jedi generals and everything fell apart. But what if I told you there were other orders? Ones that never made it into the movies. Hidden in the same list was Order 37, a command the Republic hoped it would never have to …
Darth Vader isn’t the kind of guy you joke with. You don’t sass him, you don’t question him, and you definitely don’t bring up his past life as Anakin Skywalker. But Grand Admiral Thrawn? He didn’t get that memo. Somehow, Thrawn managed to do what nobody else in the galaxy would dare, he trolled Darth …
You’d think the Disney-era lightsabers would be the best we’ve ever had, right? Turns out Ewan McGregor doesn’t think so. In fact, he straight-up prefers the prequel lightsabers he used 20 years ago — and his reason is way more interesting. The Prequel Lightsabers Hit Like Real Weapons In a recent interview, Ewan described how …
Every once in a while, real life gives us a hero who feels like they stepped straight out of Star Wars. Riley Howell, a lifelong fan who died while tackling an active shooter at UNC Charlotte in 2019, has now been officially honored in Star Wars canon. In a recent reference book, Lucasfilm immortalized him …
When Luke and Obi-Wan walk into the Mos Eisley Cantina in A New Hope, the first real line we hear isn’t about them at all. It’s the bartender snapping, “We don’t serve their kind here,” and kicking out R2-D2 and C-3PO. On a planet full of smugglers, killers, and wanted criminals, the ones not welcome …
Most fans associate the Death Star with the Empire — the ultimate symbol of Palpatine’s tyranny. But what if I told you the first plans for the battle station were actually approved by the Galactic Republic itself? During the final years of the Clone Wars, long before the Empire was born, Republic scientists and military …
If you spend enough time in Star Wars circles, you eventually see some version of this claim: “Qui-Gon never even taught Obi-Wan any lightsaber forms.” It sounds wild on the surface. Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the most famous duelists in the saga. He beats Darth Maul, stands toe-to-toe with General Grievous, and goes the …
If you’ve read the old Jedi Academy Trilogy, you’ll know Luke Skywalker’s early years as a Jedi Master were far from peaceful. In 11 ABY on Eol Sha, while trying to recruit the colony leader Gantoris, Luke was forced to prove himself — and the second test put him face-to-face with a native fireworm (also …