Long before the Empire, R2-D2 was more than just a droid in Anakin Skywalker’s service. He was a partner. Padmé gave R2 to Anakin after he became a Jedi Knight, and the two formed a bond that went far beyond orders or missions. Through every battle of the Clone Wars, R2 was there — loyal, …
Most of us meet Mace Windu when he’s already sitting on the Jedi High Council, a purple lightsaber at his side and a reputation as the Order’s champion. By the time he appears in The Phantom Menace, he looks like someone who’s always been a Jedi, calm, disciplined, completely at home in the Council chamber. …
In the original trilogy, we watch Luke go from moisture farmer to Jedi Knight, but there’s a big piece of history the films never spell out: how he learns what actually happened to the Jedi before he was born. He grows up in a galaxy where the Jedi are gone, the Empire calls them traitors, …
When a Star Wars battle ends, we hear the blaster fire stop, the music swell, and then the camera just cuts away—but in-universe, all that wreckage doesn’t magically vanish. The Death Star II blows apart over Endor. Star Destroyers get dragged out of the sky above Jakku. Frigates, starfighters, escape pods, droids, everything we just …
When we watch The Empire Strikes Back, the Hoth rescue scene looks a little weird if you think about it too hard. Han is a guy from Corellia in a coat. The tauntaun is a native Hoth creature covered in fur and blubber. Yet out in the blizzard, the tauntaun keels over and freezes while …
If you only know Commander Wolffe from The Clone Wars and Rebels, it feels like his missing eye is just part of his design. He shows up with a scar carved across his face, a metal implant in place of his right eye, and no one in the show ever stops to explain what happened. …
There’s a moment in The Clone Wars that really makes you stop and stare. Savage Opress drags this broken, spider-legged Maul back to Dathomir, Mother Talzin starts chanting, green mist fills the lair… and then she reaches into his head and pulls out this black, smoky sludge like she’s yanking poison straight out of his …
We’ve all seen Luke Skywalker as the calm, collected Jedi Master — the hero who never loses control, even in the worst moments. But in Star Wars Legends, there’s a story that completely breaks that image. When his wife, Mara Jade Skywalker, was killed. For the first time since the fall of his father, Luke’s …
If you put Luke’s first lightsaber next to Obi-Wan’s from the prequels, you’ll notice something weird, they’re almost the same hilt. Same emitter shape, same pommel, same silhouette. Was this just a coincidence, or is there an in-universe reason for it? Luke Literally Models It on Obi-Wan’s Hilt In canon, Luke’s second lightsaber is meant …
When Luke stands before the Emperor in Return of the Jedi, Palpatine says one of the strangest lines in the saga: “I am defenseless. Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred, and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete.” On the face of it, that makes no sense. This …