So finally, we have a title. Not a good title, but a title, nonetheless. Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of the Skywalker. Abrams is on record as saying "The title feels like it’s the right title for this movie, and I know that it’s provocative and asks a bunch of questions. But I think when you
Star Wars Celebration has now come and gone. The five-day event was a delight for fans that finally learned the title to Star Wars: Episode IX and got to see its first footage. In addition to the trailer for The Rise of Skywalker and everything it presented (Palpatine!), fans also got to see scenes
The Episode IX teaser trailer was good, but it was the end that has everyone talking. After supposedly blowing up in a blast of blue cloud energy in the Death Sstar's power shaft 30+ years earlier, it appears the one villain who managed to achieve his goal and hold onto it for 20 years is back. The
When it comes to the galaxy far, far away, all eyes will be on Chicago, Illinois this weekend. The Windy City is this year's home for Star Wars Celebration, the Con of Cons with respect to Star Wars. We expect a wealth of information to come out of Celebration, include the title and a trailer for
A young Anakin Skywalker once said that no one could kill a Jedi. Obviously his childhood naiveté was mistaken. Anakin himself would go on to kill dozens of Jedi himself. Likewise, others throughout the galaxy managed to slay Jedi from time to time. Among the notable Jedi-killers is fabled bounty
Disneyland is just one month away from the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. This new area is going to be the biggest expansion coming to the Disney Parks. Recently, the official Disneyland and Walt Disney World websites updated with concept art of a stall at the market. They provided a little
In the Star Wars universe, they were the nameless, faceless protectors of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. The only Jedi to wield yellow lightsabers (and double-bladed sabers, at that), the Jedi Temple Guards protected the Jedi temple for centuries. But what happened to them after Order 66? Sadly, as
This week the Star Wars fandom proved it still has a sense of humor. Many of you (thousands, actually) helped us play a little April Fool's prank about Rian Johnson. That got us thinking. There is a lot of humor to be had when it comes to the Star Wars franchise. From quips and quotes from the
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
Daemons of the Shadow Realm slows down the plot just a bit to plan things out in Ep. 21 "Zashiki-Warashi and Higashi Village". First to let Danji and Kiri the Zashiki-Warashi daemons give Yuru and Asa some important backstory to explain the past of Higashi Village. Then to let the twin siblings to
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't
