Scientists are searching further back in space and time toward the Big Bang to gain a fuller picture of our universe. In a way, “Star Wars” fans do the same thing with each novel and […]
Disney has been doing a great job of sucking the fun out of “Star Wars” since it purchased Lucasfilm in October 2012. First, it canceled “The Clone Wars,” leaving many storylines dangling. Now, to judge […]
There’s been some buzz in “Star Wars” fan circles about a new definitive canonicity that the newly formed Lucasfilm Story Group will release in advance of “Rebels” and the sequel trilogy. The Temple Archives podcast/website […]
Although not necessarily apocryphal, “Rebel Agent” (1998) – the second of William C. Dietz’s “Dark Forces” illustrated novel trilogy – features interpretations of Force users that seem to contrast with what George Lucas would establish in the […]
Later this year, the TV series “Rebels” will explore the Rebel Alliance – and quite possibly a Force user – in the time just before “A New Hope.” But as longtime “Star Wars” fans know, […]
I was intrigued by the idea of the “Empire and Rebellion” series, a loose thematic trilogy featuring novels focusing on each of the three main characters between Episodes IV and V. I can’t say no […]
While it’s often been noted that “Star Wars” has elements of Westerns, “Kenobi” (August 2013) is the first novel to fully embrace the genre. John Jackson Miller, who between this and “Lost Tribe of the Sith: The […]
Starting with its nearly 20-minute uncut opening shot of George Clooney and Sandra Bullock floating in space making repairs on a scientific satellite, the entire hour and 40 minutes of “Gravity” is packed with “How’d they […]
Even though he died in 2012, it seems Ralph McQuarrie’s influence will be felt on the 2014 animated series “Rebels” more so than on any “Star Wars” project since the original trilogy. Artists on the […]
Being on the tail end of the “Star Wars” Generation (born in ’78), I loved “Ewoks” — and, among the films, “Return of the Jedi” — before I loved “A New Hope” and “The Empire Strikes Back.” […]