After spending several scary seasons inside the chilling halls of Darth Vader’s castle, this year’s galactic take on the Halloween season has found a new haunt: Jabba the Hutt’s Palace. More specifically, dangling over the trap door that leads to the rancor pit. Writer Cavan Scott could think of no better setting to incorporate the […]
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Obi-101: Everything You Need to Know About Obi-Wan Kenobi
There’s more to Obi-Wan Kenobi than you might think. We’re all familiar with the wise hermit from the Dune Sea who comes to Luke Skywalker’s rescue. But how much do you know about Obi-Wan’s life before the dark times? Reacquaint yourself — or learn something new! — about the life of the venerable Jedi Master […]
As Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Comes to Nintendo Switch, Sam Witwer Looks Back
If you’ve been smashing your way through LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, you’ve likely encountered the work of Sam Witwer, who voices Emperor Palpatine and Darth Maul in the game. Of course, long before lending his acting chops to these brick-based baddies, the prolific performer was bringing both characters (and many more) to life […]
Star Wars: Exploring Tatooine Will Take Readers on a Desert Journey – Exclusive
Luke Skywalker didn’t seem too crazy about his homeworld. “Well, if there’s a bright center to the universe, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from,” he once said. But a new book from Insight Editions looks to prove him wrong. Star Wars: Exploring Tatooine, an all-ages book coming August 2022, will showcase all the landmarks, […]
Who are the Pykes?
Very few groups in the galaxy can intimidate a Jedi just with the utterance of their name — and the Pykes are one of them. The syndicate made the leap from Star Wars: The Clone Wars to the big screen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and they haven’t stopped looking for their next profitable […]
20 Great Quotes from The Book of Boba Fett
Boba Fett is a man of few words. When he speaks, you better listen. In The Book of Boba Fett, now streaming on Disney+, the former bounty hunter recruits a formidable team to defend Tatooine and its people from the Pyke Syndicate. Boba picks resilient and clever allies, so you know they have a lot […]
Dune Foresaw—and Influenced—Half a Century of Global Conflict
From Afghanistan to cyberattacks, Frank Herbert’s novel anticipated and shaped warfare as we know it.