Characters + Histories // OCTOBER 27, 2021 Jabba’s right hand Kowakian monkey-lizard is not to be underestimated. Being a Kowakian monkey-lizard means you don’t get much respect. But judge this creature by its size, you must not. Especially one that goes by the name of Salacious B. Crumb. It might seem odd to label Salacious […]
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Artist Jack Hughes Celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with the Women of the Star Wars Galaxy

Most of the Star Wars action figures that Jack Hughes pulled out of his older brothers’ toy box were as worn and weathered as the used-future space opera they were based on. All except for one: Princess Leia Organa. “She was almost immaculate,” Hughes tells StarWars.com, overlooked by his siblings and rarely conscripted for a […]
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