By this point, hopefully you’ve had a chance to read Cavan Scott’s Star Wars: The High Republic: The Rising Storm, the second novel in The High Republic publishing program. Picking up right after the events of the series’ first novel, Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi, The Rising Storm is full of […]
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Remembering Lucasfilm Historian J.W. Rinzler

Lucasfilm // AUGUST 5, 2021 The author of over 20 books, including the celebrated trilogy of behind-the-scenes Star Wars tomes, died July 28. Jonathan Rinzler was something like Indiana Jones when it came to unearthing film histories. On a tip from then-Director of Fan Relations Steve Sansweet more than a decade ago, Rinzler and the […]
Star Wars Inside Intel: Palpatine’s Contingency Plan

Star Wars Inside Intel is a StarWars.com feature where Lucasfilm Story Group member Emily Shkoukani, whose job is to know as much about a galaxy far, far away as possible, explores obscure facts about Star Wars lore and continuity. In this installment, Emily connects the dots of Palpatine’s Contingency plan… Although Poe Dameron might not […]
Chinese threat actors have been compromising telecom networks for years, investigation finds

Hackers linked to the Chinese government invaded major telecom companies “across Southeast Asia,” says reporting firm Cybereason, and the tools they used will sound familiar.
Google’s Next Pixel Phone Will Be Powered By a Custom Chip

Following the industry trend of tech giants manufacturing their own processors, the company will start putting bespoke silicon in its mobile hardware.
The Privacy Battle That Apple Isn’t Fighting


California has begun enforcing a browser-level privacy setting, but you still can’t find that option in Safari or iOS.
Why the History of Black Twitter Needed to Be Told

This week, Jason Parham takes us inside one of the most influential communities on the internet and shares their stories in their own words.
The best chat software for Linux, macOS and Windows isn’t Slack

Everyone chats. Everyone chats with different apps and services. But which is the best? You might be surprised at the conclusion Jack Wallen draws.