I remember the exact moment. My mom looked at 12-year old me with a face that was equal parts disbelief and indifference. “No se llama Arturito?” she asked. “No, his name isn’t Arturito,” I responded. “It’s R2-D2.” Turns out my mom, like many Latin American parents of kids born in the ‘70s and ‘80s, thought everyone’s […]
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Inside Star Wars: Visions: Meet the Ships and Vehicles
Star Wars is going to a new galaxy of storytelling. Star Wars: Visions, an anime anthology featuring nine shorts from some of the world’s best anime creators, is set to debut September 22 on Disney+. With Inside Star Wars: Visions, StarWars.com will pull back the curtain on the series for exclusive early insights into what might await us. […]
Star Wars Inside Intel: Jedi of the High Republic
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 looks back at the height of the Jedi Order… In 1977, Star […]
Qi’ra’s Story Continues in Crimson Reign, and More in Marvel’s December 2021 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive
Books + Comics // SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 The follow-up to War of the Bounty Hunters begins, and much more. Qi’ra made her play in Marvel’s War of the Bounty Hunters crossover. Now she’s looking to win. Star Wars: Crimson Reign #1 will kick off the middle chapter a of a trilogy that started with War […]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Strikes Back with New Remake
There are some video games that seem to change everything. Their genre, the art form, what we think a game could be. Orion Kellogg, executive producer at Lucasfilm Games, and Ryan Treadwell, lead producer at Aspyr, consider Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (known to fans as KOTOR) among those rare works. “I was […]
Boushh and Luke Skywalker Join Marvel’s War of the Bounty Hunters – Exclusive Previews
Books + Comics // SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 Get your first look at the latest entries in the epic crossover event in the Darth Vader comic and the first pages from the Boushh one-shot. StarWars.com Team To save his friend, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker must face what’s left of his father. In StarWars.com’s exclusive preview of […]
From a Certain Point of View: Who Is the Most Underrated Clone in Star Wars: The Clone Wars?
One of the great things about Star Wars is that it inspires endless debates and opinions on a wide array of topics. Best bounty hunter? Most powerful Jedi? Does Salacious B. Crumb have the best haircut in the saga? In that spirit, StarWars.com presents From a Certain Point of View: a series of point-counterpoints on some of the biggest — and […]
Two Friends Caught on Opposing Sides Reconnect in the Life Day Treasury – Exclusive Excerpt
A new set of festive winter tales arrives next week with the Life Day Treasury: Holiday Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away. In the same style as Myths & Fables and Dark Legends, the Life Day Treasury written by George Mann and Cavan Scott gives us a glimpse at what children in another galaxy might […]
Vader Seeks Luke and Doctor Aphra Plots an Escape in Marvel’s War of the Bounty Hunters Crossover – Exclusive Preview
Books + Comics // SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 The Sith Lord finally captures Solo and looks to ensnare his son in War of the Bounty Hunters #4, while the rogue archaeologist finds herself a prisoner of Crimson Dawn in Doctor Aphra #14. StarWars.com Team In the War of the Bounty Hunters, there are winners, losers, and […]
10 of the Deadliest Droids in Star Wars
In Star Wars, droids serve all kinds of roles, from simple laborers to highly skilled surgeons and battlefield generals. But some droids specialize in combat and mayhem. Deadly droids have their own gradations of lethality, from regular battle droids, whose strength lie in numbers (and not their aim), to killer soldier units working in teams, […]