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Star Wars' Ahmed Best got to be the voice of Jar Jar Binks because his voice made Jake Lloyd laugh
When you can make Anakin Skywalker laugh, you know you're ready to be in Star Wars.
April 30, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Popverse Jump: Star Wars: Visions has convinced me that we don't need a new trilogy - we just need to let the galaxy be weird
The galaxy far, far away was never weird enough for me until Star Wars: Visions showed how vast and diverse it really was.
April 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Andor season 2 will reveal more about Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård), and recast him as... a start-up guy stressed about his public launch?
Andor creator Tony Gilroy sheds light on what's ahead for Stellan Skarsgård's Star Wars character, Luthen Rael, and his nascent rebellion
March 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy is not leaving Lucasfilm, says she'll "never retire from making movies"
She has been the president of Lucasfilm since George Lucas left 13 years ago and intends to stick around until a suitable successor is found
February 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Andor season 2 release date: The Rogue One spinoff show will take place across a period of four years in the Star Wars Universe
Andor season 2 has a lot of ground to cover, and we can't wait for it to finally land on Disney+ this spring
February 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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John Boyega is heading to ECCC 2025, and you can meet him with a Popverse Superfan membership (on sale for 24 hours!!)
Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con '25 will feature the Force of Talent: Spotlight on John Boyega panel, as well as photo ops and autographs with Finn himself. And for 24 hours, the best way to meet him is available at a discount
January 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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James Mangold didn't want to be "handcuffed" by so much Lucasfilm lore, so he’s giving Star Wars his Logan treatment for Wolverine
Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi will be set 25,000 years before "modern" Star Wars stories. "To me," he says, "the really important aspects are the freedom to make something new."
January 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Wars: How to watch every Anakin Skywalker appearance in chronological order, from the prequels to Ahsoka
Sand haters of the galaxy unite as we travel from Anakin Skywalker's earliest days, to his time as Darth Vader, and to his appearances in recent Star Wars series on Disney+
December 18, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Uncovering Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’s secret connection to The High Republic era, and At Attin's sinister origin
What's the story with At Attin in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew? The answer may lie in the High Republic era
December 10, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
Guides
What to Watch on Disney+ for December 2024: Star Wars' Skeleton Crew, Marvel's What If...? and a full feast of festive features
Sure, Disney+ is unleashing two of the biggest tentpole series on you this December, but it hasn't forgotten the holidays, as Mickey, the Simpsons, and the CMAs are here to prove
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Wars' Rosario Dawson says that Anakin's treatment of Ahsoka Tano defined the character
Speaking at LA Comic Con, Star Wars actor Rosario Dawson got into her dynamic with Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker and explained how it represented a trait core to her character
November 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Who from the original Star Wars trilogy would The Mandalorian cast love to share a scene with?
Mandalorian actors Ming-Na Wen, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee all share their dream Star Wars characters to act alongside
November 11, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
News
X-Men filmmaker Simon Kinberg to make new Star Wars trilogy for Lucasfilm
Yes, the man behind X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix is now writing and producing three new Star Wars movies
November 07, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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When does Star Wars: Skeleton Crew take place in the series timeline compared to other Disney+ shows?
The New Republic era is getting a more child-friendly entry this December.
November 06, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Star Wars' new series Skeleton Crew drops a new trailer that feels less Star Wars than usual
Somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, there's bad 1980s music and the Burbank suburbs, I guess
November 01, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Star Wars' upcoming New Jedi Order film loses another screenwriter
Screenwriter Steven Knight has backed out of Star Wars' upcoming Rey movie, marking the second time that the film has changed screenwriters since its 2023 announcement
October 25, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
Guides
Jawas at the Javits - The Star Wars fan's guide to New York Comic Con 2024
Sure, New York Comic Con 2024 is happening at the Javits Center in Manhattan. But look for the right events and you'll find yourself in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
October 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Mandalorian fight scene that Giancarlo Esposito helped choreograph
Speaking at LA Comic Con 2024, Giancarlo Esposito talked about one scene in which he got to decide how a scuffle with Cara Dune and Moff Gideon would go down
October 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2 is being "explored," but Ewan McGregor seems more interested in the character's Clone Wars days
Speaking at LA Comic Con 2024, Ewan McGregor expressed interest in putting on his character's armor as seen in The Clone Wars, plus a reunion that had the crowd cheering
October 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The real story on the Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman crossover with Star Wars that DC and Lucasfilm were cooking up (and why it didn't happen)
A former DC executive talks about a DC Comics and Star Wars crossover and what botched the deal.
September 30, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How fancasting, social media, and plain luck transformed Rosario Dawson into Star Wars' Ahsoka, according to the actor herself
It started with a social media post, but there's more to her journey to becoming Ahsoka Tano for Rosario Dawson
September 27, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Here's what Star Wars creator George Lucas thought of Thrawn and Mara Jade, according to their creator Timothy Zahn
Did George Lucas like Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn Trilogy?
September 27, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Rosario Dawson has one very tuneful wish for the second season of Star Wars: Ahsoka
Star Trek has done a musical episode, but what about bringing that energy to a galaxy far, far away?
September 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Want Star Wars to bring Mara Jade back into canon? So does her creator Timothy Zahn, but they keep telling him the same answer
Lucasfilm isn’t eager to bring Mara Jade back to Star Wars
September 26, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
James Earl Jones dies - the iconic Darth Vader, Mufasa voice actor was 93
James Earl Jones, whose voice was as powerful as the presence he commanded on screen, passed away in his home in Dutchess County, NY
September 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Marvel & Lucasfilm make Star Wars comics, from an executive editor’s POV
Asked about the possibility of an Acolyte comic (no, there hasn’t been one announced), Marvel’s Tom Brevoort broke down the way comics get made for a Galaxy Far, Far Away
August 29, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The unanswered Star Wars questions left after Disney+ cancelation of The Acolyte season 2
The Star Wars show won't get a second season, leaving a lot of mysteries in a galaxy far, far away
August 22, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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The Acolyte no more, as Disney+ cancels the latest live-action Star Wars show
Reports are emerging that Leslye Headland's Star Wars series will not get a second season
August 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew flies into its first trailer ahead of its December Disney+ debut
The new series set in a galaxy far, far away features an all-star director line-up behind the camera
August 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Star Wars has finally announced when its latest Disney+ show will arrive, in a surprisingly low-key manner
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has a release date, but you might have missed that if you weren't paying attention
August 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Star Wars: Andor star Diego Luna describes how they're fitting four seasons of planned story into the second (and final) season
It turns out filming five seasons of a Star Wars show takes a long time - a lot longer than Lucasfilm and its cast & crew thought.
July 24, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Visit a Galaxy Far, Far Away with our Star Wars liveblog direct from San Diego Comic-Con 2024!
From The High Republic to Star Wars Outlaws, discover the latest news from the expanded Lucasfilm worlds of books, comics, and games, live and direct from San Diego Comic-Con 2024
July 19, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
The Acolyte was the anarchistic Star Wars story fans of the Jedi never wanted
In the galaxy as shown in the latest Star Wars series on Disney+, there's no such thing as right or wrong, but simply different oppressors at war with each other
July 18, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
LEGO Star Wars: A brick-by-brick guide to all of the LEGO Star Wars movies, shows, and specials
With LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy on the horizon, let's take a look at the shows and specials that have come before
July 10, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars' Mandalorian actor Brendan Wayne reveals a a touching moment he had with Apollo Creed... we mean Carl Weathers, on the set
Gotta use your big bounty hunter voice when you're wearing a helmet.
July 04, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Star Wars author John Jackson Miller reveals how he learned Disney was jettisoning some of the Expanded Universe books as canon, while he was writing one of the books
John Jackson Miller discusses the funny relationship his Star Wars novels have with canon.
July 04, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
What Star Wars: Andor teaches us about rebellion
Lessons about rebellion and resistance from Star Wars: Andor.
July 04, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Star Wars' The Book of Boba Fett had massive script re-writes according to the Armorer actor Emily Swallow
Sometimes those clunky helmets are a curse, other times they're a boon
July 03, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew should be released as a movie instead of a Disney+ TV series (and Lucasfilm has done it before)
Star Wars has turned TV projects into movies before, so what if they did it for Jude Law's Skeleton Crew?
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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More characters from Rogue One are returning for Star Wars prequel Andor season 2, says Diego Luna
“For those who love Rogue One, this season is going to be very special,” Diego Luna teases.
June 23, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Star Wars: Why did Anakin ignore Kenobi’s ‘high ground’ warning? Hayden Christensen has an answer
What was Anakin Skywalker thinking during the final moments of his climactic duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi? We finally have an answer
June 21, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
What links Rick Astley, Bazil from Star Wars: The Acolyte, and the Justice League Snyder Cut? The iron will of the internet, for better or worse
There's a lot of good online, but sometimes, it can feel like there's even more bad...
June 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel ends both Star Wars and Darth Vader this fall - and teases new comics set in a different part of a galaxy far, far away, instead
This September sees the end of two Star Wars comic book series with Marvel teasing something entirely new on the horizon
June 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Mandalorian owes its success to Boba Fett, according to the actor behind Din Djarin's helmet
Boba Fett's popularity helped spawn everything about The Mandalorian.
June 20, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Four episodes in, who is actually The Acolyte in the latest Star Wars show?
Does the series title really belong to one specific character, and if so, is it who it first appears to be?
June 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Four episodes in, who is The Master in the latest Star Wars show The Acolyte?
Is there a familiar face behind the mask of the big bad in the latest Star Wars series?
June 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Star Wars is inexplicably Anti-Horny, and we need to talk about it
"A long time ago" shouldn't mean "Puritan Massachusetts"
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Will your favorite Star Wars character be on The Acolyte? Here's who is alive during the High Republic
We can't guarantee that these characters will make an appearance, just that they COULD
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Star Wars: The Acolyte's inconvenient truth: the Jedi are the cops (for all the good and all the bad that comes with it)
Having trouble with Star Wars' Jedi as cops? You must unlearn what you have learned
June 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Filmed before The Acolyte, then lost in space, we finally know when Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will arrive
The Jude Law-starring Disney+ series was originally expected to debut on the streamer in late 2023
June 13, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Acolyte has arrived, heralding the end of the High Republic and the future of Star Wars
Want to know the details about Disney+ and Lucasfilm's big 2024 series?
June 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Acolyte's third episode is a big swing, and whether you liked it or not might say what you want from Star Wars
Time jumps! Jerk Jedi! Alternate lore! Pretty ambitious, Acolyte
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Florida Supercon 2023: Yes, we filmed Our Flag Means Death, Chainsaw Man, and more panels
Watch the biggest panels from Miami Beach's Florida Supercon 2023!
June 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Acolyte's reveals Mae and Osha's backstory, and asks a really big Star Wars question that might tie the show to Darth Vader
What if Mae and Osha were so much more important to overall Star Wars lore than anyone saw coming?
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
How trustworthy are the Jedi, really? The latest Star Wars: The Acolyte episode brings the controversial question to light
What do the Brendok Jedi know, and when did they know it?
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
From The Clone Wars to Ahsoka to The Acolyte, here is what we know about The Force, Witches, and Star Wars lore
Their power could match even the most powerful of Jedi and Sith
June 12, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Are new Star Wars twins Osha and Mae the Rey and Kylo Ren of The Acolyte?
"Always one but born as two"
June 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
The Acolyte is the show that dares to ask 'What is Star Wars without a war?' (And then answers that question, too)
Creator Leslye Headland knows that it's not easy to make a show about war in a time of galactic peace
June 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
When is the next episode of the Acolyte? The Star Wars prequel show's season finale release date and time
A new darkness has risen with Star Wars; The Acolyte - here's when the next episode airs
June 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
What is the best Star Wars TV show or series of all time? Tell us!
Of all the Star Wars series from Droids to The Acolyte, which one is the best?
June 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Will Yoda show up in Star Wars: The Acolyte? The showrunner has already put that theory to rest
It was a pretty definitive no
June 06, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
The Mandalorian & Boba Fett were like Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, but Star Wars veteran Temuera Morrison has strong opinions on which was whhich
"We had this brotherly love going on."
June 06, 2024
Trent Cannon
Guides
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - Release date, trailer, cast, and more
Have you ever wondered what Goonies would look like in the Star Wars universe? Skeleton Crew promises to deliver those tween 80s vibes - complete with Jude Law
June 05, 2024
Jim McDermott
Features
Star Wars: The Acolyte presents the Jedi as a looming threat - and it is the best part of the series so far
Never trust the government, even when they're space wizards
June 05, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
The Boba Fett and Mandalorian Armorer actors have an idea for Star Wars next big TV show hit: The Great Boba Fett Bake Off
We never knew how cool the idea seemed until just now.
June 05, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Disney+'s The Acolyte dives into the past of Star Wars mythos to show the way forward for the franchise (plus, lots of Jedi!)
The latest Star Wars show (from the creator of Netflix's Russian Doll) feels like the freshest Star Wars story in years
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
How & where to watch the Star Wars movies and series in chronological or release order
All you need to know to watch all of Star Wars, in both chronological and release order
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Star Wars timeline: From The Acolyte to the Rise of Skywalker, here's your guide to the long, long time agos of Disney's space opera saga
Our Star Wars timeline will have you telling your 'ABYs' from your 'BBYs' in no time!
June 05, 2024
Austin Gorton
Features
Okay, so you've watched the new Star Wars show, The Acolyte - what next?
Looking for more Star Wars stories? We're here for you
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte season 2 planning is already underway, with showrunner teasing some familiar faces
Yes, The Acolyte was pitched as a multi-year show - and there's a reason we don't see too many familiar faces in the first season
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Where do we know Star Wars: The Acolyte's Lee Jung-jae from?
If we put him in a turquoise tracksuit, you'll know him.
June 04, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Star Wars: Inside The Acolyte's High Republic era, from its characters to its timeline, and more
Everything you need to know about the exciting new era of Star Wars before The Acolyte
June 03, 2024
Austin Gorton
Features
The Acolyte is the first live-action Star Wars project in 47 years to not rely on nostalgic, legacy characters - and that's a good thing
Star Wars minus your favorite characters? It's a risk, but one worth taking
June 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte's secret inspiration is one specific episode of The Clone Wars, says creator Leslye Headland
The Russian Doll creator is a big fan of the animated Star Wars show, and especially one fifth season episode
June 03, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Acolyte release date: We now know when the Star Wars prequel is coming out on Disney+
"In an age of light, a darkness rises."
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Where do we know Star Wars: The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg from?
The actress was a key part of one of the biggest movie franchises of all time.
June 03, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte ushers in "inclusion and safety for Black nerds," according to star Amandla Stenberg
Diversity on screen was an important part of the show for those responsible for making it
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Forget Anakin - Yoda is the most tragic figure in the Star Wars universe and here is why
Not always a blessing, long life is
May 31, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Star Wars' fandom is "male dominated," and the franchise needs "to be representative of all people" says Lucasfilm boss
Women "can be attacked in ways that can be quite personal," says Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
In the Star Wars prequel The Acolyte, the bad guys are the underdogs and the Jedi are the antagonists
Prepare to uncover the Rise of the Sith in Star Wars' The Acolyte
May 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
What a little bit of fur tells us about The Armorer in Disney+'s The Mandalorian, according to her actress
Costume designers simply don't get enough credit for the amount of storytelling they can do with a touch of fur
May 30, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Star Wars: Here's how the new Disney+ series The Acolyte fits into The High Republic, and the timeline of the Skywalker Saga
The new Star Wars story takes place in a familiar, but unexplored part of the history of a galaxy far, far away
May 29, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Disney's Star Wars prequel The Acolyte rating is TV-14 in the US, with warnings for sex, nudity, violence, gore, profanity, frightening & intense scenes, and more
Just because there isn't an open war doesn't mean there is true peace.
May 28, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Star Wars prequel The Acolyte has "a lot of stuff" from the EU says the showrunner, and Disney didn't stop her
A decade ago Disney split the Star Wars universe into two parts - in continuity, and not in continuity - but now, the divide might be breaking down.
May 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
There's a meta Rashomon effect between the Star Wars prequel the Acolyte and the Star Wars sequel the Last Jedi
The Star Wars prequel The Acolyte is inspired by the same classic film as The Last Jedi
May 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
How Disney pushed Star Wars animation to be more kid-friendly from the inside, as explained by a longtime Disney cartoon writer
Star Wars animation writer reveals the kind of changes that came when Disney took over the franchise
May 16, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Guides
All the Star Wars movies ranked, worst to best
Forget the Jedi order, here is our order of the Star Wars movies based on quality - best to worst!
May 10, 2024
Hayden Hefford
Features
C2E2 2023: Watch most of the big panels on VOD, read the biggest news, and more thanks to Popverse
It's time to make our way to Chicago for one of our favorite comic conventions
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How Freddie Prinze Jr. and Vanessa Marshall found out they were going to be parents... on Star Wars Rebels
During C2E2, the pair of actors talked about when they learned Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla were having a child
May 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
PollWhich Star Wars movie is the best? You tell us!
The Last Jedi fans welcome.
May 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
George Lucas' original plans for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace would've changed Obi-Wan Kenobi forever
How George Lucas almost gave Obi-Wan Kenobi a twist as big as Darth Vader's 'I am your father' reveal
May 02, 2024
Leon Miller
Features
What if Obi-Wan Kenobi was a musical? The Star Wars character's voice actor makes his pitch (and sings a song)
The cast of Star Wars: The Clone Wars pitches an Obi-Wan Kenobi musical
May 02, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Spoilers!Star Wars: The Bad Batch ending explained (and the meaning of its surprising last scene)
Disney+'s animated Star Wars clone trooper show concludes in a blockbuster finale.
May 01, 2024
Jim McDermott
Features
Livestream!Watch the Star Wars: Clone Wars reunion with Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, and more live from ECCC '23
Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Matthew Lanter, and Dee Bradley Baker talk about Star Wars: Clone Wars' 15th Anniversary at Emerald City Comic Con 2023, and you can watch it live.
April 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Is TRUFF's $40 Star Wars hot sauce worth it?
Here's what we think about TRUFF's Star Wars Dark Side Hot Sauce
April 23, 2024
Tiffany Babb
News
Star Wars: Come to the Dark Side, we have hot sauce
Love Star Wars and truffles? Here's the hot sauce for you
April 19, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Full panel videoWatch as Star Wars' Billy Dee Williams shares stories, cheats a kid at Sabacc, and more
Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams sits down for a rare hour-long spotlight at C2e2
April 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
What was George Lucas's Star Wars Sequel trilogy really about?
And did he ever even intend to make it?
April 18, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
After years of disappointment, The Acolyte is the first Star Wars entry that I've been excited about
Somehow, my love for Star Wars has returned
April 17, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
The Acolyte episode list: Here's many episodes of the new Star Wars show will be on Disney+ and when
How ever many episodes there are, it won't be enough for us.
April 16, 2024
Trent Cannon