Summary Yoda most famously trained Count Dooku – but he wasn’t the great Jedi Grandmaster’s only former Padawan. Yoda’s former Padawans were often successful, and at least one seems to have become one of the Jedi Council. Yoda’s influence on the Jedi Council ultimately led to their downfall. Star Wars said subtly to another of Yodas old Padawans, strengthening the impact the Jedi Grandmaster had on the Order. It is impossible to overestimate how important and influential Lord Yoda was to the Jedi. Aged just shy of 900 when he met Luke Skywalker on the swampy world of Dagobah in…
Author: Thomas Bacon
James Earl Jones May be best known as the voice of Darth Vader, but there was so much more to the celebrated actor than that. When George Lucas cast the voice of Darth Vader, he knew he had to get it right. “I knew the voice had to be very, very special,” Lucas said in a speech at the American Theater Wing Gala in 2015, “It was really a choice between Orson Welles and James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones won hands down.” For 47 years, James Earl Jones has been synonymous with Darth Vader in the minds of Star…
Daisy Ridley is right to make her return Star Wars: New Jedi OrderAnd here are all her potential Padawans. Announced at last year’s Star Wars Celebration, little is known about Rey’s New Jedi Order movie to date; Ridley hadn’t even seen a copy of the script yet. What is known, however, is that she will apparently rebuild an order that is struggling to define its role in a galaxy that has been through so much turmoil, where the people are no longer sure that they even want the Jedi to exist. The galaxy has gone through several Jedi purges, and…
The London-based film company Tyburn Film Productions is taking Disney to court over the use of Peter Cushing’s cast in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Celebrated horror actor Peter Cushing played a key role as Grand Moff Tarkin in the first Star Wars movie, but sadly died on August 11, 1994. Industrial Light & Magic used ground-breaking CGI to bring Cushing back into Bug oneUse actor Guy Henry as a digital stand-in. Per The TelegraphTyburn Film Productions is taking legal action against Lucasfilm and producers Lunak Heavy Industries, Claiming that the “reproduction” of Cushing’s image violated a contract with…
Star Wars gave the ultimate payoff to a 26-year-old joke of legends. George Lucas always insisted that Star Wars is for kids, which is probably why he decided to introduce the Ewoks into Return of the Jedi. Adults may roll their eyes at the idea that these cuddly creatures can beat up Krak Imperial storms, but let’s face it – they’re perfect for merchandise, and it’s a direct passage from the Ewoks to the adorable grogu in The Mandalorian. LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Rewrite the whole thing Star Wars Saga in a tremendously fun way. It is the…
Star Wars’ New Force powers are so incredible, they would completely break canon if they were brought into the main timeline. Let’s face it, no one can make mistakes Game Star Wars LEGO Stories like canon. For all that is the case, however, most of them have a loose connection to canon; They have familiar locations, or force powers that are well established. All that has changed in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxywho introduced some powers that are completely unequaled. Jedi Builders and Sith Breakers possess the ability to manipulate the bricks of a LEGO-based world, shuffling them into…
Disney could have canceled The acolyteBut this stunning Zabrak cosplay proves that Star Wars TV show will have a lasting legacy. The acolyte was controversial before it was even released, and the Disney + TV show – set a century earlier Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – was sadly canceled due to low viewership. So far, there is no sign complaints or petitions have caused Lucasfilm and Disney to reconsider. But that doesn’t mean The acolyte will have no inheritance. Cosplayer Shrye has unveiled a stunning Zabrak cosplay, inspired by The acolyteKoryl’s mother, in which she stands…
Summary Darth Vader’s true identity as Anakin Skywalker was a highly guarded secret, known only to a select few including Palpatine, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke, Han, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Master Yoda, Bail Organa, Ahsoka Tano. , Darth Maul, Grand Moff Tarkin, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Jocasta Nu, Ferren Barr, Verla, Reva, Inquisitors, and Baylan. Palpatine, the Emperor, was the one who decided to keep Darth Vader’s true identity a secret and may have shared it with his closest advisors. The revelation of Darth Vader’s true identity has significant impacts on characters like Luke, Leia and Ahsoka, leading to a lot of emotional…
Here is your official guide to these Star Wars Books in chronological order. When George Lucas launched Star WarsPart of his genius was in the decision to embrace transmedia. The first tie-in novel, Alan Dean Foster Split from the mind’s eyewas actually published before the release of The empire strikes back. Still, it wasn’t until 1991 that Lucasfilm really began to exploit the potential of novels, with Timothy Zahn relaunching the Star Wars Expanded Universe with the launch of his bestselling Thrawn trilogy. All that was removed from Canon, officially branded “legends,Shortly after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012. Since then,…
Ten years ago, Disney reset the rules of Star Wars Cannon – and within a decade, everything went completely wrong. Most viewers think of Star Wars Like a film franchise, but it was always so much more. I am one of the more unusual viewers; I looked A new hope Back in 1991 and picked up one of Timothy Zahn’s New York Times bestselling novels just a few days later (which meant I was spoiled for some pretty major original trilogy plot twists). I am comfortable with these Star Wars Expanded Universe as I am with any of these movies.…