The Acolyte Just Blew Star Wars Wide Open, From a Certain Point of View
Star Wars is filled with half-truths. Even as its fans crave the reliability of a rigorously defined canon, the saga has always played in the realm of mythologizing itself, and…
Our First Taste of Star Wars’ Post-Rise of Skywalker Vision Comes From Disneyland
When audiences last saw Rey Skywalker, she announced her new name and the credits rolled. What specifically she’d do next, how she was feeling, and all that kind of stuff was…
Daisy Ridley Says Rise of Skywalker ‘s Reylo Kiss Was Earned
Screenshot: Lucasfilm The fan service was strong with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. And to please Reylo fans, the redeemed Ben Solo, formerly Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), got his…
Kylo Ren Wasn’t Originally Supposed to Become Ben Solo Again
As if the movies themselves didn’t make it more than obvious, fans have long come to understand that the Star Wars sequel trilogy changed drastically throughout development. Multiple writers and…
The State of the Star Wars Galaxy Coming Into Ahsoka
Screenshot: Lucasfilm This is the immediate aftermath of Return of the Jedi: the second Death Star has been destroyed over Endor, Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader are dead. Now what?…