Ahmed Best Gets the Jedi Lego He Deserves in These New Star Wars Sets
Image: Lego We might have only just hit April, but Lego is getting Star Wars fans ready for a world of wallet pain next month with the impending arrival of…
The Dark Side Is Strong With Star Wars’ New May 4 Merch
A small sample of new Star Wars merch. Image: Lucasfilm Three things you can count on in this world are death, taxes, and new Star Wars merchandise. Just days after…
Hasbro’s New Star Wars Toys Herald The Acolyte
Image: Hasbro Hasbro’s latest Star Wars reveals may have been ostensibly for its villain-themed “Imperial March” this month, but really, it was all about The Acolyte. Just a day after…
The Phantom Menace Celebrates 25 Years With a Return to Theaters
The Star Wars fandom got into a tizzy earlier this week when Empire Magazine teased something. Rather than being a look at the future of the franchise—like say, The Acolyte,…
Looking Back on the Madness of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Toy Line, 25 Years Later
In May 1999, Star Wars hadn’t been in movie theaters for nearly 20 years—well, new Star Wars, at least; the Special Editions had returned a few years prior. But the galaxy…
Year in Review: io9 Staff Picks
By Sabina Graves Rachel Smythe is now on hiatus, but she had one important stop to make before her break: San Diego Comic-Con, where she was a special guest and…
The Phantom Menace Goes All the Way Retro In These New Star Wars Toys
Image: Hasbro Retro toys are a funny thing. When The Phantom Menace hit theaters, it did so alongside the firepower of a fully armed and operational action figure line that…
Our Favorite Toys of 2023
Image: Hasbro Earlier this year, after much waiting, Hasbro finally released a No Way Home inspired three-pack of Spider-Men that gave fans plastic takes on Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and…
Courtship of Princess Leia Is the Most Important Star Wars Novel Around
In the last 11 years since Star Wars’ Expanded Universe faded into “legends” as a new canon for the galaxy far, far away was laid out, many elements big and…
The Force Unleashed Was the Most Video Game-Ass Star Wars to Ever Exist
Star Wars has been a fixture of video games for decades, and spanned almost every possible genre and platform you could reasonably think of. There are certain ones that have…