Hasbro’s New Star Wars Toys Embrace the Dark Side
Image: Hasbro Star Wars products love a theme moment—Force Friday, Triple Force Friday, whatever the Force Friday equivalent for Rogue One was called. Maybe they just love Fridays, but now…
From Our Point of View This Week, the Jedi Are Evil
Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney (Getty Images), Image: Marvel, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Twitter/Warner Bros, Warner Bros., Disney, Disney Evil! This week there’s a lot of it, whether it’s seeming…
Hayden Christensen Is Glad the Star Wars Prequels Got Their Reappraisal
We live in a golden age of Star Wars prequel renaissance. The biggest stories right now all go back to the age of the prequel trilogy, its stars—some of them…
The Long History of How the Rebels Originally Stole the Death Star Plans
Image: Lucasfilm In current Star Wars canon, the plot to steal the Death Star’s technical plans is incredibly straight forward: it’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the tale of…
Star Wars Is Getting Closer and Closer to Exposing the Jedi Order for What It Is
When Star Wars first arrived in the world—back when it was just the original trilogy, mountains of toys, and one peculiar holiday special—fans knew where things stood. The Jedi were…
Hot Toys’ Padawan Ahsoka Is Its Most Realistic Little Child Soldier Yet
Image: Hot Toys Beyond the surprise of Ariana Greenblatt showing up during Ahsoka as a live-action interpretation of the Star Wars character’s animated youth was a really stark reminder Clone…
What if Kenner’s Classic Star Wars Toys Kept Going?
Image: Christopher Moeller/Lucasfilm The Epic Continues never made it past this presentation point, however—conflicting stories say either Lucasfilm approved the idea only for Kenner’s upper management to wind down the…
Anakin’s Return in Ahsoka Was a Bucket-List Goal for Hayden Christensen
Image: Lucasfilm Seeing Hayden Christensen get his due and recognition has been one the best things to come out of the Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau universe of shows. From…
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,…
You Won’t Believe These Star Wars Action Figure Upgrades
Hello there, custom-made Obi-Wan Kenobi head by Centerpoint Studios.Image: Centerpoint Studios A few months back, I was walking around DesignerCon and something impossible caught my eye. It was a Star…