Ian McDiarmid Has the Best Perspective On Palpatine’s Star Wars Journey
The dead speak! Three times, in fact. At Star Wars Celebration 2023, three deceased Star Wars villains came back from the dead (and on Easter no less) to chat about…
Return of the Jedi’s 40th Anniversary Panel Had Fond Memories and Funny Stories
“Scary teddy bears,” Emperor Palpatine himself, Ian McDiarmid, said. “The end of Palpatine.” The iconic actor behind Star Wars’ greatest villain was one of four actors to appear on the…
John Wick Is Fantastic Because It Has Restraint
John Wick answers the door to his home, lights and sirens clearly visible outside. Wick isn’t bothered, half-covered behind the door, a gun clutched in his hand, held at the…
Star Wars Celebration and May the 4th Merch You Can Find Near You
Image: Lucasfilm If you’re missing Star Wars Celebration 2023, which is taking place in London this year, there’s still a ton of Lucasfilm merch drops from lots of different brands to…
Bog Is the Rubber-Suit Monster Movie You Never Knew You Needed
For an ultra low-budget movie about a monster in a lake terrorizing a small town, 1979’s Bog is quirky enough to make it notable and charmingly bad enough to make…
10 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Read Ahead of Their Upcoming Adaptations
Image: William Morrow Paperbacks Hollywood loves a Neil Gaiman adaptation, and so do fans (see: The Sandman, American Gods, Coraline, Good Omens, and so on). His 2005 novel Anansi Boys,…
The Never-Happening Lego Batman Sequel Sounds Awesome
Image: Warner Bros. The Lego Batman Movie was a critical and commercial hit, earning more than $300 million at the box office in 2017—and yet, a sequel will never happen.…
Donald Glover Is Talking About a Return to Star Wars
Image: Lucasfilm In a new interview with GQ, Donald Glover has stated that he would “love to return” to the character of Lando Calrissian. Glover took on the mantle of…
Tron Merch at Walt Disney World Offers Sci-Fi Fits, Retro Toys, and Custom Figures
Walt Disney World’s new Tron merchandise capitalizes on Flynn’s arcade and the Grid with futuristic gear, program-inspired toys, and throwback fashion. io9 attended a preview of new attraction Tron: Lightcycle/Run at…
Gail Simone Will Pen an All-New Red Sonja Novel
Gail Simone, the legendary comics author who first began writing for Dynamite Entertainment’s Red Sonja in 2013, is returning again to the character for an all-new novel. While the character…