What You Need to Know About The Acolyte’s Lightsaber-Shorting Metal
With a swing of a wrist gauntlet, and the head-butt of a sinister helmet, The Acolyte’s mysterious dark Stranger carved a path into Star Wars history this week with a…
25 Great Things About The Phantom Menace
Image: Lucasfilm Everything about the visual identity of the Naboo is meant to evoke this idea of a pacifist people, a society that prioritizes trade and cultural exchange over military…
An Ode to the Sound Naboo Blasters Make
The sonic background of Star Wars is almost unmatched for legendary, immediately recognizable callouts. The snap-hiss of an igniting lightsaber. The penetrating wail of a TIE Fighter shrieking into view,…
Make Like Anakin and Fall in Love With This Queen Amidala Doll
Image: Disney/Lucasfilm If you had to make a list of visuals Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is best known for, Queen Amidala’s costumes would be right near…
This Christmas, Stare Into the Wide, Wide Eyes of Hallmark’s New Sci-Fi Ornaments
Image: Hallmark Spring may have sprung, the clocks gone forward, and it might be getting warmer again, but when you’re Hallmark, the holiday season is forever—and never too far enough…
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Gets More Love With Toys and Collectibles
Image: Lucasfilm Consumer Products In the past two decades appreciation for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace has grown strong with the Force. Between new and maturing fans…
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…
Put Natalie Portman on Your Shelf With Padmé Amidala’s New Star Wars Figure
Image: Sideshow/Hot Toys/Lucasfilm She was the Queen of Naboo, a Galactic Senate member, a warrior, and a mother. Now, you can bring Padmé Amidala home and make her a part…
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…
Galaxy’s Most Deadbeat Son Mark Hamill Has Finally Met His Star Wars Mom
Screenshot: Lucasfilm Nearly six years ago, Mark Hamill made the most shocking and scandalous of Star Wars revelations he could possibly ever make, sending the already perpetually tumultuous fandom’s heads…