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…
Dark Forces Changed Star Wars Games Forever
Nearly three decades ago, Dark Forces hit the PC with all the firepower of a fully armed and operational battle station—and in doing so helped revolutionize gaming, Star Wars or…
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…
Battlefront’s New Classic Collection Is a Chance to Return to the Deadliest Bridge in Star Wars History
What is the most brutal battlefront in Star Wars history—the sands of Geonosis? The harsh icewinds of Hoth? The teddy bear-infused terror of Endor’s forests? The dark nights of Umbara?…
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 Finally Ties It All Together
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Bad Batch find themselves up against, and running away from, some kind of giant creature. “Why,” grunts Wrecker, the team’s beefy strongman…
Take a Look at John Williams’ Original Music Manuscript for the Star Wars Theme
Iconic conductor John Williams performing in 2014.Photo: Paul Morigi (Getty Images) For the last 50 years, when you think of music and movies, one name stands above the rest: John…
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…
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,…
Meet the Disney Imagineer Behind the VR Breakthough That Is the ‘HoloTile’
The legacy of invention and technology that comes out of Disney Imagineering is some of the closest we’ll get to a sci-fi future. And two of Disney Parks’ most recent…
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…