After a long wait, it is finally here. Marvel’s Star Wars #1, and it is amazing. After the news of the Disney acquisition, and the introduction of the official canon; it was widely expected that Marvel would once again obtain the rights to publish Star Wars comic books. Of course, this is exactly what happened. Many Star Wars fans had...
If you’re a Star Wars fan like me, you’ve no doubt seen the above still frame already. It’s a shot from the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie. Now, I’m not going to go over the contents of the teaser, picking apart every second of it frame-by-frame. If that’s what you’re interested in, there’s plenty of other...
There’s a lot to talk about on the Star Wars front, but before getting into that, I wanted to take a moment to make a brief post on the most recent Star Wars novel: Tarkin. Like the title implies, this is a book all about one character in particular; Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin was introduced in the original Star Wars...
Mere moments before the premier of the new Star Wars series on the Disney Channel, I managed to finish reading my copy of Star Wars – A New Dawn. This book is unique for a number of a reasons. First, it is actually the prequel to the Star Wars Rebels TV show. Second, it is the first Star Wars novel released...
A few months back, I wrote a short entry regarding the state of the Star Wars canon. Disney made the announcement that they were “rebooting” the Star Wars timeline so to speak. This meant that all of the comic books, novels, and other story properties were no longer “official” in any way shape or form. However, they did announce that all future publications were...
Today saw the release of the fourth and final issue of Dark Horse’s Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir comic book. To hear why this is significant, keep reading. There have been many Star Wars comics printed in the last thirty plus years, so why do I make a big deal out of this one? Well, Dark Horse has been publishing...
A long, long time ago… I made on post on this blog regarding Star Wars. It was the day that Lucasfilm announced the sale of the Star Wars IP to Disney. It was both an exciting and somewhat fearful day for Star Wars fans. It meant that we were finally going to see new Star Wars movies! This was...
Today the nerd-world was rocked with news that Disney has acquired Lucasfilm. Yes. You heard right… On top of that, it was also announced that Disney will be producing a new Star Wars trilogy. Again, you read that correctly. Star Wars Episode VII VIII and IX are now a reality. What does this mean for the all the “expanded universe”...