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The First Big Cameo of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Has Been Revealed

The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is still a few hours away but one of its first secrets has already been revealed. A new clip teasing the trailer’s debut has leaked online and it includes an epic shot of spaceships unlike one we’ve ever seen in Star Wars. Among those beautiful…

Movies Germain Lussier

Poe Dameron Tries to Recruit an Old Friend in This Exclusive Resistance Reborn Excerpt

After the events of The Last Jedi, Star Wars’ latest hotshot pilot hero Poe Dameron has been knocked all the way back on his ass—not just by the First Order’s shattering of the Resistance fleet, but by harsh lessons learned about his own pride. But now that the Resistance needs allies old and new, has…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Okay, Here’s When the Last The Rise of Skywalker Trailer Drops

Don’t pretend you don’t want to know. I can already hear the objections: “is an announcement of a release date for a preview of a movie” really something worth making a post over? This ain’t it, io9! And normally, I’d agree with you. But it’s the last mainline Star Wars movie. The end of the…

Movies Julie Muncy

Man, I Feel Bad for Star Wars‘ Squid People

Star Wars loves—loves—itself a single-trait environment. Whether that’s planetary biomes or species, if you’re a thing in Star Wars, you’re likely defined by a singular concept. This week’s new Rise of Skywalker prequel comic combines that love with another frustrating franchise love—cyclical storytelling—to pretty bummer effect. This week saw the release of the second issue…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Disney Picked a Hell of a Time to Announce Its Latest Attempt to Make Star Wars Big in China

Right now, amid a storm of protest movements in Hong Kong calling to liberate the area from its status as a special administrative region of China, scrutiny of Western companies seen as implicitly supporting the actions of the Chinese government is higher than ever. So, of course, the House of Mouse picked right now to…

Movies James Whitbrook

Daisy Ridley Says The Rise of Skywalker Doesn’t Treat ‘Reylo’ as a Joke

If you are even on the fringe of online Star Wars fandom, over the past few years you have probably heard the term “Reylo” bandied about. What was once merely the moniker for fans of a romantic relationship between Rey and Kylo Ren has, in fits and starts, become a heated war between people for…

Movies James Whitbrook

‘Jedi’ Just Got a Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening in Star Wars Right Now

At a time when the Star Wars movies and tie-in materials are now more than ever questioning the legacy of the Jedi—and what it means to be a Jedi—there is a certain irony to there now being a literal dictionary definition of what a Jedi is. Language is a fluid thing, and popular culture’s impact…

Movies James Whitbrook

Inside the Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Kashyyyk’s Giant Spiders Are More Horrifying Than Ever

One of the more surprising reveals of our first real look at EA and Respawn’s Jedi: Fallen Order earlier this summer was that the game’s hero, former Padawan Cal Kestis, would be slicing up more than Imperial troopers on his adventures. On the Wookiee homeworld, at least, he’d be going up against a monster from…

Games James Whitbrook

I Wore Hasbro’s Ridiculous New Star Wars Replica Helmet for a Day, and All I Got Was Some Neck Ache

No wonder those pilots spend most of their time outside of the cockpit with these things off. They’re heavy. [Editor’s Note: James decided to do this on a day I had off. Coincidence? -Jill P.] One of the more expensive offerings Hasbro had for this year’s Triple Force Friday extravaganza was the latest helmet in…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

Oh, So That’s How Star Wars Resistance Links to The Last Jedi

Leave it to Star Wars to make you wait. Last week’s premiere of Star Wars Resistance picked up right where things left off at the end of season one, but didn’t answer the show’s biggest lingering question. No, we had to wait until this week’s second episode, “A Quick Salvage Run,” to find out if…

io9 Germain Lussier

Admiral Ackbar Has a Son, and He Could End Up in The Rise of Skywalker

The Last Jedi may have brought an end to Admiral Ackbar, but this is Star Wars. And what is Star Wars if not story of multi-generational legacies, of children taking up the fights of their parents? Last night StarWars.com gave us our first look at Star Wars: Allegiance #2, next week’s entry in the newly-begun…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

So Many Goddamn Star Wars Books and Comics Just Got Announced at New York Comic Con

The Skywalker Saga might be coming to an end on the big screen this December, but at New York Comic Con today, the galaxy far, far away seemed more alive than ever. That is, if you need a hefty to-read pile to build up. The Lucasfilm Publishing panel at NYCC didn’t just start off with…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Star Wars and Force Friday Are Invading New York Comic Con Too

Friday’s mega release of all the new merchandise for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker won’t be limited to retail locations. In fact, it’s happening at New York Comic Con too, as Bottleneck Gallery and Acme Archives will have a brand new, limited edition art print based on the upcoming film. Oh, and they’ll also…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

How Star Wars Resistance‘s Final Season Builds Up to The Rise of Skywalker

When Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters this December, the galaxy will be much different. The Last Jedi showed the Resistance getting crushed, the First Order gaining a new leader, and now only one show will be able to bridge the gap between the two movies. That show is Star Wars Resistance, which…

io9 Germain Lussier

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Explores Kylo’s ‘Nakedness’ With Rey

The door isn’t totally closed, folks. Rey may have physically and metaphorically cut herself off from Kylo Ren at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but further developing their “complicated relationship” is still a big part of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In an interview with Empire, The Rise of Skywalker co-writer…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Star Wars Has Been Hiding a Gay Couple in Plain Sight

A lot of fans have been waiting for different forms of representation in Star Wars for a long, long time and, it turns out, at least one has already been there for a little while. Speaking to the Coffee With Kenobi podcast, the executive producers of Star Wars Resistance confirmed that Orka and Flix—voiced by…

io9 Germain Lussier

A New Magazine Feature Gives Us Our Best Look Yet at the Knights of Ren

Kylo Ren has a crew, and they have a very exacting dress code. For years, we’ve been dealing with the teased non-presence of the Knights of Ren, Ben Solo’s super baddy posse, possibly former Jedi trainees, who are known by reputation in the realm of the new Star Wars trilogy and not much else. Rian…

Movies Julie Muncy

Dave Filoni Talks the Challenge of Working on The Mandalorian

It’s only a couple months now until The Mandalorian launches on Disney Plus, and to whet our appetites for morally ambiguous space fantasy action we’ve got even more details to go through. In a lengthy report by IGN, Dave Filoni talks the challenge of directing and executive producing The Mandalorian, his first live-action work, and…

io9 Julie Muncy

Director Deborah Chow and Writer Hossein Amini Join Obi-Wan Kenobi Series for Disney+

A month after that much-anticipated announcement that Ewan McGregor would be reprising his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi—not in a film, but in a series for streamer Disney+—the project has a director, and the studio didn’t have to look far to find her: it’s Deborah Chow, whose credits include The Mandalorian. The Hollywood Reporter’s scoop says…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

All the Glorious New Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Toys (and More) Revealed for Force Friday

Next week is perhaps the most important date in a Star Wars fan’s calendar this year outside, of, well, you know…December 20, 2019. Because who wants to just see a new Star Wars movie when you can buy all the toys from it months in advance, too? That’s what you’ll be doing for “Triple Force…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

The First Big Cameo of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Has Been Revealed

Poe Dameron Tries to Recruit an Old Friend in This Exclusive Resistance Reborn Excerpt

Okay, Here’s When the Last The Rise of Skywalker Trailer Drops

Man, I Feel Bad for Star Wars‘ Squid People

Disney Picked a Hell of a Time to Announce Its Latest Attempt to Make Star Wars Big in China

Daisy Ridley Says The Rise of Skywalker Doesn’t Treat ‘Reylo’ as a Joke

‘Jedi’ Just Got a Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening in Star Wars Right Now

Inside the Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Kashyyyk’s Giant Spiders Are More Horrifying Than Ever

I Wore Hasbro’s Ridiculous New Star Wars Replica Helmet for a Day, and All I Got Was Some Neck Ache

Oh, So That’s How Star Wars Resistance Links to The Last Jedi

Admiral Ackbar Has a Son, and He Could End Up in The Rise of Skywalker

So Many Goddamn Star Wars Books and Comics Just Got Announced at New York Comic Con

Star Wars and Force Friday Are Invading New York Comic Con Too

How Star Wars Resistance‘s Final Season Builds Up to The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Explores Kylo’s ‘Nakedness’ With Rey

Star Wars Has Been Hiding a Gay Couple in Plain Sight

A New Magazine Feature Gives Us Our Best Look Yet at the Knights of Ren

Dave Filoni Talks the Challenge of Working on The Mandalorian

Director Deborah Chow and Writer Hossein Amini Join Obi-Wan Kenobi Series for Disney+

All the Glorious New Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Toys (and More) Revealed for Force Friday

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