Star Wars

The New Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer Sets the Smuggler on the Path to Becoming A Legend

Though, let’s be honest, Han is a much better hero than he is criminal. Still, the latest trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story shows the moments in young Solo’s (Aiden Ehrenreich) life that put him on the path to being both. There’s an appearance by a young Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), a lovely, blue-accented…

Trailers Julie Muncy

Whet Your Appetite For New Solo Footage With This…French Car Commercial?

Yeah, that’s right, apparently. The commercial, for the Reanault Kadjar, so far as this English-native speaker can tell, has a neat tie-in for the upcoming Star Wars anthology film. It features what appears to be a chunk of a rumored setpiece for the film, featuring snapshots of a high-flying train heist (speeder train? tra?), a…

Movies Julie Muncy

Dress Up Your Own Jeff Goldblum, and More of the Goldblummiest Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, the regular io9 column where we rate the latest toys and merchandise out of a 10 possible Goldblums. This week: Hot Toys unleashes not one, but two Infinity War figures, Lego brings in Gold Squadron for a bombing run on your wallets, and more. Take a look! Lego Star Wars…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski

The Director of Rogue One‘s Mythic Reshoots Speaks Out for the First Time

“I have to be careful,” said Rogue One co-writer Tony Gilroy. “I don’t know what the statute of limitations is. I’ve never done an interview about Rogue [One], ever.” Until now. Officially, Gilroy, an Oscar-nominated writer and director, is only credited with co-writing the number one film of 2016, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.…

Movies Germain Lussier

Everything We Can Learn About Solo: A Star Wars Story From Its Denny’s Menu

Fans (and more than a few fan sites) have been so desperate for information about Solo: A Star Wars Story and that they’ve been reading clues into just about anything. But what if they’re right?! This week marked the start of Denny’s limited menu of Solo-“inspired” items, so we investigated (and ate) them to see…

Movies Germain Lussier

Simon Pegg Claims J.J. Abrams Had a Different Plan for Rey’s Parentage Before The Last Jedi

Did you feel that? There has been a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of Rey theorists suddenly cried out in terror… and were suddenly silenced. Well, actually, they’re probably about to start shrieking about clones and Kenobis and whatnot again, because actor Simon Pegg just reignited the debate around Rey’s parentage. Speaking…

Movies James Whitbrook

Rian Johnson Understands What Star Wars Needs to Do in Order to Survive

In the last three years, we’ve had three Star Wars movies come out—and a fourth is just months away. Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm has presented a huge boon in terms of new Star Wars material, but when is it all too much? Rian Johnson, at least, has some heartening thoughts about how to avoid Star…

Movies James Whitbrook

This Silly Denny’s Commercial Is Secretly a Solo Movie Preview

Denny’s just released a TV spot for its tie-in with Solo: A Star Wars Story, and in a way, it’s a preview of the movie itself. No, there’s not any actual footage from the film. But the spot reveals several things fans will be excited to see once the movie hits theaters next month. Check…

Trailers Germain Lussier

BFFs Rey and Finn Will Definitely Be Hanging Out in Star Wars: Episode IX

Star Wars: The Last Jedi might have ended with Rey and Finn hugging it out after spending the entire movie apart, but I’ve remained afraid that something would drive them apart again. Luckily, we can all rest easy. John Boyega has confirmed that the rebellious duo are stuck like glue from here on out. Speaking…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Han Solo Sneakers of Your Dreams Are Finally Here

Did you ever put on your Han Solo pants and think, “I wish this Corellian Bloodstripe went all the way down to the floor?” Well, now it can. Po-Zu, makers of those lovely Porg sneakers, are back with these sleek Star Wars shoes dedicated to everyone’s favorite scoundrel. They extend the iconic “Corellian Bloodstripe” from…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

They Did It: Hasbro Is Officially Producing Its Largest Star Wars Toy Ever

Star Wars toy collectors have been keeping a close eye on a special crowdfunding project over the past few weeks. It’s by none other than Hasbro and it’s for a giant (two feet long and over a foot high and wide) replica of Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge from Return of the Jedi. The hope…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

We Could Watch This Mesmerizing Video of Leia Slapping Poe in The Last Jedi All Day Long

Poe Dameron deserved so much more than a light slap on the face in response to his gross insubordination during Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is part of what makes this blooper supercut of the multiple times Carrie Fisher had to dramatically hit Oscar Isaac while filming so satisfying. Clearly, they were both having…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Laura Dern’s Interpretation of the Force Is Exactly What Star Wars Needs

When she’s not leading Rebels or generally being awesome, Admiral Holdo was also apparently… very subtly… being Force-sensitive. At least, according to actress (and probable actual Jedi) Laura Dern. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly recently about her time in the galaxy far, far away, Dern dropped a bombshell about her own interpreted backstory for the Resistance’s…

Movies James Whitbrook

Oh My God, Hot Toys Made a Baby Luke Skywalker Action Figure

Is this it? Have we finally reached peak Star Wars figure? Okay, so technically, Hot Toys made a Revenge of the Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi figure, mainly. It, like most of Hot Toys’ output, looks really good and comes with a ton of cool accessories, and is like having a homunculus of Ewan McGregor on your…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

According to Mark Hamill, This Was the Ending of George Lucas’ Episode IX

Star Wars fans are still getting their heads around the game-changing choices Rian Johnson made for the franchise in The Last Jedi. However, it seems like George Lucas would’ve made similarly massive decisions if he’d made the sequel trilogy. He just would’ve waited a bit longer. In a new interview with IGN, Star Wars star…

Movies Germain Lussier

One of Solo‘s Mysterious Villains Could Have a Deep Cut Connection to Marvel’s Classic Star Wars Comics

We’ve barely seen anything of Solo: A Star Wars Story, but one of the most striking groups of characters that we have is an alien gang that Han will seemingly go up against in the film. It turns out that gang may have a really weird and lovely nod to Marvel’s earliest Star Wars comics.…

Movies James Whitbrook

It’s Time to Log Off

Humans need food to survive. Many of the characters of the Star Wars universe, human or otherwise, are depicted eating for just that reason. Despite being mostly human, however, there is no clear way for Darth Vader to get sustenance to the part of his face that accepts food. This is, of course, a mystery…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Thrawn: Alliances Is Sending Darth Vader and Thrawn to Disneyland, Kind of

We at io9 pray to the altar of Grand Admiral Thrawn. This is a well-known fact. So when the first excerpt from Timothy Zahn’s new book, Thrawn: Alliances came online, there was quite a bit of excitement followed by pure elation at its awesome revelations. The excerpt, posted by StarWars.com, sets up the crux of…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Noah Hawley Says the Fantastic Four Don’t Need to Be Rebooted For His New Doctor Doom Movie

Pacific Rim: Uprising director Steven S. DeKnight still dreams of a crossover with King Kong and Godzilla. John Boyega teases a war in the stars for Star Wars: Episode IX. A Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star is coming to iZombie. Plus, Ant-Man and the Wasp concept art, a gory new look at Ash vs. Evil Dead, and…

Television James Whitbrook

The Video Cards of the Future Will Be Able to Give You an Incredibly Shiny Captain Phasma

Right now, even the mightiest graphics card on the market would melt like Mustafar trying to render this new Star Wars short made with Epic Games’ Unreal engine. But in the future, Nvidia hopes new technology it showed off this week will bringing gamers one step closer to some… well, very shiny graphics. This cute…

Games James Whitbrook

The New Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer Sets the Smuggler on the Path to Becoming A Legend

Whet Your Appetite For New Solo Footage With This…French Car Commercial?

Dress Up Your Own Jeff Goldblum, and More of the Goldblummiest Toys of the Week

The Director of Rogue One‘s Mythic Reshoots Speaks Out for the First Time

Everything We Can Learn About Solo: A Star Wars Story From Its Denny’s Menu

Simon Pegg Claims J.J. Abrams Had a Different Plan for Rey’s Parentage Before The Last Jedi

Rian Johnson Understands What Star Wars Needs to Do in Order to Survive

This Silly Denny’s Commercial Is Secretly a Solo Movie Preview

BFFs Rey and Finn Will Definitely Be Hanging Out in Star Wars: Episode IX

The Han Solo Sneakers of Your Dreams Are Finally Here

They Did It: Hasbro Is Officially Producing Its Largest Star Wars Toy Ever

We Could Watch This Mesmerizing Video of Leia Slapping Poe in The Last Jedi All Day Long

Laura Dern’s Interpretation of the Force Is Exactly What Star Wars Needs

Oh My God, Hot Toys Made a Baby Luke Skywalker Action Figure

According to Mark Hamill, This Was the Ending of George Lucas’ Episode IX

One of Solo‘s Mysterious Villains Could Have a Deep Cut Connection to Marvel’s Classic Star Wars Comics

It’s Time to Log Off

Thrawn: Alliances Is Sending Darth Vader and Thrawn to Disneyland, Kind of

Noah Hawley Says the Fantastic Four Don’t Need to Be Rebooted For His New Doctor Doom Movie

The Video Cards of the Future Will Be Able to Give You an Incredibly Shiny Captain Phasma

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