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- Empire Strikes Back Wasn't The First Time Luke Had A Lightsaber Duel With Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber duel with Darth Vader in Empire Strikes Back is one of Star Wars' most important battles.... - Darth Vader's Actual Lightsaber Is Up for Sale (if You Have 30% of Star Wars' Original Budget)
Disney The prop lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the most iconic scenes of the original Star Wars trilogy is going up for auction soon, but it won't be cheap.... - Comic-Con 2025: Exact Time of Major Marvel, DC & Star Wars Panels San Diego Comic-Con's packed 2025 schedule has revealed panels for Marvel, DC, and Star Wars....
- Two Years Later, Star Wars' Most Heartbreaking Death Just Got So Much Worse It's been two years since one of Star Wars' most heartbreaking deaths, and with this new story, they've just added a new nail into the coffin....
- Best Drama Series Nominee Andor Up for 14 Emmy Awards The critically-acclaimed and fan-favorite Star Wars series is also nominated for...
- Become a Master of Evil With Darth Vader's Actual Lightsaber (if You Have $3 Million) The 'Star Wars' prop is part of a new big-ticket auction also featuring Sauron's helmet from 'Lord of the Rings....
- A List of Other ‘Andor' Actors Who Should've Got Emmy Nominations Today Forest Whitaker and Alan Tudyk were recognized, but we think a few other 'Star Wars' actors also deserved accolades....
- ‘Star Wars' #3 Review – Han Solo and Beilert Valance Get Drawn in to Nagai Plot After a strong second entry that advanced Luke's story with the Zantarrk Gang and the Nagai, it seems the current The post ‘Star Wars' #3 Review – Han Solo and Beilert Valance Get Drawn in to Nagai Plot appeared first on Star Wars News Net....
- Tony Gilroy Rues Lack of ‘Andor' Emmy Acting Noms, Won't Rule Out ‘Star Wars' Return The Emmy Awards nominations were announced yesterday, with Andor picking up 14 nominations including one for Outstanding Drama Series....
- Forget Darth Vader, There's One Anakin Skywalker TV Show That Has GOT To Happen While I do want a Darth Vader show, there's one Anakin Skywalker story that I'd so much rather see, and it would be a genius move for Star Wars....
- Star Wars' New Queer Hero Is Coming for Han Solo's Throne Star Wars confirms its new queer hero....
- Andor Showrunner Tony Gilroy Addresses Shocking Emmy Snub, Claims 'The Ultimate Victory' The actors of Andor have shockingly been snubbed at the Emmys, leading showrunner Tony Gilroy to voice his support by claiming an ultimate victory....
- Star Wars Gave An Unexpected Backstory To A New Hope's Most Dangerous Villain, 34 Years Later Star Wars has many iconic villains, but one villain's backstory explains so much about this character and how they've been rotten from the start....
- Disney+ Makes Star Wars History With 2026 Clone Wars Sequel Villain A fan-favorite Star Wars: The Clone Wars villain is taking center stage with his own Disney+ spin-off....
- ‘The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents' Review – Series Finale Sticks the Landing The fifth and final issue of The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents does a great job of wrapping up the story The post ‘The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents' Review – Series Finale Sticks the Landing appeared first on Star Wars News Net....
- I Can't Decide Which New Star Wars LEGO Droid I Want More LEGO has recently released some brand-new Star Wars models based on classic droids, and I really can't decide which one I want the most....
- Rian Johnson Talks About Star Wars And His Fabled Trilogy Yes, Rian Johnson is still around. Yes, he has not completely forgotten about Star Wars....
- David Corenswet's Perfect Star Wars Watch Order Improves The Skywalker Saga In 8 Ways Superman actor and Star Wars fan David Corenswet has revealed how he watches the Star Wars movies, providing improvements on the Skywalker Saga....
- Ahsoka Season 2 Actor Reveals First Look At Ezra Bridger's New Look Ezra Bridger seems to be looking a little more cleaned up in Ahsoka Season 2....
- David Corenswet Reveals Geeky Dream Role He'd Pass on a Superman Sequel To Play Image Courtesy DC Studios David Corenswet should have a lengthy tenure as the DC Universe's Man of Steel, but he'd consider stepping away from a Superman sequel if the galaxy far, far away came calling....
- ‘Andor' Season 2 Receives 14 Primetime Emmy Nominations, Including Outstanding Drama Series The 2025 Primetime Emmy Award nominees have been announced, and Andor has received 14 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama The post ‘Andor' Season 2 Receives 14 Primetime Emmy Nominations, Including Outstanding Drama Series appeared first on Star Wars News Net....
- Andor Receives 14 Emmy Nominations, But One Snub Is Now My Villain Origin Story Andor season 2 has garnered 14 nominations at this year's Emmy Awards, but as one expert puts it, a major snub has become our villain origin story....
- Rian Johnson Aimed to Make the ‘Empire Strikes Back' of the ‘Star Wars' Sequels To put it mildly, 'The Last Jedi' isn't quite as universally adored as that 1980 entry in the sci-fi series....
- This Star Wars Actor Just Gave Us a First Glimpse of His Character's New Look Eman Esfandi might have just offered us a tantalizing hint about what's in store for Ezra Bridger in the upcoming second season of Ahsoka....
- Star Wars: What Is The World Between Worlds? The World Between Worlds has been a great connector among the Star Wars stories....
- Rian Johnson Defends One of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy's Most Controversial Scenes “Your Snoke Theory Sucks” has become synonymous with writer-director Rian Johnson‘s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the 2017 sequel to the J....
- 7 Essential Star Wars Comics That Told Missing Parts Of The Skywalker Saga These comics prove that the Force is strong not only in the films. but also within the pages of these compelling graphic novels....
- Star Wars' Next Big Movie Ditches One of The Franchise's Oldest Traditions Star Wars: Starfighter has cast big names Ryan Gosling and Mia Goth, shockingly ditching a major franchise tradition....
- Jar Jar Binks Actor Ahmed Best's Recent Comments Show The True Challenge Facing Star Wars Ahmed Best shared his experience of the backlash to the prequel trilogy and his character, Jar Jar Binks, and it's a larger lesson for Star Wars....
- All 10 Upcoming Star Wars Movies, Ranked by Excitement Level A lot of Star Wars movies are on the twin suns' horizon, with excitement levels varying....
- Rian Johnson Feels Fine About ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Despite how it's always seemed to 'Star Wars' fans, Johnson has no bad blood about what went down in 'Rise of Skywalker....
- Andor Season 2 Created An Unexpected Rogue One Plot Hole Thanks to one new Star Wars character, Andor season 2 may have created an unexpected plot hole when it comes to the events of Rogue One....
- I'm Convinced Star Wars' Next Movie Is Hiding Its Biggest Mandalorian Reveal In Plain Sight Footage descriptions of the SWC exclusive Mandalorian and Grogu trailer have me convinced that Grogu's biggest moment is hiding in plain sight....
- Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy Gets Disappointing Update (Is It Dead?) Image Courtesy of Lucasfilm Director and writer Rian Johnson has given an update about his previously announced Star Wars trilogy, detailing how he didn't make much progress before he moved onto other work....
- After Andor Season 2, A Forgotten Old Republic Superweapon Can Finally Become Canon Discover the hidden Old Republic superweapon teased in Andor Season 2 and its potential impact on Star Wars canon....
- 10 Obi-Wan Kenobi Stories Everyone Should Watch There's more to Obi-Wan Kenobi's character arc than just George Lucas' Star Wars movies....
- Revealed: The Surprising Event That Truly Sparked Star Wars' Galactic Civil War The Empire firing the Death Star is commonly thought to have been the kick starter for the Galactic Civil War, but it was something totally different....
- Star Wars Reportedly Canonizing This Fan-Favorite Legends Jedi In Upcoming Project Legends fans have been begging for this character to come to Star Wars canon....
- Star Wars Fans Are Convinced an Underutilized Prequel Character Could've Saved the Galaxy Star Wars is all about finding heroes in unlikely places. Luke Skywalker is a humble farmer living on Tatooine when he crosses paths with Ben Kenobi, a Jedi who must save Princess Leia from the clutches of the Empire....
- The Best Star Wars Story in Decades is One You Probably Never Read Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin This miniseries is a quiet exploration of the early bond between two of Star Wars' most iconic figures, and the cracks that would eventually lead to their fracturing....
- The Last Jedi Director Provides What Feels Like The Final Update On His Star Wars Trilogy Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson just provided an update on his Star Wars trilogy, and it's not exactly the news we were hoping to hear....
- Rian Johnson Reflects Back on ‘The Last Jedi', ‘The Rise of Skywalker'; Says His ‘Star Wars' Trilogy Was Never Fully Outlined Rian Johnson got pretty candid about his time working for Lucasfilm in a recent interview with Rolling Stone....
- Ahsoka Season 1 Secretly Gave Us The Anakin Skywalker Return Disney's Wanted For Over A Decade Star Wars: The Force Awakens sadly scrapped a brilliant Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader plan, but, years later, the Ahsoka show brought it back....
- The Star Wars Prequels' Jedi Order Made Their Biggest Mistake Long Before Order 66 The Jedi of the Star Wars prequel era made their biggest mistake long before the devastation of the Clone Wars and the tragedy of Order 66....
- The Comics That Inspired Star Wars Movies and Shows Delve into the fascinating origins of some of your favorite Star Wars moments and discover the comic book stories that helped shape them....
- Star Wars Omits 4 Major Jedi from 2025 'Refresh Your Galaxy' Campaign There are notable Force users missing in Star Wars' latest promotional campaign....
- Star Wars Has Learned James Gunn's Most Important Lesson - & That's Why The Next Movies Are Going To Work After Superman director James Gunn's recent comments, I'm convinced that Star Wars' future is brighter than ever when it comes to new movies....
- Andor Screenwriter Reveals One Star Wars Spinoff He'd Love To Work On Screenwriter Beau Willimon has revealed which Andor character was his favorite to write for and which Star Wars spinoff he'd enjoy working on....
- Star Wars: All 6 Upcoming Disney+ Series Releasing In 2025 & Beyond Even though Star Wars is heading back to theaters, that does not mean it will abandon streaming altogether....
- George Lucas Heads to SDCC Hall H for the First Time (but It's Not What You Think) George Lucas, courtesy of Cindy Ord/Getty Images A legend of the film industry is set to attend San Diego Comic-Con this year, as George Lucas will be in Hall H for the first time in his illustrious career....
- Luke Skywalker's New Nickname Reveals the Star Wars Villain Who Feared Him Most Kylo Ren's struggle with Luke Skywalker's legacy is revealed through a fearful nickname, showing Luke's enduring power and influence over his nephew....
- Ahsoka Season 2: All 10 Heroes & Villains Confirmed to Appear, Ranked by Power Level The Force is strong with these 10 heroes and villains that will appear in Ahsoka Season 2....
- The Real Reason Hux Betrayed Kylo Ren Is Way More Interesting Than a Personal Rivalry: 'I Know This Makes You Feel Small' What really motivated General Hux....
- Darth Maul's New TV Show Is The Perfect Chance To Break This Surprising 26-Year Star Wars Pattern Darth Maul is finally getting his chance to shine in the upcoming Maul: Shadow L...
- George Lucas Is Attending SDCC For The First Time Ever Star Wars creator George Lucas is attending San Diego Comic Con 2025, making this his first SDCC appearance ever—and we couldn't be more excited....
- 5 Years Later, I Experienced The Clone Wars' Best Arc The Way It Was Always Meant To Be Seen The best arc of The Clone Wars was created with a very specific vision in mind, and 5 years after its premiere, I got to experience it that way....
- 4-Time Grammy Winner's Favorite Star Wars Movie Is The One Many Fans Wish George Lucas Had Cut One four-time Grammy Award Winner has spoken up about his favorite Star Wars movie - one George Lucas film many fans thought should be cut....
- George Lucas Heading to Comic-Con for First Time Ever The Star Wars creator will headline a panel on his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and will be joined by Guillermo del Toro and Queen Latifah....
- Three Years Later, Star Wars' Young Princess Leia Opens Up About The Pressures Of Appealing To The Fanbase Vivien Lyra Blair, who portrayed Princess Leia in Obi-Wan Kenobi, has opened up about the pressure she felt to appease the Star Wars fanbase....
- One Word From Luke Skywalker Secretly Rewrote The Entire Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Luke Skywalker used one pivotal word in The Last Jedi that completely changes how I see the sequel trilogy, and I never noticed it before....
- The Ewoks Aren't the Most Menacing Star Wars Creatures That Live on Endor Wicket holding a spear in Star Wars. Star Wars projects like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: Andor are all about the lengths the Empire will go to keep its power....
- Star Wars Cut More Brutal Version of The Acolyte's Best Scene (Should It Have?) Star Wars: The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto details a more brutal version of the show's standout action sequence that was cut....
- One of the Best Star Wars Games Is Now Free There is a new free Star Wars game for fans of the iconic sci-fi series to download....
- George Lucas' 'Favorite Star Wars Character' Is One Of The Most Hated, & He Thinks The Actor Did 'A Fantastic Job' George Lucas knows just who his favorite Star Wars character of all time really is, but I have to admit that it's the last one I expected....
- ‘The Art of Andor' Now Available to Pre-Order, Coming Out May 2026 The official art book covering both seasons of Andor is now officially available to pre-order....
- Review: ‘Legacy of Vader' #6 – Kylo Ren Regains Focus and Encounters His Most Formidable Opponent Yet Legacy of Vader issue 6 released and after Kylo Ren's bumpy journey the past couple issues, and thanks to both The post Review: ‘Legacy of Vader' #6 – Kylo Ren Regains Focus and Encounters His Most Formidable Opponent Yet appeared first on Star Wars News Net....
- Canon Deep Dive: Alexa-Exclusive ‘Star Wars Choose Your Destiny' Mini-Missions Part Three In part one and part two of the Star Wars “Choose Your Destiny” mini-mission series we fought a battle as The post Canon Deep Dive: Alexa-Exclusive ‘Star Wars Choose Your Destiny' Mini-Missions Part Three appeared first on Star Wars News Net....
- The Acolyte Star Reveals This R-Rated Qimir Scene Was Cut From the Star Wars Series Manny Jacinto shared details about a brutal scene involving Qimir in The Acolyte that didn't make the cut....
- 7 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Mistakes You'll Never Be Able to Unsee Prepare to change the way you see this iconic film as we highlight some of Return of the Jedi's most memorable cinematic slip-ups....
- 7 Ways Andor Changes How We Watch Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A prequel to a prequel, the Disney+ series provides immeasurable depth to a fan-favorite Star Wars movie, the character of Cassian Andor, and the birth of the Rebel Alliance....
- Andor Creator Reveals The 1 Star Wars Character He Would Retcon Into Rogue One Hindsight is 20/20, even for someone as immensely talented as Andor creator Tony Gilroy....
- Star Wars Black Series and TVC Re-Issues: Starkiller, Darth Malgus, and More Are Back A new wave of Hasbro Star Wars the Black Series and The Vintage Collection figure re-issues are now available for those that missed them the first time around....
- How ‘Star Wars' Inspired a Late Change to James Gunn's ‘Superman' The DC film begins with its own version of the crawl, and James Gunn told io9 how it came to be....
- Superman Actor Compares James Gunn's DCU to Star Wars Over the MCU David Corenswet is already comparing his super-powered universe to some of the biggest names in movie-making history....
- Disney+ 2025 Upcoming Releases Video Omits 3 Major MCU & Star Wars Series Several upcoming Star Wars and Marvel releases are missing from a new highlights reel for Disney+....
- Star Wars Now Planning Its 4th Spin-off Movie (And It's Sure To Be Divisive) The galaxy far, far away could be about to return to a particularly prickly corner of the franchise....
- The Star Wars Show Even Andor's Showrunner Admits Is 'Really, Really Cool' Andor's showrunner, Tony Gilroy, recently revealed which Star Wars show he thinks is really cool, and it's definitely not what you're expecting....
- Acolyte star Manny Jacinto reveals a 'brutal' cut scene from the Star Wars series that would've shown his Sith with 'no remorse' Manny Jacinto has talked about a cut Acolyte scene that sounds pretty gruesome...
- Wait, Did Princess Leia Actually Meet Rogue One's Hero In An Untold Star Wars Story? One of Rogue One's most important heroes may have met Princess Leia years before the movie is set, based on this story that wasn't shown on-screen....
- 10 Years Ago, Star Wars Revealed Palpatine's Strangest Monument To Order 66 It seems Palpatine was even more delighted by Order 66 than I'd previously realized; the Emperor established a permanent monument to his victory....
- Rogue One Director Speaks Out On The Star Wars Movie's Legacy: 'People Don't Shout That I Ruined Their Childhood' Nearly 10 years after Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was first released, director Gareth Edwards shares his perspective on the franchise....
- Alan Tudyk Says Even Scenes Cut From ‘Andor' Season 2 Made the Show Better K-2SO and Cassian Andor's relationship didn't get much screen time, but the 'Rogue One' star still tapped into unused material to help his performance....
- Every Star Wars Movie, Ranked By Opening Weekend Box Office (Adjusted For Inflation) The opening weekend at the box office is increasingly important in 2025, so how...
- Star Wars' Most Powerful Character Never Made It to Live-Action Red Star Wars logo. A galaxy far, far away is home to all kinds of colorful characters....
- The Luke Skywalker Jedi Temple Problem Spanning Star Wars Movies & TV Shows Has Finally Been Fixed Star Wars' movies and TV shows have had some issues with Luke Skywalker's Jedi Temple in the New Republic, but they may finally have been resolved....
- Disney+ Confirms 11 Jedi Returning In 2025 Star Wars Shows Fans will see some familiar Jedi faces in Star Wars series on Disney+ later this year....
- Andor Season 2 Secretly Rewrote A Key Line In Rogue One, And I Can't Believe It Took Me This Long To Notice I can't believe it's taken me so long to notice that Andor season 2 subtly rewrote a key line in Rogue One - showing just how good the prequel was....
- This Star Wars Debate Is Making Me Think About a Major Franchise Question What would have happened if Anakin Skywalker survived at the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi? The post This Star Wars Debate Is Making Me Think About a Major Franchise Question appeared first on ComicBook....
- Darth Maul's New Show Could Connect 3 Star Wars Series In An Epic Way Star Wars recently announced the TV show Maul: Shadow Lord, but it has the potential to connect three other shows, and I totally need to see it....
- 10 Star Wars Characters Who Are Absolutely Vital To The Franchise's Future Star Wars is at an interesting point in the franchise's history at present, and these 10 characters are most important to Star Wars' future success....
- I Can't Believe It's Taken Me 20 Years To Realize Palpatine Was Totally Lying About Darth Plagueis Palpatine used every weapon at his disposal to manipulate Anakin Skywalker, but his lies about Sith Lord Darth Plagueis were incredibly twisted....
- It Took Me 25 Years To Realize One Phantom Menace Scene Set Up Every Secret Of The Sith I can't believe it took me 25 years to see how clever one scene in The Phantom Menace really is - and what it says about Palpatine and the Sith....
- 8 Years Later, Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker Headcanon Is Worse Than What The Last Jedi Cooked Up There's so much going on in Star Wars: The Force Awakens that it's easy to forget that Luke Skywalker isn't around....
- The Mandalorian Season 4's Replacement Will Be Missing the Best Part of the Show Din Djarin's habit of getting sucked into side quests has been fading away like a dead Jedi....
- Star Wars fans are debating the best Andor monologues, and it's almost impossible to choose Fans are damned for what they do in trying to settle on the best one...
- After unconfirmed rumors of an Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2, Star Wars fans are sharing what they want to see Fans want a beloved Star Wars book brought to life...
- Seven Years After Its Star Wars Debut, Ahsoka Season 2 Is The Best Chance To Reveal The Truth About One Massive Force Vergence Ahsoka season 2 can see the return of this Force vergence after it appeared in season 1, and this time we can learn more about it....
- Rogue One Director Reveals The Andor Character He Wishes He Could Have Included 3 years after it debuted, Star Wars‘ best show, Andor, is done, and while creator Tony Gilroy has been firm that there won't be another season, it's still interesting to think of the future beyond its end....
- George Lucas Had Surprising Plans to Replace Darth Vader in the Sequel Trilogy Before Disney acquired Lucasfilm and launched their own vision for the Star Wars sequel trilogy, George Lucas had his own intricate plans for the saga's continuation....
- 15 Greatest Live-Action Star Wars Actors Of All Time Of all the incredible live-action actors that have been in Star Wars movies and TV shows over the last nearly 50 years, these 15 are the best....