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Tales of the Empire’s First Clip Gives General Grievous a Bit of Menace Back
When we first met General Grievous 20 years ago this month in Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars microseries, it gave him an immediate, chilling presence. But then Revenge of the Sith, and with it the Clone Wars 3DCG series, constrained what could be done with the character. Grievous took on the air of a Saturday morning…
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Somehow, Ventress Returned
Today Lucasfilm dropped our best look yet at the third and final season of Disney+’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch. But beyond setting the stage for the crew’s attempts to save Omega from the clutches of the Empire, the trailer also brought with it a shocking reveal: Asajj Ventress, the fallen former Sith disciple turned…
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Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Battle for Jabiim Is a Fascinating Parallel to Its Comic Inspiration
Contemporary Star Wars is far from unafraid of taking concepts that worked from the Expanded Universe and loosely slotting them into its own narratives. Last week’s penultimate episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi was no exception — but in returning to the planet Jabiim for a fateful clash between the Empire and the would-be rebels of the…
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RIP Dave Wolverton, Who Gave Us the Enduring Star Wars Legacy of The Courtship of Princess Leia
John David Wolverton, the author behind the Runelords fantasy saga, Ravenspell, and more — as well as the author of one of the most famous Star Wars expanded universe stories around — has passed away at the age of 64.