expanded universe
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A New Solo Clip Indicates Han’s Expanded Universe Story Is Now Star Wars Canon
Video: Given how Disney hurled the Star Wars Expanded Universe into the trash compacter, there have been questions as to how Solo: A Star Wars Story would handle Han Solo’s origin. A new clip seems to confirm that part of his EU background has made it into Disney’s new canon. Plus, Thandie Newton’s Val finally…
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Here’s Everything We Used To Know About Han Solo’s Early Years
This week, we finally got our first look at Solo: A Star Wars Story, an exploration of how a young smuggler became one of the galaxy’s finest pilots, and a future rebel hero. But it’s far from the first time Star Wars material has attempted to explore the past of Corellia’s most famous son. Here’s…
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11 Minor Star Wars Characters Who Got Absurdly Full Lives Beyond The Movies
Image: Dark Horse. Empire #9 Art by Douglas Wheatley. The Star Wars saga is filled with characters who never get the spotlight, but captured the minds of fans, no matter how minor or inconsequential their appearances were. Here’s 11 blink-and-you’ll-miss-them Star Wars characters that became more prominent than you could ever imagine, thanks to the…
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10 Incredibly Silly Han Solo Stories That Absolutely Won’t Be In The Solo Movie
The allure of Han Solo is one of the most potent draws of the whole Star Wars mythos. A swarthy smuggler with a troublesome past who evolves into one of the Rebellion’s greatest heroes? It was an appeal that led to all sorts of stories being written about Han in the myriad tie-in novels and…