Star Wars

Happy Sunday, and welcome to the latest edition of “This Week, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away“. I took last Sunday off for personal reasons, but we’re now back! Despite that, there’s still not a lot going on in Star Wars, other than the Andor Emmy nominations (and a surprise Acolyte cameo!). There will not be another live-action show until Ahsoka Season 2 in 2026 (the show is currently in production) and the next animated series to debut will likely be Star Wars: Visions — Volume 3, on October 29. We are now two months away from Star Wars: Starfighter to start shooting, which means more members of the cast should start getting announced soon. Meanwhile, it seems like Kathleen Kennedy may have to wait even longer for her Taika Waititi Star Wars movie. Could the announcement of Waititi’s Judge...

The official art book covering both seasons of Andor is now officially available to pre-order. Publisher Abrams Books has officially unveiled their page for The Art of Andor (The Complete Series), which now allows readers to pre-order the book, which will be available to purchase on May 19, 2026. The book will have 272 pages containing 500 full-color illustrations and behind-the-scenes details about the creative process behind the series, and will retail for $50. The author, Phil Szostak, also had the following to add about The Art of Andor: Pre-order your copy of @ABRAMSbooks’ The Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series) today! Featuring artwork from all 24 episodes, plus extensive interviews with creator Tony Gilroy, star Diego Luna, production designer Luke Hull, and many more!h...

The first issue of Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker reintroduced us to a young hotshot Poe Dameron who was about to be tested on a mission outside his comfort zone, perhaps in a way that would have him learn lessons and mature as a soldier. The twist that he was breaking a young Muun hybroid out of prison rather than retrieving a simple device offered some intriguing possibilities for how the rest of the mission would play out, though you can probably guess what happens from there. That’s not to say this second issue isn’t fun. Poe’s story is all action from start to finish as the First Order immediately realize there’s an intruder in the base and Poe’s disguise fails the first time he encounters a stormtrooper. Thankfully Poe is good in a shootout and has plenty of luck on his side to c...

The wait is over. Trials of the Jedi is available now! We have two non-spoiler reviews up on the site (mine and Colin’s) if you haven’t had a chance to dive in yet. In both cases, we praised Charles Soule for crafting an impressively satisfying finale to the High Republic saga. But with so many memorable and iconic moments, we need another chance to discuss. That’s where this piece comes in. Who lives? Who dies? Who finally brings down Marchion Ro? What exactly are the Nameless? And is a secret Sith now lurking in the shadows post-Nihil? There’s a lot to unpack — especially the things I couldn’t touch on in the spoiler-free version. That includes the characters Soule absolutely nailed, and the ones I think he could’ve utilized better. Trials of the Jedi takes a while to bake in the oven...

Andor has given us oppression, revolution, spy craft, politics, heartache, and romance. Strongly hinted at in Season 1, Cassian and Bix’s relationship fully blossoms in Season 2, even providing one of the biggest payoffs of the entire series. This now retroactively helps justify (explain?) the absolute lack of romance in Rogue One between Cassian and Jyn Erso. Aside from a furtive look in an elevator shortly before they both died at the end of that film, the characters at no point explored anything romantic between them. Series creator and writer Tony Gilroy (he also did re-writes on Rogue) addresses this with Collider: “I knew very well what had happened with Jyn and Cassian in Rogue One and what had happened in the elevator. I knew that scene very, very well. I probably went back and ...