Trailer review: Mando and Grogu, what will it be?

May 22nd a new Star Wars movie will hit the cinema’s. It will be 50 years since the original Star Wars that triggered all that was to come. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” enters the cinema at a huge anniversary for Star Wars, and yet at a moment that is also weirdly muted. Does the trailer tell us anything about whether we are dealing with a fresh beginning, or more of the same?

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The Rise of Skywalker: What if Anakin isn’t in it?

We are all looking forward to The Rise of Skywalker and on social media the theories and leaks are flying around our ears like shrapnel. But for all characters we know are returning, one way or the other, in Episode IX, one name is consistently absent: Anakin. So what if Anakin isn’t in the story? Could that be? If so, then why? And what would it mean?

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Star Wars’ Forgotten Women #8: Numa

In our series Star Wars’ Forgotten Women we put a spotlight on female characters that have an interesting and worthwhile story-arc and part in Star Wars. This 8th instalment is about a character we first get to know as a young girl during The Clone Wars and later as an adult woman during the start of the Rebellion: Numa!

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The one thing everyone missed in the Episode IX teaser trailer

Yes, you are reading this correctly! Although there have been a gazillion reviews and commentaries on the teaser trailer of The Rise of Skywalker I think we found something no one else spotted. Wanna know? Read this brief post that might contain spoilerish speculation about what it means!

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Scene it? – ‘Ezra surrenders to Thrawn’ and ‘Ezra sacrifices himself to liberate Lothal’

Time for another Scene it? post! The two awesome scenes we are going to discuss are from the very last episode of Star Wars Rebels: ‘Ezra surrenders to Thrawn’ and ‘Ezra sacrifices himself to liberate Lothal’. Let’s discuss these scenes in more … Continue reading Scene it? – ‘Ezra surrenders to Thrawn’ and ‘Ezra sacrifices himself to liberate Lothal’