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'Star Wars' Reveals 'Skywalker: A Family At War,' A New Biography, Coming This Spring
Now that the Skywalker saga has reached its conclusion, it is time for Lucasfilm to take a look back at the entire Skywalker family examining the family closer than ever before in an all new book. Recently, on This Week! In Star Wars, author Kristin Baver made the announcement that she will take a microscope to the Skywalkers, looking at their history, their relationships, and their impact throughout the galaxy. Her upcoming biography of the powerful family, titled Skywalker: A Family at War, will take a close look at the entire family tree, starting at the prequels with Shmi Skywalker all the way to the sequel films with Rey. The biography will take us through important events, not only touching on the films, but also on comics, novels, and expanded material.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Reportedly Adding New Cinematographer From 'Uncharted'
Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the most popular characters in all of Star Wars. First portrayed by Alec Guinness in the original trilogy, the character later found new life with Ewan McGregor portraying a younger version of the wise and snarky Jedi in the prequel trilogy. This portrayal has become so iconic, spawning lots of means that have been the pinnacle of jokes among Star Wars fandom. For years, people have been wanting Ewan McGregor to return for a story set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, effectively bridging the two trilogies. Such a project was officially confirmed at D23 back in 2019, much to the delight of many fans. McGregor says that he felt that there was always a story to tell with the character set within the gap between the trilogies, and we will be getting a Disney+ series set around the halfway point between the two trilogies.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
What An Open World 'Star Wars' Game Could Look Like
As Lucasfilm Games gears up to launch a new era of Star Wars gaming in partnership with multiple other studios, their first project will be something that fans have long been calling for. Open-world games have always been extremely popular among gamers, with choices having real impacts on the outcome of the story, considerable freedom in your approach to gameplay, as well as customization in character look and equipment. Games such as Fallout, Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, and The Elder Scrolls have all been immense success for their studios and still hold audiences today. Recently, in an Wired article, Lucasfilm Games announced a partnership with Ubisoft to develop an open world Star Wars title. Fans have already begun speculating what this game could look like and what kind of story will drive the player through everything the game has to offer.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Jedi Masters In The Clone Wars Ranked By Likeability
The Jedi have been a huge part of the Star Wars galaxy, as the keepers of the peace and even as generals during the Clone Wars era. Here is a top 7 of some of the most powerful Jedi masters within the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars era, ranked by my personal preference:
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Meet Darth Jar Jar In Amazing 'Star Wars' Fan Art
Think back to the first time we met Jar Jar Binks. The silly and unique Gungan native to the planet Naboo had been banished from his home. Within the first few minutes of meeting him in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, you can deduce the reason why the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi thought of him as a pathetic lifeform. He was clumsy, perhaps to the extreme. His crashing of the Gungan leader Boss Nass’s heyblibber submarine caused his exile. We can only speculate as to the size and severity of the collateral damage caused by this mistake (or culmination of mistakes) that they banished him from his home, never to return under the penalty of death.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
What We Can Hope For From A KOTOR Remake
Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic, for many people, was, and still is, the pinnacle of all Star Wars games, having sold millions of copies and won multiple Game of the Year awards back when it was first released in 2003. Not simply just another jaunt to a galaxy far, far away, it helped make the idea of choice and consequence in games mainstream, and has continued to define much of the current landscape of gaming today, nearly 20 years since its debut. Taking place almost 4,000 years before the events of the film series we all know and love, it also provided much in terms of what it was able to depict in the Star Wars universe, with a creativity and flair we hadn’t yet seen at the time outside of the movies. It was also able to re-contextualize the mythos of both the Jedi and the Sith using many pre-established events and characters that had been touched upon in the Legends canon to help fill in the larger gaps of its own story.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
The Way Palpatine Cut The Jedi Off From The Force Is Finally Revealed
One of the major factors in the Star Wars prequels that allowed Sheev Palpatine (AKA Darth Sidious) to completely fool the Jedi to the point where he managed to kill almost all of them and take over the galaxy was that the Jedi's ability to use the Force was diminished, as Mace Windu repeatedly says. It seems unclear exactly what this means and how much it would have helped the Jedi anyway. The impression that many people got from the movies is that Palpatine was using the dark side of the Force to suppress the powers of the Jedi, thereby making them unable to sense his ill intentions. Given the roster of powerful Jedi that included Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, and, of course, Yoda, this would potentially make him the most powerful person in the galaxy.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars' Reveals A Deleted Scene From 'Rogue One'
There has been a flurry of Star Wars news in the years since the release of Rogue One, making the 2016 film seem like an eternity ago, when it hasn't even been a full five years. Yet that's how long it's been since we've seen Darth Vader officially suited up and on camera. During the film, the dark lord's onslaught was among the most, if not the most, memorable scene. It seems as though there was a bit more screentime planned for him, though. The animation supervisor, Hal Hickel, has released a behind the scenes look at the Sith Lord looking over what appears to be a display of Mustafar, where we saw Vader in his castle during the film. Of course, it is also where Vader and Kenobi fought years prior to this in Revenge of the Sith.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
10 Things You Didn't Know About Obi-Wan Kenobi. Top Story - February 2021.
Hello there! Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the wisest and most powerful of all the Jedi during the time before the fall of the Republic. A general in the Clone Wars and Jedi Master to the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker, Kenobi's list of accomplishments are virtually unparalleled in the Star Wars universe. A survivor of Order 66, Kenobi would pass on what he had learned to the next generation of Jedi, Luke Skywalker. Though Kenobi is one of the more complete characters in the Skywalker saga, there are still some facts about his identity that remain more obscure.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
10 Things You Didn't Know About Ahsoka Tano
We last encountered Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian when Din Djarin brought Grogu to her, per Bo-Katan Kryze’s tip. The Jedi refused to train Grogu because she feared that Grogu’s emotional attachment would lead him on a similar path as her former master Anakin Skywalker. She had come a long way from the brash young Jedi who wanted to prove her abilities during the Clone Wars to become the covert operative for the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Ewan McGregor Shares Production Update On Obi-Wan Series, While Debunking Many Rumors
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is something that has been rumored about for years, far back enough to when it was believed that it would be a film. If that was in fact in the cards, then it was repurposed for a TV miniseries for Disney+. And that makes sense, given the highly positive reception that The Mandalorian has gotten as viewers have watched it on the streaming service.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Excerpt From 'Star Wars: Victory's Price' Revealed
The Star Wars New Republic books have been a favorite of Star Wars fans for a long time. Who doesn’t love space battles and spaceships? The third and final installment of the Alphabet Squadron trilogy, Star Wars: Victory’s Price, comes out March 2, 2021. This new novel is written by Alexander Freed, a New York Times best-selling author. In it, the aces of the New Republic take their last shot at defeating Shadow Wing. They also deal with the aftermath of Yrica Quell’s decision to defect once again. Unfortunately, this means for our band of heroes that Yrica Quell is back at the controls of a TIE fighter. But this time, she is using her weapons on her old comrades in the New Republic.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
