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How JFK's 1960's America Influenced Story Of 'Star Wars: The High Republic'
Star Wars: The High Republic is a publishing initiative that just launched this past weeks. It was originally supposed to launch last August, but it finally came, and there is something that just feels right about having this launch at the start of a new year. Within this past week, we saw the release of a couple of novels and the first issue of a comic series. One of the novels, Light of the Jedi, has been getting some positive reception, which is not very surprising given its author Charles Soule's track record with Star Wars. While he has primarily worked on the comics, getting readers excited to read more about Poe Dameron and Darth Vader each month over the years, he has once again made his mark with his new novel, which is set 200 years before the events of the films.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Patty Jenkins May Have "Leaked" A Huge Cameo For 'Star Wars: Rogue Squadron'
Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, announced the Star Wars feature film, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron during the smorgasbord of new content announcements made on Disney's Investor Day this past December. The current planned release date for the movie is December 2023.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Matthew McConaughey Cited As Main Influence For New 'The High Republic' Character
After much speculation and fanfare, the Star Wars: The High Republic novels and comics have started releasing. The highly anticipated series is set two hundred years before the events of The Phantom Menace, and feature, thankfully, new characters for readers to enjoy. The series begins with the novel Light of the Jedi, which introduces the catalyst for the events of the later books called "The Great Disaster." Given that it's Star Wars.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Grand Admiral Thrawn Might Be The Greatest Threat In 'The Mandalorian' Season 3
The Mandalorian season 2 might have come to an end, but there is still at least another chapter left in our titular hero's adventures. We watched our stoic hero say goodbye to everyone's smallest friend in the finale, as that friend walked off with a certain notable Jedi Master. With this, Din Djarin said goodbye to his quest from the first two seasons. Now we need a new story to tell, and there are a lot of rumors as to which it might be. A common one was actually referenced in "Chapter 13: The Jedi": Grand Admiral Thrawn.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
How a 10-Year-Old Tweet About Thrawn Took Twitter By Storm
Sometimes we become witness to events that have a profound and often lasting effect on many people (and might lead to the saying “Where were you, when…?”). For many Star Wars fans, October 30, 2012 was such a day.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars' Fans Want Jon Favreau And Dave Filoni To Cast Robert Downey Jr. As Grand Admiral Thrawn
Robert Downey Jr. is most notably known for his role of Iron Man/Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With the end of the original saga in Avengers: Endgame, Robert Downey Jr.’s time as Iron Man/Tony Stark ended. Now, however, there are talks of him being a part of another large story, one that takes place in a galaxy far, far away.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
Brad Venable, Voice Actor For Video Games And Anime, Has Passed Away
Brad Venable, known for his voice acting in video games and anime, has passed away. Born July 16, 1977, he died at the age of 43 yesterday, and his wife gave people permission to spread the news of his passing. No specific cause of death has been made public at the time of the writing of this article.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Gamers
Here Is The Official 'Star Wars' Timeline, Updated With Different Era Names
In 2015, in the lead up to The Force Awakens, the main Star Wars saga was broken up into three eras. These came to be known as the "Age of Republic," "Age of Rebellion," and "Age of Resistance." All the movies, shows, books, comics, and video games that made up the official canon of Star Wars took place in one of these three periods of time. With the launch of Star Wars: The High Republic from Lucasfilm publishing, as well as The Mandalorian on Disney+, these three eras are no longer enough. Now, Lucasfilm has updated their official timeline as shown in Justina Ireland's High Republic middle-grade novel, A Test of Courage.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars' Confirms 'The High Republic' Will Roll Out In Three Phases
From a galaxy far away, a new era for Star Wars fans has arrived in the form of The High Republic. A multimedia project from Lucasfilm currently consisting of books, comics, and magazine stories, it is bringing us new characters like Leox Gaysi and Ty Yorrick, as well as a younger version of the ever familiar Jedi Master Yoda, to tell us about an era during which the Jedi were the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy far, far away
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
New Spaceships Revealed From 'Star Wars: The High Republic'
One of the first mantras that George Lucas gave to his design team (starting with Ralph McQuarrie) was that everything in Star Wars had to look used and ordinary, and nothing should stand out. Even the spaceships, the Death Star, and weapons of the Empire, though not looking used and “trashy,” had to have a minimalistic, functional design. This approach stood in a rather sharp contrast to the sci-fi movies that had come before, where everything had to look extraordinary, shiny, and “spacey.”
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
This 'Star Wars' Actor Reveals The Way Hayden Christensen Improved The Younglings Scene In 'Revenge Of The Sith'
Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, has terrified and fascinated movie-goers for the past 40+ years. His ominous presence, jet black armor and cape, skull-like helmet, and onscreen brutality quickly identified him as a cunning and ruthless villain. Within moments of his arrival onboard Princess Leia's ship, he has given orders to "tear the ship apart" and crushed Captain Antilles' windpipe with his hand. Over the next two movies, Vader would continue to be our heroes' main adversary, earning his place among such villains as Hannibal Lecter, Jack Torrance, and the Terminator. With an intimidating design, exceptional voice acting by James Earl Jones, and a compelling redemption arc, Darth Vader remains one of the quintessential and fan favorite Star Wars characters all these years later.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Futurism
