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Star Wars is a science fiction franchise set in a universe far far away.
Check Out This Amazing Official Looking 'Star Wars What If…' Poster
Marvel's What If... has been quite an interesting experiment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), showing us various possibilities in an infinite universe that makes up the Marvel multiverse. Disney's other major franchise Star Wars has never really had a "What if" show outside of the Star Wars Infinities graphic novels and the Halloween shorts like LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales. That has not stopped fans from wondering how a "What if" story or series set in the galaxy far, far away could look like. Because of that, some creative minds have created their own Star Wars What If… poster just out of pure love for the saga.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars' Tie-In Book Further Confirms Darth Plagueis Tried To Make A Force Dyad With Sidious
With news coming out recently about what exactly the Force Dyad is, which was introduced in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars has again revealed a big part to the Force Dyad. Interestingly enough, it includes Darth Plagueis, Emperor Palpatine’s master.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
Easter Eggs You May Have Missed From 'LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales'
Ah, the month of October. You gotta love it. A spooky time of year. It was nice to start off this October with an early Halloween Special, LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales over on Disney+. Taking inspiration from the Tales From Vader's Castle comic series, Terrifying Tales has a similar structure to the comic's story. The main plot features Poe Dameron and his trusty droid, BB-8, visiting Darth Vader's castle after a forced landing on Mustafar. There they encounter Vanee, Vader's servant, while exploring the depths of the sinister castle-turned-luxury resort. This is broken up with three dark side inspired tales from Vanee. Reminiscent of the Vader Castle comics.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
The Greatest Weapon Against The Jedi Has Been Revealed
Spoiler Warning for High Republic #10 and 'The Rising Storm' While the Jedi are some of the most powerful beings in the galaxy, they are not without dangerous foes. The life of a Jedi is not an easy one, and is often short, ending in a violent, painful manner. We have seen Jedi be stabbed, shot, blown-up, decapitated, and perish in various other macabre ways. It is only recently, however, that a new and terrifying adversary has been unleashed upon the Jedi Order, and already has claimed the life of a Jedi Master in a near unspeakable fashion. The High Republic sets out to ask and answer the question "what do the Jedi fear?" In the comic run Star Wars: The High Republic #10, fans finally have a fearful answer.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
The History Behind The Most Dangerous Lightsabers In 'Star Wars' Lore; The 'Forcesaber'
In The Mandalorian Season 2 episode, The Tragedy, Din Djarin brought Grogu to the planet Tython, so that the Force-sensitive child could make contact with other Jedi. Beside from The Mandalorian, in current Star Wars cannon, the planet was only featured in the Doctor Aphra comic series, where the rogue archeologist took Darth Vader there in an effort to mislead the Empire from discovering the Rebel base on Hoth. Tython played a more prominent role in the old Expanded Universe, now Legends, where it first appeared in Drew Karpyshyn’s novel Darth Bane: Rule of Two, the events of which take place around 1,000 years prior to those of the movies.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
Would These Non-Force Users Survive The Squid Game?
Warning: Possible Spoilers For Squid Game You might have heard the buzz around Netflix’s latest show Squid Game, which has taken the online world by storm. We are seeing the dalgona candy being reproduced on various social media platforms (along with unfortunate news of children recreating the savage games from the series). The show asks a lot of questions concerning humanity, and causes viewers to evaluate themselves. What would we do if we were in the same situation? How far would we go for money? What were we willing to sacrifice? We have already debated moral issues in the galaxy far, far away, like whether Anakin did the right thing by turning to the dark side for the altruistic goal of saving Padme’s life or whether Obi-Wan was right in lying to Luke to prevent him from joining his evil father. In the spirit of “What If” scenarios, let’s imagine whether our favorite characters from Star Wars would have survived the infamous Squid Game. Of course, we would only be looking at non-Force sensitive individuals, since the Force would have lent them a certain advantages in these games.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
This ‘Star Wars’ Actress Speaks On Her Future In ‘The Mandalorian’
Along with casting newcomers, Lucasfilm is known to cast established actors in cameo roles. For example, Daniel Craig, Gwendoline Christie (yes, I know Phasma was more than a cameo but bear with me), and Dominic Monaghan, to name a few, had contributed their talents to the saga. When the role calls for some muscle, we have gotten bodybuilder David Prowse, MMA fighter Gina Carano, and WWE superstar Sasha Banks. Banks has appeared as Koska Reeves in a pair of episodes in season two of The Mandalorian. It appears that we may have seen the last of Ms. Banks in the galaxy far, far away.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars' Finally Reveals Why The Jedi Take Younglings
The Jedi Order were the guardians of the Republic for generations before the rise of the Empire. Force-sensitive beings from across the galaxy were trained from an extremely young age, and apprenticed to an older, more experienced Jedi, before completing their training and being elevated to Knighthood. The Jedi Council claimed that taking a youngling away from their family was essential in preventing attachments that would be a hindrance to their Jedi training and could be a temptation to the dark side.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
Disney Plus Day Teaser Has ‘Leaked’ Boba Fett Special
Disney has recently announced that there is going to be a special "Disney+ Day" event planned for Friday November 12, 2021. In celebrating the second anniversary of their streaming platform, Disney will be releasing a slew of specials and trailers for upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and series. In addition, Disney will also be releasing a special feature cleverly titled Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett, which will be all about the Star Wars galaxy’s most notorious bounty hunter, the one and only Boba Fett. With Book of Boba Fett slated to premiere this December, this special is clearly meant to whet the appetite of Star Wars fans for the show.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
How Boba Fett Disintegrated The Mandalorian Code
The Mandalorian showed fans a man in Mandalorian armor who was bound by a code. The War of the Bounty Hunters, however, is showing fans a different man in Mandalorian armor who is bound by no code. The War of the Bounty Hunters is doing an amazing job of showing Boba Fett as the vicious bounty hunter that fans have always wanted. Boba Fett has been hot on the trail of his frozen Han Solo prize, and he is willing to do anything to reclaim him. He makes it clear that his only code is that he will get the job done. Some people have even made connections to words in the comic to the Mandalorian Code.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
What Disney Theme Parks Tell Us About 'Star Wars'
Many people consider the Disney Company to be a movie studio first and foremost. However, what many people do not know is that Disney makes most of it's profits, not from it’s movies, but from theme parks. In many ways Disney’s entire company enterprise is to first and foremost serve it’s theme parks. Content is made to be put in it's theme parks, new IP’s (intellectual property) means new rides and new characters for the parks. So when Disney made Galaxy's Edge it was obvious from the get go that they had plans to fully use Star Wars as a means to make profit from their theme parks. However it is how they built the Star Wars section of the Disney parks that is the most intriguing. If we look at the theme parks we can see that, perhaps Disney's long term plans for Star Wars are beyond the movies and Disney + shows themselves.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
5 Things From ‘Star Wars’ Legends That Could Be Canon
There is always a bit of truth in legends as Ahsoka Tano once said. With this in mind, it is interesting to see what aspects from Legends could still easily be part of the current Star Wars canon being created. What hidden aspects or characters could still be out there in the galaxy far, far away, just waiting to be discovered within Legends? Here are five things from Legends that could still be a part of Star Wars canon.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Futurism
