Star Wars

  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars: A Curated Viewing Guide of Essential Episodes

    As the slate of Disney+ Star Wars shows grows it’s becoming clear that not only the core films are required viewing for understanding the complete context of the stories but The Clone Wars animated series too. While the live-action shows should work well enough for new viewers, to understand...
  • Levels I Can’t Wait to Play in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    I owe a considerable part of my Star Wars obsession to Lego games. Playing the original two Lego Star Wars titles, adapting the prequel and original trilogies respectively, not only offered a fun experience but also acted as a gateway drug to the wider canon. Suddenly all these characters...
  • Breaking Down the Obi-Wan Kenobi Concept Art

    2021’s Disney Plus Day came and went, and with it that internal balancing act of being excited for future ‘content’ while understanding you’re falling for the machinations of a huge, greedy corporation. While there was plenty of Marvel and Pixar news, Star Wars had little to show on what...
  • The Curious Case of Boba Fett’s Newfound Honour

    One of many of the arguments I hate in the Star Wars fandom is the whole “the new creatives are betraying the legacy characters” nonsense. A classic character is featured in a new story, either too little or too much depending on who you ask, and it doesn’t exactly...
  • Tanked Up 289 – Wii Pups on Crusade

    Ben, Lucy, and Aadil are joined by returning Guest Adam Thomas to talk about beer, games and… anime. Adam has been playing a lot of Crusader Kings 3, and almost convinces Lucy and Aadil to not just fondly listen to stories and patchnotes from it. Aadil relays the pains...
  • Star Wars: Visions Has Everything I Love About Anime

    I finally got around to watching the nine stand alone stories showcasing Star Wars in various unique Japanese animation styles. Star Wars: Visions showcases exactly what I love so much about anime. What makes it an art form that speaks to me, and so many others, in the way...
  • The Twins is Star Wars at its Most Joyously Bonkers

    By its very nature, Star Wars: Visions was always destined to be a mixed bag. Seven Japanese animation studios given the keys to the franchise and allowed to play with whichever toys they want, experiment with the tropes, characters, and visuals, canon be damned. Some are fascinating to watch,...
  • Nightsisters: The Clone Wars Episode That Changed Star Wars Forever

    For its first few seasons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is haphazard and scattershot in almost every way. While rarely unenjoyable, the series is a jumble of tone, chronology, characters, and just overall quality. It’s midway through the third season when this changes and the show transcends from being...
  • 3 Star Wars Characters Who Should, Somehow, Return (And 1 Who Shouldn’t)

    “Somehow, Palpatine returned”. That infamous, memefied line from The Rise of Skywalker has come to symbolise the increasingly thin veil between life and death in Star Wars. The explanation given for the Emperor’s resurrection is brief and unspecific, at least in the confines of the film, but it doesn’t...