Irrelevant But Awesome

Once you've gotten into the double digits of viewing numbers on the new Star Wars trailer, it's time to really start breaking the whole thing down, and obsessing about every single frame. So lets get right to it why don't we? The trailer opens up on a long pan shot of a desert planet that we are told is not Tatooine. And we see a crashed X-wing ship as well as a (much larger) crashed Star Destroyer. It should be noted that this is not the updated X-wing we've been seeing in previous promotional material before now (and later in this same trailer) but rather this is a Battle of Endor era X-wing. The same can be said for the Star Destroyer assuming that the giant battleship we see later in this trailer is an updated Star Destroyer. Next we get a good shot of what is unquestionably the remains of Darth Vader's helmet. As we get this image the voice over of Luke says "The Force is strong in my family. My father has it." Not had by the way, but h...

As presented during the opening panel at Star Wars Celebration that included appearances from the new movie-used R2D2, new droid BB8, new cast members John Boyega,Oscar Isaac, Daisey Ridley and Star Wars vets Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels and Peter Mayhew, director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy finally gave us our second look at the new film. This is the first look at the film since November.Director J.J Abrams did say during the panel that more details will be shared during the weekend event as well as in the coming months before the film's December release.

For the past two Star Wars Celebration events (One in 2010 and one in 2012) I have happily bought a ticket, made the trip and had the time of my life hanging out at the biggest Star Wars event in the country. I've seen George Lucas in person, gotten to touch a life size AT-AT, and more fantastic experiences than I can even count. So it's been a bit of a downer to come to terms with the fact that I wasn't going to be able to make it to Celebration VII this year. Yes some of my friends who had accompanied me in years past were still going this year, so I would get to hear all about it, But for the bulk of this weekend, I was going to have to cope with the fact that thousands of Star Wars fans were going to be hanging out together and I wasn't going to be with them. Then this was announced: Starting April 16th, at 10:00 AM, Starwars.com would be hosting a live stream of Star Wars Celebration events including, but not limited to, the J.J. Abrams panel about Episode V...

I'm just going to pretend that the multi year gap in posts never happened. Ok? Ok. So it's been announced that between now and December when Star Wars VII comes out (we're all very excited, I know) Disney will be releasing a few books that take place in the 30 year gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens . Would you like to guess how many books that is? Three? Five? Nine? Try Twenty. That's right, a total of twenty books will be released covering the time period between the two trilogies. Now, to be fair that's not twenty full sized novels that are going to come out between now and then. That number includes comics, YA books, and some of those "Guide to the Planets of the Star Wars Universe" type of books. But there are a few that have been announced that will further the brand new cannon that we all have to get used to now. So far one of the titles we know will take place in the post Jedi universe. Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig ...