Star Wars

I love Legos. But what you probably don’t know is that I also love a good deal! I frequent local thrift stores in the off-hand chance I can score something sweet. I have an in the box Dick Tracy figurine, a handful of comics and great…

So awhile ago, I wrote about how I am doing everything I can to walk into the movie theater to see the new Star Wars without having seen any spoilers, from trailers to interviews to, really, anything. And here is what I am learning about …

Can we all agree that The Phantom Menace felt a little below everyone's pay grade? The Phantom Menace would not exist if our corner of the multiverse was righteous and just instead of the cold, unforgiving one we live in. But Phantom…

Everyone knows that instead of the prequels the 90s should have brought us the Thrawn Trilogy. That should have happened. Why didn't that happen? Possibly Cold War politics? I dunno. The point is that the Thrawn Trilogy was a…

If someone pressed me to name my favorite Star Wars characters my first thoughts would undoubtedly go toward Han and Chewie. But then my short list would include characters like Mara Jade and Jaina Solo. Wait. Jade Jaina Mara Solo who?…

With the most popular nerd franchises having existed for decades, what is the role of nostalgia in nerd culture?

All you scoundrels out there, if you are ever on the lam from the Hutts, head straight for the Outer Rim planets, the least settled or explored expanse of the Star Wars galaxy. It is filled with thousands of diverse and rugged…

The Battle of Endor should've been a rout for the superior military might of the Imperials. But then the Ewoks decided they would save the galaxy.

Some of us just have to learn the hard way. But those of us who have traveled the path before, learning by trial-and-error, will gladly share our experience if it will keep a fellow nerd from falling flat on his face. I've touched the hot…

There is no one way to wield a lightsaber. In fact, there are 7 of them. We take a look.