The acclaimed artist discusses his history with Episode I and being called on to commemorate its latest milestone.

Anybody read the Star Wars comics? I love them.

The film will likely arrive in 2026.

None of that is on-brand for Star Wars in any way. Yes, yes, "it's a setting," but it's also a style and a tone. Andor was pushing it a little, but fundamentally it was about finding hope and meaning, and being something better than your darkest temptations want you to be. Or, barring that, about sacrifice. I can handle some nuance, but there is nothing interesting to me about the hows and whys of an awful person's efforts to do awful things, or just being scared and seeing death for its own sake.

It suffers from much of the same stilted dialogue, unnatural editing choices, chemistry-less acting, and violating of the "show don't tell" principle as AOTC. We were just ready for it, looking forward to certain plot events, and denouement is going to be more satisfying than the middle chapter. There are also a few very moving visual sequences.

Oh, also throw in the fact that George just decided to retcon entire interpersonal relationships from the OT and further shrink the universe by having Yoda and Chewie be old Army buds. Then, let's also not forget that Padme's entire subplot ended up on the cutting room floor.

Finally, and in conclusion, Buzz droids are very stupid, and The Twilight Zone did it better.

Twice.

Read it. Just read it. Purple prose blending into faux Hemingway masculine terseness and back again, shallow asides that are tonally off from any of the movies, including ROTS, and beating you over the head with the relationship that AOTC failed to show us. It's trying so very hard, and it's just not good.

The daily hot takes will continue until morale improves... or until I run out of the ones I want to defend. Post news and your own opinions to drown me out! It would be sooooo terrible if we had a multitude of voices inspiring discussion on the Threadiverse.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is ridiculed for dismissing the groundwork of The Force Awakens, but it’s a great sequel that continues the story properly. Here’s why.

I'm on board with this article. If there was, as is famously repeated online, "no plan," then JJ should have conceded that Rian is a better writer and carried his threads forward.

The first two episodes are a great start for the latest Disney Plus expansion of a galaxy far, far away.

I think it speaks for itself.

In an important step for representation, Star Wars cast its first transgender actress.