Leia the Warrior
Check out my thoughts on why Leia Organa is one heck of a warrior over at FANGirlBlog!
Is Evaan Verlaine in Rogue One?
On October 15, Entertainment Weekly revealed an exclusive look at new Rogue One images in the form of Topps trading cards. Among them is a woman X-wing pilot who bears a striking similarity to Evaan Verlaine. For many fans, the next question is, who’s Evaan Verlaine? Evaan Verlaine was introduced to the Star Wars universe…
Starter’s Guide to reading Marvel’s Star Wars Comics
Remember the time Princess Leia picked up a lightsaber to fight off Imperial troops? What about when Darth Vader began his ruthless hunt for the identity of the X-wing pilot who destroyed the Death Star? Not even the moment Han Solo earned the nickname ‘nerf herder’? If the answer is no, then most likely you…
Riffing on Star Wars: #15 – Chewbacca the Hero
The foundation of the Star Wars universe is built upon the heroic monomyth and unsurprisingly, filled with heroes and villains. In the original trilogy, we immediately think, Han, Luke, and Leia. In the prequel trilogy, which embodies the creation of a villain, we still have Padme, Qui-Gon, and Obi-Wan. Even in The Force Awakens, it’s…
Riffing on Star Wars: #14 – The Sadness of The Force Awakens
Tragedy is inherent in the Star Wars franchise, and this is never truer than in The Force Awakens.
Princess Leia in the Marvel Comics
Many thanks to FANGirl Blog for the chance to write about the incredible Princess Leia!
Riffing on Star Wars: #4 – Droids, Slaves or Machines?
“We don’t serve their kind here!” Uttered by Wuher, the barkeep in the Mos Eisley cantina, those words establish the peculiar place that droids inhabit within the Star Wars galaxy. At a glance in any visual medium in the franchise, comic book, animation, or film, droids are omnipresent. You see them in the service of…
Star Wars Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig – Review
Just over a year ago, Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath hit the shelves of bookstores to overwhelming sales and the wailing of a distinct minority of fans who claimed Wendig had somehow ruined their beloved franchise. Their complaints encompassed everything from the use of present tense to the presence of gay characters, and thankfully, now with the…
Star Wars: Star Wars, Vols 4 – 6, – Review and Summary
If the first three issues of Marvel’s Star Wars were intended to simply introduce our characters, the next three push our main heroes, Luke, Han, and Leia, off onto paths which come to define them in the following films of the Original Trilogy. Luke continues his path to becoming a Jedi, while the building blocks…
Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray – Review
Two things happened within the period of a few years regarding the Star Wars universe in recent history. First, Disney purchased Lucasfilm and shortly thereafter, it was declared that the old Expanded Universe was no longer canon. Second, The Force Awakens was released in December, 2015. The effect of both these events on the Star…
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