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Star Wars: The Bad Batch‘s Cast and Crew on Omega’s Big Reveal
One of the most intriguing figures in Star Wars: The Bad Batch’s premiere wasn’t just that surprising cameo. In fact, arguably one of the most interesting additions to the Star Wars prequel canon in years comes in the form of the squad’s newest ally, Omega—and Bad Batch’s crew sees the addition as one of the … Continued
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Why Star Wars Fans Are Concerned About The Bad Batch and Whitewashing
This week a new Star Wars animated series on Disney+, The Bad Batch, re-introduced us to the last days of the Clone War and the rise of the sinister Empire. But amid the blaster fights and familiar faces, some fans have shown concern that the show’s major characters have had their skin tones adjusted, pushing … Continued
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The Star Wars Prequels Hid Quite a Few Famous Actors
The Star Wars prequel trilogy itself didn’t launch a lot of its actors into stardom. However, it didn’t manage to hire a great many people who became stars after Darth Vader yelled his famous “Nooooooo!” at the end of Revenge of the Sith. To celebrate the prequel reunion that Disney+’s new Obi-Wan TV series is … Continued
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Star Wars: Republic Commando‘s Spirit Still Lives, Even in a Franchise That Killed It
There’s a paradoxical relationship between the legacy of one of Star Wars’ best games and the animated show that became one of the most beloved pillars of the franchise at large. Arguably, Star Wars: The Clone Wars killed Republic Commando at its apex—but without the groundwork it laid, the animated series and its own influences … Continued
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Star Wars: Republic Commando Redeploys Delta Squad on PS4 and Switch
Before Dave Filoni’s Clone Wars cartoon unknowingly kicked off a huge part of the new Star Wars prequel-era canon, our best look at the lives of the clone army came from 2005’s Republic Commando, a semi-tactical first-person shooter now hailed as one of the best Star Wars video games ever made. Happily, the game is … Continued
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Hot Toys From the Spider-Verse and the Star Wars Galaxy, and More of the Hottest Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the latest and greatest in toy news. This week: Hot Toys smashes your wallet twice with killer figures from Star Wars and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mattel gives us Nedry’s demise in action figure form, and…Batman turns into his own cave? Check it out! Hot Toys … Continued
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Not Even Boba Fett Can Escape His Own Shadow
It’s taken 40 years, but Star Wars finally did something that only its ancillary media could dream of in those four decades: it made Boba Fett a character. But in our first steps with an intimately familiar, and yet somehow still completely alien Star Wars icon, it feels that those steps are cast under a … Continued
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A Mandalorian Easter Egg Brings Back Jango Fett’s Legends-Era Mentor
The Star Wars: Legends continuity isn’t canon anymore. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned from the Disney Star Wars universe, it’s that it’s perfect canon fodder. Everything old is new again. The latest fun bit of Legends to turn into canon is via an Easter egg in the new episode of The Mandalorian, one … Continued
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What If That New Mandalorian Character Isn’t Who You Think?
The premiere of The Mandalorian’s second season brought with it a lot of familiarities—the return of our heroes, locales we know well, and some very famous armor. But in its final moment, it teased something major coming to Din Djarin’s quest to find the remnants of his people. But…is there any chance it actually didn’t … Continued
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6 Interesting Ways The Mandalorian Could Handle Boba Fett’s Return
The Mandalorian isn’t just giving us more Baby Yoda than we are probably equipped to deal with when it returns for season two, but seemingly more than a few familiar Star Wars faces. Last week, reports began swirling that one of those faces is the arrival of a specter that has hung over The Mandalorian … Continued
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A Brief Guide to the Long, Ever-Changing History of How Star Wars Has Portrayed Mandalorians
From the Holiday Special to The Mandalorian, the Star Wars race that counts Boba and Jango Fett among its numbers has a long history in and out of the narrative of the galaxy far, far away. It’s one that Star Wars has long been enamored with—but its portrayal has ebbed and flowed in fascinating ways … Continued
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Boba and Jango Fett enjoy father-son bonding — with guns
What if clone trooper progenitor Jango Fett hadn’t died in the Star Wars prequels and instead lived to train his non-trooper son Boba in the ways of the Mandalorian bounty hunters? 52 Weeks with the Fetts explores the father-son relationship that could have been. Artist Stéfan photographs a number of Lucas-themed toy series, including Stormtroopers … Continued
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What Boba Fett wears on his day off
When not trolling the galaxy for his latest bounty, Boba Fett likes to kick back in this casual hoodie/jacket combo. He’s joined on the high-fashion runway by his dear old dad, Stormtroopers, and even Jar Jar Binks. Artist John Woo (no relation to the director) painted the “He Wears It” series, with characters from Star … Continued
By Lauren Davis