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Marvel and Star Wars celebrate Black History Month 2025 with new variant covers

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Marvel Comics has announced that it will mark Black History Month 2025 with a series of Star Wars variant covers on sale throughout February as artists Karen S. Darboe, Ken Lashley, Mateus Manhanini and Ernanda Souza spotlight Black characters from the galaxy far, far away. This year’s covers incorporate recent Star Wars media such as […]

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 8 Review – ‘The Real Good Guys’

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Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew… Skeleton Crew has continued to deliver thrills week on week as we’ve followed Wim, Neel, Fern and KB and their attempts to return home. With the previous episode ending on a cliffhanger and Jod and his pirate crew with the Republic mint in their […]

Rory McCann to replace Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll for Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2

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Having passed away three months prior to the show’s premiere on Disney+, Ray Stevenson sadly never got to witness the overwhelmingly positive reception to his role as Baylan Skoll in Star Wars: Ahsoka, nor to continue to explore the story of the fallen Jedi Knight. The season one finale of Ahsoka saw Baylan Skoll set […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Last Stand #3

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Last Stand #3 on Wednesday, and you can take a look at the official preview of the issue below… THE BATTLE OF JAKKU UNLEASHED! LUKE must enter the underworld to strike a deadly bargain! THE SPICE RUNNERS OF KIJIMI play a deadly wild card — with […]

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 7 Review – ‘We’re Gonna Be in So Much Trouble’

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Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew… We have been steadily building towards our crew’s return to At Attin since they left at the series’ start. The penultimate episode sees both Jod and the pirate crew and Wim and co, simultaneously making course for the seemingly lost planet. We begin with […]

Funko unveils new Star Wars: Andor Pop! Vinyl figures

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With the second season of Star Wars: Andor gearing up to premiere on Disney+ in April, Funko has unveiled four new Pop! vinyl figures from Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series in Cassian Andor (Prison), Kino Loy, Luthen Rael, and Maarva; check them out here… The Rebellion is growing. Join the cause […]

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 6 Review – “Zero Friends Again”

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Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew… Skeleton Crew’s fifth episode finally revealed some of the secrets at the heart of the show as we found out the infamous pirate Tak Rennod was the previous captain of the ship which in turn was revealed to the Onyx Cinder. The show’s sixth […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Last Stand #2

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Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Last Stand #2 is out next week, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below courtesy of Marvel Comics… A BRAZEN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT LEAVES THE HEROES REELING — AS A DARKER TRUTH IS UNCOVERED! LUKE, LEIA and HAN are reunited — […]

Darth Malgus joins Hot Toys’ Star Wars sixth scale action figure collection

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Hot Toys has unveiled the sixth scale Darth Malgus which is inspired by the likeness of the Sith Lord from Bioware’s MMORPG video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $305; take a look here… In celebration of the fresh start of 2025, Hot Toys proudly unveils […]