The Mysteries Created by the Sequel Trilogy When The Force Awakens released in 2017, the newly Disney-owned Lucasfilm introduced us to the universe of Star Wars thirty years after the end of Return of the Jedi, a universe that looked much the same and yet much different at the same time. The beginning of the Star Wars…

Star Wars may have begun as film series, but the stories in a galaxy far, far away have always had a way of expanding beyond the film medium. With novels, comics, animated television series, VR experiences, and more, there’s no limit to the storytelling possibilities in the sandbox that George…

E.K. Johnston’s trilogy of novels focused on Padmé and her handmaidens, Sabé in particular, have helped to flesh out not only Padmé’s character, but the relationship she shared with the handmaidens who served as her protectors and friends. …

Learning how to write for sequential art — Many of the most popular films of the last decade have been based on stories that originated in comic books. Most recently is The Batman, the latest film iteration of the Caped Crusader directed by Matt Reeves, which draws inspiration from many of the most game-changing Batman storylines in comic…

A comparison of the novel and the television series — The following contains spoilers for both the novel and television adaptation of Station Eleven. When a favorite novel is adapted into a film, it’s often a bittersweet feeling for fans who deeply love everything about the novel. Because films have a limited amount of time to work with, it’s impossible…

A Review — One year after Charles Soule’s novel Light of the Jedi introduced Star Wars fans to the world of The High Republic set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga, Claudia Gray, a familiar name in Star Wars fiction, brings together many of the characters introduced across the various High Republic stories…

Book Review — Today, Marvel is known across the world for its stories of brave super-powered heroes and the world-shattering battles they engage in for the future of humanity through the movies produced under the banner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And most people are fully aware that those movies are based on…

Marc Sumerak first took us into a journey of the history of the Jedi Order from the perspective of Luke Skywalker in Secrets of the Jedi, an engagingly colorful and insightful book that gave us an intimate look into the heart and mind of Luke Skywalker. …

Dad’s acting strange. Please come home. As Megan Arrendy drove home from cheer practice, she considered the text message from her little brother, struggling to create a clear enough picture in her mind of what her dad acting strange might look like. She’d tried to call to find out what…