#tarkin-massacre

#tarkin-massacre

Star Wars fans will search anywhere and everywhere for spoilers, even among things that exist specifically to avoid spoilers, like working titles. Famously, Return of the Jedi was filmed under the name 'Blue Harvest' to avoid undue attention, while Attack of the Clones was (ironically) called 'Jar-Jar's Great Adventure.'

With only a few months left before release, we finally have a detailed trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, the silver-screen spinoff of the show that launched Disney+. From the looks of it, it was worth the wait. There's something for every fan here: unmasked Din Djarin, Grogu being a scamp, an Ardennian shopkeeper almost certainly voiced by Martin Scorsese, and a Hutt speaking Basic.

For readers of dystopian science fiction classics - like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - aspects of THX 1138 will feel very familiar, but remixed with a brilliant minimalist arthouse flair. This is the kind of science fiction film Terry Gilliam wishes he could have made at some point, or, to put it another way, a non-campy version of 1976's Logan's Run.

In June 2025, EA's Star Wars Battlefront II received an unprecedented uptick in players on Steam. Having previously peaked at an all-time player count of 10,489 in January 2021, Star Wars Battlefront II more than tripled this figure with an all-time peak of 35,892, thanks in part to a bargain bin sale price of $5 at the time. The sudden surge in player count was attributed to a fan campaign on Reddit by members of the r/StarWarsBattlefront community, following the success of second season.

Grogu (fka "Baby Yoda") won viewers' hearts from the moment he first appeared onscreen in the first season of The Mandalorian, and the relationship between the little green creature and his father-figure bounty hunter, the titular Mandalorian, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), has only gotten stronger. With the 2023 Hollywood strikes delaying production on season 4 of the series, director Jon Favreau got the green light to make this spinoff film.

One of the most iconic scenes in the Star Wars saga is the moment Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker meet famed smuggler Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina. We learn everything we need to know about this slimy rogue within minutes of his first appearance. He's seated in the corner of the dank watering hole, hiding from the law and waiting for an opportunity to make some quick credits. He smugly celebrates our heroes overpaying for his services.

Following a century of spotty warp drive caused by a catastrophe known as "the Burn," Starfleet and the UFP were scrappy, sad, and beaten down, having lost many of their biggest allies, including the Vulcans, and somehow, even Earth. But what a difference a few years can make. Set just after the end of Discovery Season 5, the new series Starfleet Academy is reviving a more hopeful version of the Federation and Starfleet.