#MondayMemories – Speculation: The Future of Evil in the Galaxy

We’re taking an earlier trip down memory lane this week due to a brief bout of illness but we’ll be back on track soon, until then, with the ‘Rey’ film gearing up here’s a post I wrote about my thoughts on ‘The Future of Evil in the Galaxy’. “Sources close to the movie say that Skywalker will

Star Wars in 2024. What Are You Excited About?

It’s almost 2024, and who’d have thought that 2023 would go by so fast? It’s been a pretty good year for us fans, with two amazing live action series, a wonderfully entertaining kids cartoon, a whole array of stories in the comics and books and copious amounts of toys and of course next year there’s

Heir to the Empire Revisited (Through a Mandoverse Lens)

AHSOKA SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Like many others I’m sure, after getting the announcement of Dave Filoni’s upcoming Feature Film set during the ‘New Republic’ era, the phrase ‘heir to the Empire’ being uttered by Ahsoka in the first trailer for the series and the return of Thrawn, I decided to pick up Timothy Zahn’s seminal novel

Star Wars Issue 25: The Charles Soulebration Issue Review

Celebrating the 100th ‘Star Wars’ comics script he wrote (not published), ‘Star Wars’ Issue 25 is a celebration of Charles Soule’s work in the Galaxy Far, Far Away (in comics form). Soule has written in every era of ‘Star Wars’ where stories are being told, he’s one of the masterminds behind the publishing behemoth that

“Always two there are…”

“… no more, no less. A Master and an Apprentice.” Yoda, The Phantom Menace. Thanks to his inclusion in ‘The Clone Wars’, we know that the character of Darth Bane is considered Canon, and Yoda knows who Darth Bane is and the Sith Lord’s role in creating the ‘Rule of Two’, which is how the

#CollectionCorner: Microfighter Madness!

I remember the first Wave of Micro Fighters being released in early 2014. There was a mobile app released to coincide with them where you played as one of the various ships on a top-down level collecting Lego studs and blasting enemies. And whilst I managed to waste a considerable amount of time on the

My Top 5 Star Wars Books (Canon)

In this post, I’ll be taking a look at my five favourite Canon Novels. Having read the majority of them, I hope they cover a wide range. I will be avoiding any series (e.g. ‘The High Republic’) and trilogy (e.g. The ‘Aftermath Trilogy’ and ‘Alphabet Squadron’ Trilogy). ‘A New Dawn’ by John Jackson Miller was

Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher Review

Since the Canon reset in 2014, I have always maintained that the books and comics should be used to further the ongoing story of the Galaxy Far, Far Away, and at times, help to enhance the films. Just look at ‘Catalyst’ by James Luceno, the story of Orsen Krennic and Galen Erso and their time

Star Wars: Dangerous Turn Comic Review

With the Rebel Fleet getting stronger and the leadership reunited, survival is no longer the priority but Luke’s focus is drawn away towards his destiny and a need to train harder toward becoming a Jedi. As Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar make strategies for locating the missing Rebels and (finally) setting up a rescue mission

And Another One Bites the Dust…

Josh Trank… James Mangold… Colin Trevorrow… Patty Jenkins… What do they all have in common? They got Star Wars cancelled. They all had a film in development and they either got let go (Trank and Trevorrow), it never came to fruition (Mangold) or it got put into the “indefinitely postponed” camp (Jenkins). But why does

Darth Vader: War of the Bounty Hunters – Prelude

After learning of his Master’s plans on Exogol, Vader undergoes severe repairs and prepares to enter the War of the Bounty Hunters. Returning to the medical centre where Vader was originally put into the suit, Palpatine orders the workers to repair the damaged Vader who chooses to undergo the procedure without pain relief, allowing him

Darth Vader: Into the Fire Part 5

As Vader and Ochi are chased by Sly Moore into the Red Nebula on their way to Exogol, they experience visions of death before finally arriving at the long lost Planet of the Sith. We really get to see again how great a pilot Vader is, as he avoids destruction from the giant Space Cthulhu

Darth Vader: Into The Fire Part 3

Continuing his punishment by Palpatine, Vader encounters The Eye of the Webbish Bog and finds the key to learning The Emperor’s grand plan. Cut off from Ochi, Vader travels through treacherous terrain, guided by a mysterious voice as he battle creatures and visions until he encounters The Eye where he acquires the Wayfinder that Kylo

#CollectionCorner – Lego Millennium Falcon (2019 Version)

When it was initially rumoured that we were getting a third Falcon in five years I did wonder if Lego were just putting some placeholder sets out for ‘Triple Force Friday’. That first wave of ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ sets were pretty much a bunch of updated/upgraded sets (other than the Pasaana Speeder Chase). When

Star Wars: Age of Resistance – Heroes Comic Review

  The ‘Star Wars: Age of…’ comics was an ongoing series of comics, every two weeks we go a one-shot comics dedicated to a hero or villain. It started early in the year with ‘Age of Republic’ and moved to ‘Age of Rebellion’ and finally ‘Age of Resistance’ and each series was split in two,

Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura Book Review

I really need to loosen up when it comes to YA Star Wars novels. I’ll hold my hands up and own the fact that I always roll my eyes or, even just think to myself that I’ll get around to reading it at some point. And when I do, I usually kick myself because I

Force Collector by Kevin Shinick Book Review

Released as a part of ‘Journey to The Rise of Skywalker’ wave of books and comics, ‘Force Collector’ doesn’t really tie into the latest film at all. I have seen people mention that it would have felt more at home as a part of ‘Journey to The Force Awakens’, given how it follows in the

#CollectionCorner – Lego Sith TIE Fighter

I’m not going to lie, I was really pleased when we found out about the TIE Dagger in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’, the design was originally developed for ‘The Force Awakens’ and can be seen in ‘The Art of The Force Awakens’ book in a space battle with the Millennium Falcon and the fact that

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Novelisation by Rae Carson (Spoiler Free) Review

Let me get this off my chest. We don’t deserve this book. After all the vitriol that has spread through the fandom since ‘The Rise of Skywalker’, we are now getting spoiled by getting this fantastic novelisation. Now, as the title of this post states, this is a Spoiler Free review. By that I mean

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren Issue 4

And with that, the series rights itself. After last months lacklustre issue, Soule really ties the story together the bring ‘The Rise of Kylo Ren’ to a quick but satisfying conclusion. Ben uses his Mind Invasion technique to stop Ren and the Knights from murdering innocent beings but they do it anyway. Once they reach

Poe Dameron Vol. 4 – Legend Found

Lor San Tekka is found… breaking into a high security vault on Cato Nemoidia and arrested. Leia, Poe and Black Squadron head off to find him and break him out. Poe manages to get him out of his cell whilst Leia distracts the Nemoidian’s. They get Tekka onto their ship but the plan goes wrong

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren Issue 3

Ben Solo has finally found the Knights of Ren and he learns the price of joining them, a good death, or causing someone a good death. Ben tells them about the battle between himself and the three Jedi Students who had been chasing him on Euphoria. He managed to best two of them and killed

My Star Wars (Life) Reviews: The Clone Wars Season 6 Part 1

In the run up to the new season of Clone Wars, I am going to finally finish my rewatch of the series, of course finish my reviews. For the rest of the available episodes I am changing the format slightly, I will now focus on arcs as a whole rather than what I had been

#CollectionCorner – Sith Troopers Battle Pack

The Winter 2020 Lego Sets are here and those Amazon Vouchers aren’t going to spend themselves so I went ahead and picked up my first foray into the new Wave of Star Wars Lego. As with all Battle Packs, the box contains two unnumbered bags and the instructions and no stickers. First up, my main

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren Issue 2

Writer – Charles Soule Artist – Will Sliney Colourist- Guru-Fx Starting right where we left off in last issue, Snoke and Ben discuss the Knights of Ren which leads to Snoke telling Ben he needs to adopt a new name for himself, a true name. One comes to mind that Ben called himself as a

#CollectionCorner – Resistance Y-Wing Starfighter Lego

One of my favourite Star Wars Lego sets in my collection is the Y-Wing from the second ‘Rogue One’ wave. The details are phenomenal and the screen accuracy is out of this world, so when they announced that we were getting a Sequel Era version I was excited and to have it as part of

The Rise of Skywalker: The Aftermath

Let’s get this out there first. I LOVED ‘THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’! There, I said it. Now, how many people just closed this post and threw my name into the internet gutter? Quite a few I imagine. But why? Because I declared my enjoyment of a film? Yes. Because my opinion of the film is

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren Issue 1

Writer – Charles Soule Artist – Will Sliney Colourist- Guru-eFX On an unknown planet, long ago, a masked man called Ren is trying to recruit someone into the Knights of Ren. The potential recruit is killed by his non-Force Sensitive brother much to Ren’s disappointment. In the present timeline, Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple burns with

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 9

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. As

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 8

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Todays

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 7

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Today

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 6

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Today,

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 5

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Today

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 4

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Today’s

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 3

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Today

‘Tis The Season To Build Lego 2019 – Day 2

The run-up to Christmas has arrived and with it the all important Advent Calendar. Once again, my Wife, the Saint, the Expert Gifter, the Gift-Giving Goddess has got me the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and with it she has, once again, also given all of you dear readers 24 days of Blog Posts. Today

Spark of Resistance by Justina Ireland (Spoiler Free) Book Review

Well, the ‘Journey to the Rise of Skywalker’ publishing event is, from what I have read so far, pretty darned good. ‘Spark of Resistance’ really helps continue the character arcs for Rey, Rose and Poe that started in ‘Star Wars: Allegiance’ and helps develop them even more and I’m hoping we see these arcs pay

Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse Book Review

Well… So that happened. ‘Resistance Reborn’ is Rebecca Roanhorse’s first foray in the Galaxy Far, Far Away and she did a fantastic job, and given this debut to the franchise I think she will be hot on the heels of Claudia Grey and E.K. Johnston vying for the top-spot. ‘Reborn’ is the “adult” novel from

Speculation: Why Didn’t Anakin Appear to Kylo?

It’s a question many a fan has asked since we first found out about Kylo Ren talking to the burnt mask of Vader. Then we find out in ‘The Last Jedi’ that the Force Ghosts, well, Yoda at least (and you could assume Obi-Wan and Anakin) knows about Ben Solo’s turn to the Dark Side.

After This, Nothing Will Be The Same.

Starting on November 7th (yesterday) the great Star Wars deluge begins. With the highly anticipated release of ‘Resistance Reborn’ by Rebecca Roanhorse which is the official lead-in novel to ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ that has already stirred up a lot of interest over the character of Wedge being on the cover in some countries, and

Life Debt Podcast Episode LXX – Clustetfudge 6: So Much Content, So Little Time

The latest episode of the Life Debt Podcast is now live. You can listen to it HERE. This weeks is full of bits-and-bobs, including a trip to the Collection Corner, further Benioff & Weiss thoughts, TIE Dagger info, E.A. Earnings calls and a look at new stuff from ‘The Mandalorian’ Don’t forget you can purchase

#CollectionCorner – Lego Pasaana Speeder Chase

When it came to the Triple Force Friday Lego sets, I knew the one set that I had to get, and luckily I did (as well as the Resistance A-Wing) and that was the wholly original release, the ‘Pasaana Speeder Chase’ set. “Why was that?” I hear you ask. Well it’s the only one from

Star Wars: Allegiance Part 4 – A Rising Tide

Writer – Ethan Sacks Artist – Luke Ross Colourist – Lee Loughridge Letterer – VC’s Clayton Cowles The conclusion of this mini-series has our heroes escaping their respective tight spots. After the assassination attempt on Mon Cala, Rey and Rose hunt down the would be killer and capture him, Leia brings him before the King

Star Wars: Allegiance Part 3 – Dark Side of the Moon Review

Writer – Ethan Sacks Artist – Luke Ross Colourist – Lee Loughridge Letterer – VC’s Clayton Cowles Starting back on Mon Cala, Rey, Rose and Chewie are being held prisoner whilst Leia attempts to plead with the council for their release. The head Quarren (who sold them out to the First Order) invokes and ancient

Life Debt Podcast Episode LXVII – The Rise of Skywalker Trailer and Other Stories

The latest episode of the Life Debt Podcast is now live. You can listen to it HERE. I’m back after a bit of an extended break and what better way could I return than with the BRAND NEW TRAILER for ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ and some other less fun stuff. Don’t forget you can purchase

“I’m too weak!”

Like Alice, I have fallen down the Rabbit Hole. I have been unable to restrain myself. It wasn’t meant to happen this way. I was doing so well. I have now dived into ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ spoilers and I’m obsessed with knowing as much as possible. Before I took my recent time-out, Making Star

Star Wars: Allegiance Part 2 – Troubled Waters Review

Writer – Ethan Sacks Artist – Luke Ross Colourist – Lee Loughridge Letterer – VC’s Clayton Cowles Starting where Issue 1 left off, Leia is being confronted by a gang of Quarren and Mon Cal but the gang is broken up by Aftab, the son of Admiral Ackbar. After paying her respects, Aftab takes the

Triple Force Fail

This years “big” roll out of new Star Wars merchandise hasn’t exactly gone with a bang has it? There are people all over the world (well, all over Facebook and Twitter) that are complaining about the lack of selection wherever they have gone to buy the new toys. I for one have visited the local

Star Wars: Allegiance Part 1 – An Old Hope Review

Writer – Ethan Sacks Artist – Luke Ross Colourist – Lee Loughridge Letterer – VC’s Clayton Cowles ‘Star Wars: Allegiance’ is Marvel’s addition you the ‘Journey to the Rise of Skywalker’ and tells a story that will lead into the event of ‘The Rise of Skywalker’. This first issue mainly follows the heroes of the

Darth Vader: No More Mystery

Am I the only one who thinks we are getting too much Vader content at the moment. Since Disney acquired Lucasfilm and the Canon got reset I feel like the character who had this air of mystery, not about their identity but about their actions, is slowly losing that mystery thanks to all of the

The Rise of Skywalker D23 Footage Analysis

Before we start, let’s take a look at that ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ footage from D23. You can check it out HERE. Ok. Damn that’s some sweet footage. Let’s skip over the first minute or so with the footage from the previous films from the Skywalker Saga and focus on the new stuff. The first

Life Debt Podcast Episode LXV – The Return.

The latest episode of the Life Debt Podcast is now live. You can listen to it HERE. I’m back!!! After a few weeks away I take a look at all of the D23 footage as well as a quick trip to the Collection Corner. Don’t forget you can purchase The Life Debt Holiday Special (aka

D23 Day 2

We got a poster!!! And all those lucky folks in there got to see the BTS reel that featured some interesting footage that has been discussed online which I won’t talk about just now. Why? Because it’ll be online on Monday. Which is tomorrow. Oh hells yes! Thank you for visiting My Star Wars Life

Poe Dameron Vol. 3 – Legend Lost

Writer – Charles Soule Artists – Frank D’Armata (7) and Arif Prianto (14 – 19) Charles Soule continues Poe’s adventures, this volume jumping back to Issue 7 where Poe takes an unprecedented day off and goes to visit an old friend, a former New Republic Navy pilot turned Investigative Journalist called Suralinda who claims to

Speculation: The Future of Evil in the Galaxy

“Sources close to the movie say that Skywalker will at long last bring to a climax the millennia-long conflict between the Jedi Order and its dark shadow, the Sith.” Lev Grossman Vanity Fair Lets just take a moment to take those words in… The climax of the millennia-long conflict between the Jedi and the Sith. The Sith

Poe Dameron Vol. 2 – The Gathering Storm

Writer- Charles Soule Art – Phil Noto The Adventures of Poe Dameron continue in the second collected volume that spans issues 8 – 13 and follows Poe on a mission with BB-8, flight tech Oddy Muva and the Resistance Spy-Master, C-3PO to the planet Kaddak where one of 3PO’s spies has some information pertaining to

#CollectionCorner – Leaked The Rise of Skywalker Mini-Figs

WARNING!!! THERE ARE POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR THE RISE OF SKYWALKER IN THIS POST! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Listening to the latest episode of THE BAD MOTIVATORS Podcast, they revealed that a few pictures of Lego mini-figs from ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ had leaked online so I did a quick google search and found them,

#Collection Corner – Duel on Starkiller Base Lego

Those bricks just keep on coming, and this week I dive into a small but rather great set that many moons ago I wrote a blog post about a leaked image, and now, thanks to my Wife and Daughter for Fathers Day I have the Duel on Starkiller Base set, based on the climactic duel

Speculation – The Sith Fleet (Part 2)

WARNING!!! THERE ARE POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR THE RISE OF SKYWALKER IN THIS POST! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Following on from Tuesday’s post where I talked about the rumour about The Sith Fleet, this post is about my speculation on how the Sith Fleet will play into the film. Rumours have stated that at some

Life Debt Podcast Episode LXII – The Mind Melting and Spoilery Thrawn: Treason review.

The latest episode of the Life Debt Podcast is now live. You can listen to it HERE. This week you get to hear my SPOILER FILLED thoughts on Thrawn: Treason after I talk about Kevin Smith’s mind melting set visit for ‘The Rise of Skywalker’. Don’t forget you can purchase The Life Debt Holiday Special