Is this worth it? Revenge of the Sith and the chronological Expanded Universe

Given my quest here of going through and watching/reading/otherwise consuming the Star Wars canon in chronological order, this is a good moment to pause and consider whether it is actually good to “do” Star Wars in this way. I mean, there’s the Machete Order approach to watching the films, which I think is probably a […]

Son of Dathomir

Another comic, and my hand was forced into trying out Marvel’s new Unlimited service to read this, as the only alternative was to pay like $75 on Amazon, although apparently there is a new print edition of this coming out later this year. (Unlimited is great, but its more than a little clunky reading on […]

After Clone Wars part 3: Dark Disciple

This is a big one – my first Star Wars novel. Dark Disciple by Christie Golden is based on eight unproduced episodes of Clone Wars and features Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos in a secret mission to assassinate Count Dooku. I was half-expecting something that was poorly written, but this was high quality, fast paced and I […]

After Clone Wars part 2, the Lost Missions/Season 6 and the Order 66 debate

The Season 6 Lost Missions have some really great story arcs that set out to explain plot-holes in Revenge of the Sith – the first being the whole “Order 66” Jedi-kill thing, and the other being the weird moment at the end where Yoda is like “I have discovered how to appear as a blue […]

After Clone Wars (part 1)

On 11 March 2013, Lucasfilm announced that it was axing Clone Wars. The media release stated: As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, Lucasfilm has decided to pursue a new direction in animated programming. We are exploring a whole new Star Wars series set in a time […]

Ahsoka, we barely knew ye – Clone Wars season 5

Season 5 is the last complete series of the Clone Wars and it is one of the strongest. Spoiler alerts as always. The first storyline deals with Ahsoka, Anakin, Rex and Obi-Wan training a group of insurgents on the Separatist world Onderon. These episodes really excited me for a number of reasons: It introduces a […]

The cheapest (legal) way to get access to the entire Star Wars Canon / Expanded Universe (from Australia at least)

Folks who have set themselves the task of reading/watching/otherwise imbibing the entire Star Wars canon: your task is not only going to be time-consuming but expensive.

Clone Wars Season 4: Battle Lines

Season 4 continues much along the same lines as Season 3 – a series of set pieces, but a slow burn towards the war’s inevitable end. The season starts off on Mon Cala, where there is a coup against the monarchy there. Sort of weird how long the Jedi spend propping up monarchies (see Mandasnore, […]

Season 3 “Secrets Revealed”

I drawded a picture of Clone Wars Anakin using pencil and chalk: Ok, so onto season 3 Clone Wars. Flying through these now. In Season 3 I felt like the series started to come into its own with confident storylines and markedly improved visual effects to the film and the first season – particularly in […]

Clone Wars Season 2: “Rise of the Bounty Hunters”

Another one down. Random thoughts: