General Star Wars Discussion

[Gabby01]

My only issues with Galaxy's Edge were not enough rides and only one mission for Smuggler's Run. You get variety with Star Tours so it makes it a lot of fun to ride again and again. The current variety for Smuggler's Run is to pick different positions on the ship. So that addition of new missions is a great thing. The original plans had two missions but was cut back to just one. The land itself is incredible and is right up there with New Orleans Square and Pandora for fully immersing you in a world where shops and restaurants don't feel out of place. The first time you see the Millenium Falcon is breathtaking and shows you how good Imagineering can be. We give it a half day each time we go to a Disney park.

I'm curious about this new mission--the teaser pics show Cloud City, Endor and Tatooine. Do we visit all 3 in one mission (more lightspeed jumps)? Or do you randomly get one?

Also they said the mission represents something that happens offscreen in the new movie, so maybe none of those places are in the movie. What I really want to see is Grogu's home planet!

 

[irlandaise]

Also they said the mission represents something that happens offscreen in the new movie, so maybe none of those places are in the movie. What I really want to see is Grogu's home planet!

That would be cool. Has any of the SW canon ever given a name to Grogu and Yoda's species?

 

[nancipants]

That would be cool. Has any of the SW canon ever given a name to Grogu and Yoda's species?

No - it is one thing George refused to name, and so far they've kept to that.

(Sheev was revealed after the Disney sale, but I've heard was something George had come up with.)

 

[Gabby01]

Soooo while we're waiting for more Star Wars . . . anyone reading the novels/comics? I think the last one I read was Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, which for some reason I thought was going to be similar to Reva's story, but it really wasn't. Hoping to read Legacy of Vader next.

 

[nancipants]

Soooo while we're waiting for more Star Wars . . . anyone reading the novels/comics? I think the last one I read was Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, which for some reason I thought was going to be similar to Reva's story, but it really wasn't. Hoping to read Legacy of Vader next.

Unfortunately, I haven't read any of the novels/comics since Resistance Reborn. I used to be really into the novels, but nothing has super appealed to me lately. I miss the big immersive stories that drove the plot forward from the Legends era, but with movies and TV you can't really do that anymore.

I did enjoy a lot of the books that came out before and after The Force Awakens, especially the Aftermath series and the three new Thrawn books. (I haven't read the Ascendancy books yet, but I need to.) I especially liked Bloodline, Phasma, and Resistance Reborn. From the YA books, I loved Leia, Princess of Alderaan and Lost Stars, both by Claudia Gray.

I want to read the new book The Mask of Fear, because more Mon Mothma is never a bad thing, buuuuut current events are making it hard for me to open the book.

 

[Gabby01]

Unfortunately, I haven't read any of the novels/comics since Resistance Reborn. I used to be really into the novels, but nothing has super appealed to me lately. I miss the big immersive stories that drove the plot forward from the Legends era, but with movies and TV you can't really do that anymore.

I did enjoy a lot of the books that came out before and after The Force Awakens, especially the Aftermath series and the three new Thrawn books. (I haven't read the Ascendancy books yet, but I need to.) I especially liked Bloodline, Phasma, and Resistance Reborn. From the YA books, I loved Leia, Princess of Alderaan and Lost Stars, both by Claudia Gray.

I want to read the new book The Mask of Fear, because more Mon Mothma is never a bad thing, buuuuut current events are making it hard for me to open the book.

Wow, you have read a lot! Phasma was one of my favorites as well--all we really knew about her from the movies was that she had that unique chrome armor, but the novel gives her such a deep and intriguing backstory that after reading it, it feels like a shame we didn't get more of her onscreen! Hey--why don't they make that into a movie? The book was a New York Times bestseller, and they are looking for a guaranteed hit, right?

I know what you mean about them being afraid to write anything that's going to affect the canon, and it is annoying. I kind of got that feeling reading the Allegiance comic, that they were being so careful not to say anything new about Rey that the character was practically unrecognizable, haha. Maybe it's easier for them to write about minor or original characters. I thought Force Collector was a really cute book, and it was on a more personal scale so no chance of messing up the canon.

 

[leiaorgana]

Panel schedule announced for SWC Japan:

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-japan-2025-panel-schedule

 

[Suger Mag]

so... bear with me. What do you think the possibility of Mara Jade making an appearance in the upcoming Mandoverse somewhere?

The release of the lightsaber special set reminded me of the special Asajj set that was released in 2022 and again in 2023 and then she showed up in the Bad Batch in 2024

Unless I missed something in the comic or game world, just seems a bit out of the blue for a Mara Jade special set release... the timeline would fit with where we are with Ahsoka and Mandalorian for her to show up, and didn't she have an association with Thrawn?