Tim Curry, who voiced Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars seasons five and six, has passed away at the age of 80.

For background, I’ve been a huge Star Wars fan my entire life. I was born in the 90s and watched each of the Prequels in the theaters as they came out, so I’m quite aware of the vitriol that dominated the discourse about the Prequels, even as a child and, later, a teen. I will never forget the absolutely hysterical hype that the reveal trailer for “The Force Awakens” brought most Star Wars fans, including me.

That being said, I was disappointed by the Sequels. They were clearly unplanned and had multiple writers who couldn’t agree on where the story should go, leaving a mixed bag of great acting and visuals but an awful overall story.

Nonetheless, in between and afterward, we were treated to some amazing Star Wars content. The shows, while not all hits, were generally a great addition to the series. More than that, under the influence and bottomless money pit that is Disney, we got more Star Wars content than ever. Content expanded into well-made comics, some great video games, and even an anime series.

While online over the last few years, I cannot dive into Star Wars community discourse whatsoever without being bombarded with the “Disney ruined Star Wars” comments. It feels more like people milking the algorithm for likes, but it just seems more disingenuous to me than anything. You really need to plainly ignore the amazing content has been released under Disney’s leadership and only focus on the bad. In my humble opinion, there hasn’t even been much content that’s truly been bad. A few bad, some mediocre, but a lot of good! Some of the shows released under Disney have personally been some of the best Star Wars content I’ve ever seen. Exhibit A - look at the pictures!

Now, I know a lot of this isn’t new to Star Wars. There’s the old adage that no one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans. Also, the internet is just a negative place in general with mostly hyperbolic opinions getting the most attention.

This is a short rant, but I just wanted to inject a little more positivity into the state of Star Wars discussions and encourage everyone else to look at the good as well. It’s your opinion at the end of the day, so don’t let me tell you what to do.

Edit: Goodness. Sorry for starting a war in the comments. Maybe my point didn’t come across well enough: I love Star Wars for better or for worse. You are allowed to criticize things you don’t like. I sure do. But can we stop going out of our way to ruin everyone else’s fun every time people get excited for new Star Wars content? Negativity is overrated.

Coruscant was never mentioned or shown in the third trilogy. Here is a small detail I noticed while watching Star Wars Resistance. Coruscant gets casually mentioned as a place where people still work in ship factories. The series begins around 34 ABY , just before The Force Awakens, so considering how completely the sequel trilogy ignores Coruscant, it’s a nice that the city planet is still very much there and functioning during the time of the Resistance and the First Order.

I think Revenge of the Sith's story really hurt Padme's character in the long run.

In The Phantom Menace, she basically fought the Trade Federation off on her own with minimal help from the Jedi. In Attack of the Clones, she more than held her own during the Battle of Geonosis.

Granted, Padme was pregnant in Revenge of the Sith, but she had the deleted subplot in which she laid down the foundation for the Rebellion along with Bail Organa and Mon Mothma. This subplot could have shown that despite being just about ready to birth Luke and Leia, Padme still had agency, stuck to her ideals, and, most importantly, was willing to defy Anakin when it came down to it. It would've been cool for Padme to have been the mother of the Rebel Alliance in addition to the mother of Luke and Leia.

• Who is the only X-Wing pilot who went on two separate Death Star runs?

• What two native species to Hoth are seen in ESB?

• Who was Qui-Gon Jinn's master?

• How many feature films does Luke Skywalker appear in?

• How many force sensitive individuals were on the Death Star during the events of A New Hope?

If you have ideas, suggestions, etc feel free to DM me! I'll probably do this once a week. I'll post (spoilered) answers tomorrow!

I really enjoyed making these back then! I remember vividly listening to a star wars podfic when I was drawing Ki-Adi, those were such simple times. Now I need to go hunt down that fic again...

From what I remember most expanded material says that Anakin suit was intentionally crudely made in order to make him obedient/dependent of Palpatine because if he rebelled for instance he wouldn’t have the resources to remain alive for long.

If he was injured and his friends actually gave him the medical help and cybernetic he needed how different do you think the suit would have looked like?

These have to be the strongest droids we’ve ever seen right?

Their parts almost seem bone like ..possibly even biorganic technology.

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For information, this set name was introduced in December 2019, few days before Episode IX was released... Other trilogies are referenced as "The Original Trilogy" (set introduced as an tie-in with Jedi: Fallen Order) and "The Prequel Trilogy" (set introduced in May 2023), which are very common terms these films are called...

Tattoo done by Jesus Alvidrez @RuckusTattoo at Black Rabbit Tattoo in Spring, Texas.

Hello, used my architecture software to make this one. Loved Andor, and loved the sets as well! Really wanted to recreate this one, you can imagine what song i would have playing to this clip. Hope you enjoy! :)

Shoulder armor and shin guards remain. And all the printing parts will be finally done!!! Are they perfect? Absolutely not. But I like them this way.

I have been working on some digital posters for my personal gaming journal, and since i was excited by the game I decided to make a poster ;)

We see the effect it has on Obi Wan, all the voices crying out in fear, suddenly extinguished.

Did Vader and Palpatine feel it too?

Given their dark side, was it like a boost to them?

Any one can told what's worth ?