Ahsoka Tano

Image: Disney/LucasfilmStar Wars is a franchise full of characters who go through a lot, and Ahsoka Tano has had a pretty eventful life. Since she debuted on Star Wars: The Clone Wars as an apprentice to Anakin Skywalker during the prequels, she’s been caught up in one event after another, from engaging in military skirmishes to surviving Order 66 and being a key player in the growing Rebellion. With her upcoming solo series set to debut in a few months, one of the show’s key threads will see Ahsoka(as played in…

Is another Witcher spinoff on the way? Terry Matalas won’t stop talking about his plans for a potential Star Trek: Legacy spinoff. Could another familiar Clone Wars face return for Ahsoka? Plus, what’s coming on the final season of Nancy Drew. Spoilers, away!“It’s Hard Not to Make Your Own Special Effect Noises When You’re Doing Action” | io9 InterviewTerminator 7During a recent appearance at the Dell Tech World conference, James Cameron stated he’s writing a new Terminator movie, but reportedly “wants to see” how recent…

Ray Stevenson was having a moment. Mere weeks ago, the impressive, talented Irish actor was revealed to be starring as a new character in the upcoming Star Wars show, Ahsoka. This came mere months after RRR, a film in which he plays the despicable villain, was a box office smash and took home an Oscar. The actor was at the top of his game, and the world, but in incredibly sad news, that’s now over. Stevenson died on Sunday at the age of 58. No cause of death has been revealed.Spoilers of the Week Feb 21-25Though Stevenson…

Screenshot: LucasfilmOf the many surprises our looks at Ahsoka gave us at Star Wars Celebration last month—from startling Clone Wars returns, to our first proper look at Grand Admiral Thrawn—one didn’t actually make it into footage released outside of the convention. But that was enough for one actress on the show to sigh in relief she could talk about it."The Winchesters" Star Meg Donnelly's First Comic ConThat actress was Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who appears in Ahsoka as the live-action iteration of Rebels mainstay Sabine…

Image: LucasfilmOrder 66 is one of Star Wars’ most defining moments—even before we knew its name and the intricacies of its machinations, we have known since the very beginning of the saga that there were once thousands of Jedi Knights, only for them to be systemically eradicated by the Empire. But even as Star Wars has detailed this moment more and more, it’s also revealed more and more Jedi that slipped through the Empire’s grip.The more contemporary Star Wars media interacts with the time of the prequels, and even…

Image: Kate Green/Getty for DisneyEven though The Mandalorian season fourhas yet to be officially announced, apparently it’s already being delayed due to the writer’s strike. Deadline reports that production on the show was previously scheduled to begin in September but that’s now likely to be pushed back.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’This, of course, makes a lot of sense since of the five Star Wars shows currently on the calendar, The Mandalorian is the one furthest away from release. Jon Favreau said he’d already written…

Screenshot: LucasfilmBut is anything ever really gone in Star Wars? It’s telling that the Darksaber was simply grievously damaged rather than completely destroyed—and even when the galaxy far, far away has seemingly gone out of its way to show a legendary weapon like a lightsaber being lost, it can still find its way into the hands of a new hero. While it seems like The Mandalorian and Star Wars at large are currently ready to move on from the rebuilding of Mandalore as a focal storyline, there are potential seeds in…

Star Wars Rebels, the first major Star Wars project released after Disney bought Lucasfilm, is about to become very, very important. And, if by chance you haven’t seen it yet, or just want to watch it again, now is the perfect moment. We’ve got it all worked out for you.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’There’s been a whole lot of Star Wars since that fateful day in 2012. Under Disney, Lucasfilm has released new Star Wars movies, the first live-action TV shows, comics, books, anime, you name it. But Star Wars Rebels, which was…

It’s funny that May 4 has become the official Star Wars day, because if you follow movies, television, and pop culture, every day is basically a Star Wars day. It’s one of the most popular franchises in the world and we all talk about it so much that, on a day like May 4, maybe you want something different. We’ve got just the thing. A Finnish photographer who goes by the name Truupperi has given io9 permission to share some of their incredible Star Wars-themed photography. Truupperi uses a mix of bought and custom…

Star Wars’ relationship with droids has always been weird. Their portrayal has run the gamut from revolutionary to servant underclass, to killer foes and straight-laced allies. But no droid has ever felt more true to the ragtag heroic ethos of Star Wars than Hera Syndulla’s very own little freak, Chopper.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’Don’t get me wrong, Star Wars’ wider media universe has long had droids that lean towards going goblin mode rather than the stiff-lipped comedic foils seen in the likes ofC-3PO. R2-D2 of course…