Darth Maul

The latest Fortnite event is a massive Star Wars collaboration, and with it, comes a slew of new character skins, weapons, and quests. With it being a Star Wars collab, players can expect a new set of lightsabers to wield, which can be obtained during battle royale matches. But where can you find lightsabers and how do they work during the latest event? Here’s what you need to know about finding lightsabers in Fortnite. Where to find lightsabers Finding the various lightsabers is a little tricky since their…

Next month, your Pelotonbike is going to take you to a galaxy far, far away. On May 4, the popular fitness brand will release its first-ever Star Wars ride to members everywhere. Officially called the May the 4th Be With You Ride, it’s 30 minutes of fitness set exclusively to the music of iconic composer John Williams. And, as anyone who uses Peloton can probably guess, the ride will be led by instructor Sam Yo.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’“When we go to a movie, it takes us on a journey,” Yo told io9 at the Peloton…

The first two seasons of The Mandalorian ended with some kind of big Star Wars twist. In season one, Moff Gideon pulled out the Darksaber. In season two, Luke Skywalker arrived to help Grogu. And the expectation of something on that level for the season three finale seemed completely reasonable. Instead, fans were given a laundry list of payoffs that helped bring the season together in a satisfying way, which worked but also felt maybe a little too straightforward for a show that has thrived on exciting surprises.Bryce…

Image: Lucasfilm/Cartoon NetworkDuring last week’s Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm provided a brief look at its upcoming series The Acolyte. The new show bucks the trend of other recent shows in the franchise by focusing on the Sith during the time of the High Republic. And one of the big quotes going around at the time came from showrunner Leslye Headland, who revealed how she pitched the show to Lucasfilm: “It’s Frozen meets Kill Bill.”The Rings of Power | First FandomsThat’s an interesting comparison to use, and when…

Screenshot: LucasfilmHundreds of years later, it is this fractured society that gives way to a new cultural divide among the Mandalorians. Horrified by the cataclysm that ended their eons of war against the Jedi, a sociopolitical group formed under the banner of the New Mandalorians, a faction that advocated for a rejection of Mandalore’s martial history and the warrior-clan structure in favor of a pacifist, isolationist parliamentary democracy.Civil war broke out between the New Mandalorians and the Martial…

Image: LucasfilmTo paraphrase Luke Skywalker, “If there’s a nice center to the universe, Mandalore is the planet it’s farthest from.” The home planet of Jango Fett, Bo-Katan Kryze, and Sabine Wren is a hellhole, and it has been throughout the entirety of Star Wars’ main continuity. So much so, in fact, that I don’t think anyone needs to go back, whether it be characters or viewers.Mandalore has been a major point of interest—obsession may be a better word—for Dave Filoni since he began the Clone Wars cartoon in 2008, and…

Darth Vader, as seen on Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, is coming to your wall.Image: Mondo/AcmePop culture art fans have been patiently waiting for this moment—and now, io9 can reveal it’s finally here. Mondo and Acme Archives are teaming up with artist Jason Edmiston for an ongoing series of Star Wars prints in the style of Edmiston’s popular “Eyes Without a Face” series. The first two, from the recent show Obi-Wan Kenobi, go on sale Tuesday, December 13, and while you can see a crop of one of above, you can see them…

We Didn’t Like... That This Overshadows Two Excellent Prior StoriesImage: LucasfilmDooku’s story in Tales of the Jedi, and “Resolve,” the final chapter of Ahsoka’s narrative, are loosely inspired by the events of two Disney canon stories that previously told both the story of Dooku’s exit from the Jedi Order and Ahsoka’s life after the events of The Clone Wars, before she joined the nascent Rebellion: Dooku: Jedi Lost, an audio drama by The High Republic’s Cavan Scott, and the aptly titled Ahsoka, by E.K. Johnston.Dooku’s…

“I was always here, Obi-Wan. You just... were not ready to see yet.”Screenshot: LucasfilmThere’s been a bit of a strange recurrence in Star Wars recently: more often than not, people just don’t die. The Rise of Skywalker, infamously perhaps, is predicated on the return of the Emperor with little explanation as to how he got out of a one-way trip down an exploding reactor shaft. Obi-Wan Kenobi just gave us not one, but two people surviving mortal lightsaber wounds through sheer determination.So yeah, people are having a…

Hello there.Image: LucasfilmThere’s no word yet on if Obi-Wan Kenobi will return to Disney+ for more seasons, but apparently the stories are there. In a new interview, writer Stuart Beattie explained that the original plan for Obi-Wan Kenobi was to make three movies, and the story on the first season of the show was just part one.Beattie is credited as a writer on episodes one and three of the Disney+ show, and given story credit for episodes one, two, and six. Despite that, he never had any interaction with anyone…