Star Wars

The news broke mere weeks before the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Lucasfilm and Disney had rehired writer-director Rian Johnson to make a new trilogy of Star Wars films, marking the ultimate vote of confidence in his upcoming eighth chapter in the saga. Excitement could not have been…

Game rush.A little while back, Disney announced plans to collaborate more deeply with Fortnite, which has resulted in various mini-seasons like Star Wars and the current The Simpsons crossover.But the partnership will get stronger yet again from today with the addition of the Disneyland Game Rush...Read More

News Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is hitting the ripe old age of 10 To celebrate, they're introducing a massive arena teeming with bosses There's also alternative versions of beloved characters on the way We cover anniversaries fairly often here on Pocket Gamer, although a lot of those are gacha…

In all of Star Wars canon, there is no battle more impactful than the fight between directors Rian Johnson and J.J. Abrams. The two filmmakers behind the sequel trilogy (Abrams directed the first and third installments; Johnson helmed the middle work) contradicted each other’s movies, angered fans, and changed the…

Lucasfilm Recently came an excerpt from a coffee table book about the making of the “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte”. In the book, series creator, director, executive producer and showrunner Lesley Headland revealed that the original plans for Qimir/The Stranger (Manny Jacinto) saw him forming the earliest incarnation of the…

The best Star Wars game of all time, which also happens to be one of the best RPGs of all time, and one of the best games of all time across any genre, is available for $2 right now. This is the lowest price the Star Wars game has ever…

A figure from a bygone Extended Universe. The classic 1995 first-person shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces is finally getting its due, in action figure form. Kyle Katarn, the hero of the video game, is getting a Star Wars The Black Series action figure. It costs $27.99 and will be available…

The fact that The Acolyte won’t return to the world of Star Wars has many downsides, but few are as painful as the story of the Stranger. Season one’s main villain, played by Manny Jacinto, was a fascinating, complex character whose views on the Force, the Jedi, and the Sith…

A scene from Star Wars showing the Tatooine sunset(s). (Image credit: Disney) Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three Earth-size worlds orbiting around twin stars. It has previously been theorized that binary systems are hostile to the formation of complex planetary arrangements, meaning this…

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford reckons the games industry still hasn't kicked into high gear yet despite how much work went into Borderlands 4. Citizen Kane is often used as the shorthand for "the best thing in a given medium" and while that may not exactly be truthful in Citizen Kane's…