What to Watch Before Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Fall in, soldiers.

We’ve been counting down the days until the premiere of Star Wars: The Bad Batchthe new Star Wars animated series headed to Disney+ with its first episode landing on May the 4th. And while we’re sure the introduction will give you everything you need if you haven’t seen Clone Force 99 in action before, we’re big fans of doing recon and gathering intel ahead of an important mission like this one. Continue reading

From the Pages of Star Wars Insider: Timothy Zahn Talks 30 Years of Thrawn

In May of 1991, Timothy Zahn’s novel Star Wars: Heir to the Empire premiered at the top of The New York Times bestseller list. Set five years after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), this first book in what would become known as the Thrawn Trilogy reintroduced the world to the heroes of the original film trilogy, and to a mysterious new villain that quickly established himself in the pantheon of ultimate Star Wars bad guys. In Star Wars Insider #202, Zahn talks to Brandon Waineroi about the phone call that spawned Heir to the Empire and introduced the world to the Chiss tactician; check out StarWars.com’s exclusive excerpt of the interview below and look for the magazine in stores and digital this week! Continue reading