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This week the first issue of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is in comic book stores. Inside you'll find a definitive answer to one of the most puzzling questions in the history of the Star Wars universe. What's the true look of the desert-bound hole-gobbling Sarlacc? The answer comes thanks to a new hero in the Star Wars universe, one suspiciously similar to a character from the Marvel Comics universe (comics and cinematic universes, incidentally), by the name of The Collector!

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The new Star Wars Episode 9 trailer included a laugh track you may've recognized. You probably reacted to the end of the first trailer for The Rise of Skywalker like Han Solo right after getting un-frozen from his carbonite block: "I know that laugh." But we won't know what it all means until the movie is released, right? As it turns out, JJ Abrams, director of this Star Wars film, was more than happy to lend additional confirmation to the hint given in the trailer.

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Over the last few days, interest in the new Star Wars movie has exploded. Not that interest in Star Wars has ever really abated over the last half-decade, but still: it's clear the new Rise of Skywalker trailer's struck a chord. As such, we asked Star Wars fans to take the new trailer and any other media shared thus far from the Star Wars cast and crew, and share them all in one place. This is the first wave.

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A bit more information about Rey's parentage was revealed this week amid release of the New Star Wars 9 trailer. This movie, called Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, will be directed by J.J. Abrams, like The Force Awakens. In commentary this week at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, Abrams lent some welcome insight into the future of the most important character of this trilogy.

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Yes, I spelled canon right - it's a pun, see? The newest Star Wars movie, Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker shows a piece of what would appear to be the Death Star, and today we're going to talk it. We're going to have a brief chat about how it's possible, how it's impossible, and why canon no longer operates in the way the average Star Wars fan thinks it does, or should.

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Some conventions have become so normal and so ingrained these days that you almost have to explicitly state something that was, a few years ago, the norm. That's half of gamers' reaction when the next Star Wars Jedi title and trailer were finally revealed, following the first trailer for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. To assure fans of the franchise that this won't be a money grab, the game is now being heavily advertised as a strictly single-player activity with no microtransactions involved.

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There may be a few spoilers in this article, but non that you wouldn't have already seen had you watched the first teaser trailer for Star Wars IX. That's the last film of the 9-film series centered on the Skywalker family. Of particular note is the title, one that ties together everything, and might as well be the name of the entire series: The Rise of Skywalker. Film 3 was Sith, Film 6 was Jedi, Film 9 is the balance of the force - AKA Rey is the chosen one.

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It's going to be a big weekend for Star Wars, as Star Wars Celebration 2019 is currently being held in Chicago. While Disney has already revealed some key information about the next Star Wars movie, Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, the movies aren't the only focus of the weekend. Tomorrow, we'll also be learning more about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, an upcoming game from the folks at Respawn Entertainment.

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Star Wars Celebration 2019 is underway in Chicago, and Disney is starting to deal the details about Star Wars Episode 9 that many of us were looking forward to. Today, the company revealed the full title for Episode 9, which will wrap up the Skywalker Saga more than 40 years after it first started with A New Hope. Perhaps it shouldn't be too surprising, then, that the full title for Episode 9 references the family at the center of this franchise.

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A new Star Wars trailer is out, right now! If you'd like to skip all the stuff we've got to say about said trailer, feel free to skip ahead and come back and read later. Go! Go now below and find ye the trailer of which we speak! This is the trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX, a teaser trailer with Ray, Finn, Kylo Ren, BB-8, Poe, and a couple other old favorites you might not expect!

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Microsoft has revealed the four games on tap for Xbox Live Games with Gold in April, and it seems the company is continuing its Star Wars kick. April will be the third month in a row where Microsoft has included a classic Star Wars game through Games with Gold, with Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy and Star Wars: Republic Commando featured in February and March's respective lineups.

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On March 26, aging game Star Wars Battlefront II will get an update that brings a new mode called "Capital Supremacy" set during the Clone Wars era of the franchise. The game mode will be set in Pipeline Junction West on Geonosis, as well as in the interior of the Separatist Dreadnought and Republic Attack Cruiser capital ship. According to EA, players can expect non-linear ground battle gameplay.

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