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Facts About Finis Valorum Only Die Hard Fans Will Know
Finis Valorum was the face of a Republic ripe with corruption—rotting from the inside like an ancient Wroshyr tree. By the end of his term, Chancellor Valorum was surrounded by self-serving politicians whose greed brought the thousand-year Republic to its knees. Nevertheless, Valorum was a decent man who eventually crumbled in the face of increasing political turmoil. Not much is known about Finis Valorum, a man remembered for his weakness in the face of challenge. I will take a deeper dive into some of the lesser-known facts about Chancellor Valorum.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
Star Wars Reveals The Real Plan Palpatine Had For Rey In 'Rise Of Skywalker'
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker closed out the Skywalker Saga on the big screen, and reception to the grand finale was mixed at best. However, the film did feature the return of Ian McDiarmid as the dreaded Emperor Palpatine. It also provided fans a somewhat twist answer to the question of Rey’s lineage. Instead of being a Skywalker, Kenobi, or Solo, it was revealed that Rey was Palpatine’s granddaughter.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
'Secrets Of The Sith' Seemingly Confirms That Palpatine Didn't Lie To Anakin About This Sith Ability
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?...It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create...Life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying..."
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
Check Out This Amazing Official Looking 'Star Wars What If…' Poster
Marvel's What If... has been quite an interesting experiment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), showing us various possibilities in an infinite universe that makes up the Marvel multiverse. Disney's other major franchise Star Wars has never really had a "What if" show outside of the Star Wars Infinities graphic novels and the Halloween shorts like LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales. That has not stopped fans from wondering how a "What if" story or series set in the galaxy far, far away could look like. Because of that, some creative minds have created their own Star Wars What If… poster just out of pure love for the saga.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars' Tie-In Book Further Confirms Darth Plagueis Tried To Make A Force Dyad With Sidious
With news coming out recently about what exactly the Force Dyad is, which was introduced in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars has again revealed a big part to the Force Dyad. Interestingly enough, it includes Darth Plagueis, Emperor Palpatine’s master.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
Easter Eggs You May Have Missed From 'LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales'
Ah, the month of October. You gotta love it. A spooky time of year. It was nice to start off this October with an early Halloween Special, LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales over on Disney+. Taking inspiration from the Tales From Vader's Castle comic series, Terrifying Tales has a similar structure to the comic's story. The main plot features Poe Dameron and his trusty droid, BB-8, visiting Darth Vader's castle after a forced landing on Mustafar. There they encounter Vanee, Vader's servant, while exploring the depths of the sinister castle-turned-luxury resort. This is broken up with three dark side inspired tales from Vanee. Reminiscent of the Vader Castle comics.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
The Greatest Weapon Against The Jedi Has Been Revealed
Spoiler Warning for High Republic #10 and 'The Rising Storm' While the Jedi are some of the most powerful beings in the galaxy, they are not without dangerous foes. The life of a Jedi is not an easy one, and is often short, ending in a violent, painful manner. We have seen Jedi be stabbed, shot, blown-up, decapitated, and perish in various other macabre ways. It is only recently, however, that a new and terrifying adversary has been unleashed upon the Jedi Order, and already has claimed the life of a Jedi Master in a near unspeakable fashion. The High Republic sets out to ask and answer the question "what do the Jedi fear?" In the comic run Star Wars: The High Republic #10, fans finally have a fearful answer.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
The History Behind The Most Dangerous Lightsabers In 'Star Wars' Lore; The 'Forcesaber'
In The Mandalorian Season 2 episode, The Tragedy, Din Djarin brought Grogu to the planet Tython, so that the Force-sensitive child could make contact with other Jedi. Beside from The Mandalorian, in current Star Wars cannon, the planet was only featured in the Doctor Aphra comic series, where the rogue archeologist took Darth Vader there in an effort to mislead the Empire from discovering the Rebel base on Hoth. Tython played a more prominent role in the old Expanded Universe, now Legends, where it first appeared in Drew Karpyshyn’s novel Darth Bane: Rule of Two, the events of which take place around 1,000 years prior to those of the movies.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
'Dune 2' Officially Announced
Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited Dune dropped October 22 on HBO Max and in theaters to a strong opening, earning over $40 million domestically. This is the largest debut of Villeneuve’s career and the highest debut for Warner Bros this year, which scheduled all of its 2021 releases on HBO Max and theaters simultaneously. However, a sequel to the epic science fiction classic was never assured until now.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
Would These Non-Force Users Survive The Squid Game?
Warning: Possible Spoilers For Squid Game You might have heard the buzz around Netflix’s latest show Squid Game, which has taken the online world by storm. We are seeing the dalgona candy being reproduced on various social media platforms (along with unfortunate news of children recreating the savage games from the series). The show asks a lot of questions concerning humanity, and causes viewers to evaluate themselves. What would we do if we were in the same situation? How far would we go for money? What were we willing to sacrifice? We have already debated moral issues in the galaxy far, far away, like whether Anakin did the right thing by turning to the dark side for the altruistic goal of saving Padme’s life or whether Obi-Wan was right in lying to Luke to prevent him from joining his evil father. In the spirit of “What If” scenarios, let’s imagine whether our favorite characters from Star Wars would have survived the infamous Squid Game. Of course, we would only be looking at non-Force sensitive individuals, since the Force would have lent them a certain advantages in these games.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism
This ‘Star Wars’ Actress Speaks On Her Future In ‘The Mandalorian’
Along with casting newcomers, Lucasfilm is known to cast established actors in cameo roles. For example, Daniel Craig, Gwendoline Christie (yes, I know Phasma was more than a cameo but bear with me), and Dominic Monaghan, to name a few, had contributed their talents to the saga. When the role calls for some muscle, we have gotten bodybuilder David Prowse, MMA fighter Gina Carano, and WWE superstar Sasha Banks. Banks has appeared as Koska Reeves in a pair of episodes in season two of The Mandalorian. It appears that we may have seen the last of Ms. Banks in the galaxy far, far away.
By Culture Slate3 years ago in Futurism