The guy who tries to sell Obi-Wan death sticks in Attack of the Clones is a major character in a later novel. No joke.

Kinda. There’s probably a better list out there, but this has all of the new canon books listed in chronological order (with the ability to filter out stuff like the ones for kids and what have you). Probably the best way to start digging in, since you can pick your preferred chunk of the timeline and go from there. ht…

If you’re willing to wade into the new novels, the Aftermath trilogy touches on this rather nicely. The first one picks up a few months after the destruction of the second Death Star with the remnants of the Empire squabbling over what to do next and who’s in charge of what. And all the while the Rebellion is trying…

You really should, and not just because these days it represents a much bigger percentage of the canon than it used to. The first couple seasons can be a little rough in places (and the movie/pilot is just awful), but it’s more than worth it. Now, for reasons unknown there are a bunch of episodes that weren’t produced…

I think Luke knew that the only people who’ve seen him in decades have are Rey and Chewie. So he made himself look younger and stronger because he knew he was also putting on a good show for the galaxy as inspiration.

Long story short, it’s the actual Jedi projecting back into the land of the living.

My guess is that it was part of the nature of the planet itself. Some planets particularly resonate with the Force — Dagobah is one of them — and that can affect how/if Force Ghosts manifest. In the last few episodes of Clone Wars, Qui-Gonn reaches out to Yoda from beyond death, but can’t properly speak to him until…

Nope. They had Episode IX plans for her. She was never going to die in this one.

While he hasn’t been front and center, the third Aftermath novel has a line that establishes HK-47 as being part of the new canon.

“All we know, though, is that dude hasn’t even demonstrated he’s developing a game yet.”

Okay, I’ll be honest, when you put it like that (and I take a few minutes off from trying to be a killjoy) I’ll give you that. Now, that said, we’re officially at the point where I’d rapidly lose interest unless we saw even the basic idea of how the game is played, but I would be a little intrigued (admittedly more by…

Hey, I’m willing to accept a certain degree of speculation as long as there are actual comments he’s made, and not just the gamer equivalent of ‘the blind man feels the elephant’s tusks and thinks it’s a piano.’

Well, unfortunately — and this is where the ‘not wanting to be That Guy’ thing from my initial post comes in — Hideo Kojima is not a draw for me. That’s why everyone else is enthusiastic about the game, but my experiences with his games haven’t justified his ‘brilliant’ reputation in my eyes. I’m aware that this is…

So do we actually know if this is an actual game, or just a series of creepy, off-putting CG short films? Because I’m honestly having trouble seeing the brilliance that has apparently captivated about a third of the gamer populace. I’m really not trying to be That Guy, or any sort of buzzkill. But if someone could…

Well, Gene had planned on her being a four-breasted nymphomaniac, so once the writers made him change that they never bothered to come up with other ideas.

Don’t quote me on this as I don’t have a cite-able source on-hand, but I think there was such a rumor, but mostly due to the creator saying something to the effect of “We noticed everyone loves San Junipero and why they love it and we’ll keep that in mind for future seasons. And while we can’t promise we would, if we…

Not gonna deny, I keep getting the impression that she’s a killer herself trying to see just how far along she can string Ford. (this is as far as I’ve gotten into the show as of this writing, just for the record, so don’t spoil it if my snarky comment winds up being right)

If you think about it, it’s pretty mind-boggling (for Moffat, I mean) that he actually passed on an opportunity to write most of a season around a woman who’s more enigma than personality.

If anyone but Kurt Busiek was writing this, I’d be right there with you. But I think he’s earned more than enough benefit of the doubt with this material.

Romana hasn’t been referenced yet. There’s a fan theory that she’s the mysterious woman from the last David Tennant special (other theories include the Doctor’s mother and Susan), but Moffat never followed up on the ambiguity deliberately left for him to do so.