Hi to all!

I read Timothy Zahn books. Now I just finished Darth Bane trilogy. How to continue?

I've got Darth Plagueis book and The Old Republic books, do I continue with some of them or something else?

Regards!

Hayden Christensen when speaking about Anakin in the World Between Worlds:

“I was getting to play a version of this character that I hadn’t before, and that was the all-knowing, all-powerful Jedi master who could wield both sides of the force —light and dark— at will, and maybe has the power to save Ahsoka’s life, which also is very interesting because that’s the power that he was trying to achieve when he pledged himself to the dark side.”

Pretty cool. Do you guys think that Anakin is the Father now? Supposedly that might happen in Ahsoka season 2, according to the rumors. And Abeloth is supposed to be in it too. It would make sense, that was originally what he was supposed to become if you remember the Mortis episodes in TCW.

I’ve been thinking of making an extended version of the 2003 grievous theme (a bit ambitious for someone with little music production knowledge) but I’m unsure what specific instruments are used for the song

Link for reference:

https://youtu.be/dUS8YwLPlrY?si=Hld7nZn8jypZ7JNx

Dave Filoni may have at least impelled about maul having grevious role when he returned in the clone wars. What do you think about this and how come ?

I don't know that much about starwars because I usually watch it for the visuals because I'm pretty the CIS would have one because they could pump out droids much faster than the republic can handle but I might be wrong

I just purchased the crimson reign collection. And I was wondering if there was anything I need to read before starting crimson reign.

Hear me out...
Anakin was literally a kid prophesied to bring balance, raised in war, manipulated by Palpatine, gaslit by the Jedi Council, haunted by visions of losing his loved ones—and in the end, he still wanted to do the right thing 😔

Yet everyone talks more about his redemption than the endless pain that led him to fall.
Isn’t the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker one of the most heartbreaking arcs in all of cinema?? 😭

What do y’all think? Was his fall more powerful than his redemption?
Let’s settle this like Jedi... or Sith 😈

EU except Palpatine's family is Canon since he exists and had a background, they had a tragic death officially but Sheev Palpatine killed them and had Darth Plagueis cover it up, Darth Vader wouldn't respond well if Palpatine told him that story.

Maybe Rey eventually visited and heard the story since they were innocent like her and her family too.

The Jedi and Galactic Republic destroyed the Star Force after arriving at Lehon in The Old Republic game, what happens if the Senate or Chancellor ordered the military to disable it and help the Jedi capture it intact to download it's computer memory banks and technology and use it for The Galactic Republic against its enemies after Malak got killed?

https://youtu.be/mA-BkVceJFE?si=UWmiDnfeWfCT-hx3

As its been so long since their initial release I'm curious to see such a reappraisal-- but I really want to hear it from the perspective of someone who knows about film more generally and doesn't have terminal fan-brain, as I find fans are far too obsessed with nostalgia/bias and won't view the films dispassionately based solely on their merits

I think she looks amazing in this fan artwork.

Hello there!

Just wanted to get into the books since I’m a big Star Wars lover and want more content.

I’ve seen all the movies, most of the shows included animated series.

I think I’ll like the EU more, but where should I start reading?

Even a tiny summary or reason would be huge help, thank you for anyone that helps !

IMPORTANT EDIT:

I am not saying this is actually what happened, I am saying this is what *should* have happened.

REY IS SHMI: THE SKYLOOP SAGA

Okay, nerds, cryptids, cupcakes, and communists. Grab a Dr. Dewcoke and settle in. I’m about to unload my final, galaxy-brained, soul-rattling Star Wars theory. It’s insane. It’s coherent. It’s better than what Disney gave us. And it finally explains the whole damn saga.

I used to defend midichlorians. Thought maybe The Ones on Mortis created them, maybe they were some weird Force tech. Nope. I’ve had an awakening. Midichlorians (MCs) don’t exist. They were Qui-Gon Jinn’s personal space Scientology. He made them up. The Council knew it. Obi-Wan probably dropped the idea quietly after Qui-Gon died, but by then the damage was done: Anakin was infected with the idea.

MCs are the Star Wars version of thetans, a belief system sold by a guy who thought he knew better than the whole Jedi Order. Palpatine saw this crack in Anakin’s psyche and used it, parroting the idea of MCs back to him to seem wise and supportive. It was never real. Just a con that happened to help the Sith.

But here’s the irony: Qui-Gon was wrong... and then accidentally right.

He believed in a prophecy. He believed in a Chosen One. He thought midichlorians were the key to unlocking destiny. He was mocked. Dismissed. And ultimately, he died believing in something flawed.

But his intuition led him to something real. He sensed something fractured in the Force—an imbalance, a disturbance. He believed it was a sign of destiny, of a savior to come. What he really sensed was something much deeper, though he never lived to understand it.

In hindsight, his presence disrupted a larger system. He was an anomaly. His death was not just a tragedy—it was a preemptive strike.

That’s why Palpatine had him killed.

Maul wasn’t just there to sow chaos or start the Clone Wars timeline. He was sent to silence Qui-Gon before he stumbled too far into the truth. Palpatine saw Qui-Gon making waves in the Force—connecting dots, sensing the wrongness—and he needed to tie up a loose end. Qui-Gon, by trusting the Living Force, almost disrupted something much bigger.

So he had to go.

Before we go deeper into the theory, we need to introduce the key mechanic that replaces the entire endgame of the sequel trilogy: the time loop—and the World Between Worlds (WBW).

The WBW is a mysterious plane outside of time and space, first introduced in Rebels. It connects all moments across the Star Wars timeline. What if Palpatine discovered a way to not just peek through it, but to use it? And not just once—but endlessly.

After sensing Rey's immense power, Palpatine began using the WBW to send her backward in time, erasing her memory, and having her reborn as Shmi Skywalker. Every time she gave birth to Anakin, the bloodline grew more powerful. And every time Rey walked through the WBW, her memory reset. But slowly—too slowly for Palpatine to notice—it began to fray.

This theory replaces the actual events of Episode IX. Forget “Rey is a Palpatine,” forget “I am all the Jedi.” Instead, the climax of the saga is this: Rey becomes aware of the time loop, fights back, and ends it.

The Force isn’t about destiny. It’s about breaking free.

In the final loop, Rey is sent back in time through the WBW. She loses her memory. She wakes up on Tatooine, thinking her name is Skywalker because it’s the last thing she heard before being thrown backward through space-time.

She becomes Shmi. She gives birth to Anakin—an act engineered by Palpatine using ancient Force manipulation techniques he learned from Darth Plagueis. The same powers he once teased Anakin with in Episode III, he now uses to create the ultimate vessel. Not through natural conception, but through a Sith ritual rooted in the dark side’s ability to influence life itself.

Let that sink in: Rey is the origin of the Skywalker line.

This is no accident. Palpatine discovered Rey as a child, recognized her power, and decided to create an artificial reincarnation cycle. Using the WBW, he sends Rey back in time, over and over, wiping her memory each time, using her as a vessel to rebirth Anakin and fuel the Skywalker bloodline. Each generation grows more powerful. Rey → Anakin → Luke/Leia → Ben.

The whole saga is a loop. And Palpatine is farming it.

Snoke wasn’t a Sith Lord. He wasn’t a clone with dreams of grandeur. He was a loop manager — a failsafe created by Palpatine to keep the Skywalker cycle running while he restored himself. A caretaker of the WBW timeline, not a ruler.

He guided Kylo. He tested Rey. He pushed events in the right direction to prepare the galaxy for another cycle. Because that was his entire purpose: to maintain the system that kept Palpatine immortal.

He was born of the loop. Shaped by it. A living, breathing corrupted memory fragment in a body.

Snoke was created to enforce stability in the loop, but as the loops repeated, the system began to degrade. Rey's increasing awareness, Ben Solo's deviation from the intended path, and Palpatine's desperation all introduced instability. Snoke was never built to handle divergence—and when Kylo killed him, it didn't matter. That body was just one of many.

Snoke's failure wasn't death. It was losing control.

And when the WBW collapsed, Snoke didn't die—he ceased to ever have existed. His entire function erased from time. The clones, the experiments, the puppetmaster act—all gone.

A final mercy. A final annihilation.

Every time Rey passes through the WBW, she remembers. Not everything—just fragments. A dream. A whisper. A scream in a mirror.

She begins to leave marks. Scars in the space between time. Clawing at the walls of her prison.

The WBW weakens.

Palpatine doesn’t notice. He’s used the WBW too many times, and his arrogance blinds him to the damage. The cracks widen.

And Rey? She waits.

On the final loop, Rey is fully conscious in the WBW. She sees every version of herself. Every past life. Every iteration where she was sent back, erased, used.

And she fights.

Not Palpatine. Not Kylo. The mechanism itself.

She smashes the WBW from the inside. She doesn't just escape. She breaks it.

It collapses. Time itself rejects the loop. The World Between Worlds implodes. The power Palpatine used to cheat death is gone. Forever.

And with it—the Sith fall. Balance is restored. The prophecy fulfilled.

This time, she doesn’t forget. She remembers all of it.

She doesn't call herself a Jedi. She doesn't call herself a Palpatine. She doesn't even call herself Rey, really.

She buries the Skywalker sabers on Tatooine not as homage—but as closure. It was her home, in every life. The final resting place of the loop.

She chooses the future.

Everyone assumed the prophecy referred to Anakin. They were wrong.

The prophecy was real. It was written by ancient Jedi who glimpsed the future using the World Between Worlds (WBW). What they saw was not a warrior bringing peace through power—they saw the WBW itself, collapsing. They saw its destruction as the key to eliminating the Sith and restoring balance to the Force. Not through domination, not through lineage, but through finality.

The prophecy was always about Rey.

She would be the one to end the cycle. She would be the one to destroy the mechanism Palpatine used to cheat death. She would break the loop. And with the WBW gone, the Sith would fall with it. The Force would balance, not through combat, but through freedom from manipulation.

Anakin was a step. Rey was the destination.

This theory ties every film, every confusing prophecy, and every awkward plot twist into a single, unified, mythic structure.

• Palpatine loses not by being overpowered, but by overplaying his hand.
• Rey wins not by being special, but by enduring.
• Qui-Gon fumbles toward the truth and still helps light the path.
• Snoke was never the villain—he was the janitor for the loop.
• The Force Dyad finally makes sense: it was engineered to act as a power conduit to complete the final harvest—but it instead catalyzed Rey’s awareness and destabilized the loop.
• Vader’s sacrifice in Episode VI still matters: it was the first break in the pattern, the first disruption of the loop that made Rey’s final act possible.
• It explains why Shmi is alone and how Anakin was born without a father.
• It recontextualizes the mirror scene in The Last Jedi as Rey glimpsing her other iterations across timelines.
• It gives narrative weight to Rey’s mysterious connection with Kylo, and why the past keeps repeating.
• And yes, it even explains why Snoke says he’s “seen the rise and fall of the Empire”—because he literally has, many times.

It’s about breaking cycles. It’s about healing generational pain. It’s about becoming more than what you were made to be.

The prophecy was real.
It was always her.

And it’s infinitely better than "I am all the Jedi."

You're welcome.

TL;DR: Palpatine created a time loop using the World Between Worlds to send Rey back in time over and over, wiping her memory and turning her into Shmi Skywalker. She gives birth to Anakin each time, fueling a multigenerational cycle of increasingly powerful Force users. The loop is overseen by Snoke, who was engineered to maintain it. Eventually, Rey becomes aware of the cycle and breaks it, destroying the WBW and ending Palpatine's plan once and for all. The prophecy was about her all along.

ACT I: THE HAUNTED SIGNAL • A salvage crew from the New Republic (a mix of soldiers, engineers, and a rogue Force-sensitive pilot) is sent to investigate a decades-old distress signal coming from the Oblivion, a lost Imperial Star Destroyer that vanished near the Unknown Regions. • Upon arrival, the ship appears completely abandoned. Systems are mostly offline, but eerie life support readings suggest the ship isn’t entirely lifeless. • Strange symbols etched in the walls hint at Sith rituals, and they discover old medical and Force-related experimentation logs tagged with the name: Darth Plagueis. • The crew begins experiencing hallucinations and hearing whispers in the Force. • One crew member is attacked by a stormtrooper whose body is rotten and decayed—but still moves with violent, unnatural speed.

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ACT II: THE PLAGUE OF PLAGUEIS • The crew discovers that the Oblivion was a secret research vessel under Emperor Palpatine’s command, repurposed from one of Plagueis’s old strongholds. • Logs reveal that experiments were conducted with dark side alchemy, combining Sith sorcery and medical manipulation to reanimate dead tissue—Plagueis’s forbidden work on “cheating death”. • These zombified stormtroopers are reanimated not by traditional means, but by residual dark side energy anchored to the ship itself. They are mindless, but driven by one goal: preserve the master’s secret. • The infection begins to spread. Corpses reanimate. Even fallen crewmates begin to rise. • The Force-sensitive pilot uncovers a sealed chamber—a stasis vault containing a partially decomposed, mummified corpse: Darth Plagueis. • Though Palpatine killed him, Plagueis had bound fragments of his essence to the ship using a Sith ritual. His death was incomplete—his consciousness diffused through the vessel, using the undead troopers as extensions of his will.

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ACT III: THE UNNATURAL AWAKENING • Plagueis begins to reconstitute himself using the life energy of the crew. He speaks to the Force-sensitive, tempting them with the power to master death. • The ship’s systems come to life, controlled by Plagueis. The Oblivion plots a course back to populated space—to spread the “plague”. • In a final act, the survivors must choose to destroy the ship and themselves, or risk the resurrection of a Sith Lord more dangerous than Palpatine. • The Force-sensitive resists Plagueis’s temptations and initiates a self-destruct sequence. • As they fight to escape, the undead stormtroopers swarm in an overwhelming tide. • Only one crew member escapes in a pod, broadcasting a final warning: “He’s not dead. He’s waiting.”

ever since i found out dune initially inspired george lucas to create star wars, hence the similarities, i keep imagining the duel between two main twinks. what do you think who would win, how it would play out?

Apologies for the lack of pictures, for some reason I can’t add them to this post. Anyway, I always wondered why the designer of the clone wars show omitted the little doorway below the cockpit of the LAAT/I when it’s clearly visible during AOTC and ROTS. Anyone got an explanation?

The attitude, the humor... I don't know... I feel that in some ways Ezra is very similar to Anakin.

I really want to see a Star Wars Starfighter 3, just finished a replay of 1 and Jedi Starfighter and it's got my head a buzz witht eh possibilities for what could happen in a third game.

How I could see it happening is Nym is operating his own Militia out of the Karthak system during the clone wars where he also has a small group of clone squadrons.

It would take place near the end of the war and would see the return of Rhys Dallows commanding a Rogue Bravo flight joining with nyms militia along with Vana Sage and Siri Tachi in place of Adi Gallia who succeeded Gallia as the Revenant liaison.

The first few missions would be business as usual, fighting against strategic confederacy targets until the three mission where half way through the clone pilots turn on Siri specifically.

They get back to Lok to find it under siege by Republic forces much to Nyms intense Vehemence, so much so Nym nearly kills himself bombing a venetors hanger main bay.

The next few missions are Black Flag operations conducted out of Vana's old secret station trying to figure out the republics sudden empirical change.

Eventually you meet up with other rebel cell factions, uniting them in a major offensive against that sees you fight one of the first new Star Destroyers and Tie Fighters Prototypes.

Nym would fly his classic Havoc bomber that seen some modifications.

Vana would be flying a new ship model on her old one that was shot down by a bounty hunter in her search for Reti, the one called the Guardian Star.

Rhys would fly a experimental Nubian heavy fighter that he helped develop after the initial invasion of Naboo but wasn't put into major production because of Nubian internal politics that led to Rhys being defamed. So he steals the Prototype and finishes it with Nyms help.

Siri would fly an ETA 2 Actis light intercepter and have similar variations of the force abilities that might feel more lore accurate. Instead of force shield, use mindtrick to make you appear invisible to other pilots. Instead of force lightning you use the force to create malfunctions in an enemy ship that would cause random effects like their shields turning off or weapons stop working. Benefits of this as well is you'd be able to use it on capital ships causing it to fire on itself or damage it shields. Shockwave still feel appropriate but have the added effect that boosting forward will focus the shockwave entirely forward for a heavy attack. And again reflex makes sense.

On the subject of fighting capital class ships, always felt silly that you be able to blow up an entire ship by just shooting it's hull alot. Be better if you had to take out strategic weak spots that would overall disable the ship. Also I'd make it so shields were partitioned, because there isn't one shield emitter on a large ship so it's shield cover would be in sections. Would also make it that you don't see the shield, just make it so you weapons detonated a few feet away from the hill I mean you never really see the shields around ships in star wars.

So, Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi survivor were great. Tannalorr being the ultimate goal of a home away from the Empire is a pretty solid idea. I'm only wondering what the third game will be about and who the antagonists will be if not the Empire. Then I had a thought. Tannalorr is on the galactic frontier, technically even further than that because of the koboh abyss, what sort of enemies could be teetering on the galactic edge looking for a way in?

The Yuuzhan Vong

Hear me out. The Vong in the books flipped star wars on its head for a while but that what I think would make this game interesting but surprisingly difficult. Cal Kestis is probably the most well rounded force user in terms of his diverse abilities, now imagine him facing an enemy that is immune to those abilities. I remember force lightning being one of the few abilities that actually worked against the Vong so it would be another draw to the darkness for his character too

I think where Rebels really took a turning point in its direction- is when the inquisitor just up and EXECUTED Aresko and Grint. On Tarkin’s orders. Established villains slaughtered because of their constant failures to stop the team. They don’t come back every time like cartoon villains, they’re given enough chances and when they squander them all they’re disposed of.

Just finished Skeleton Crew and really enjoyed it, but there is something I don't think was explained that really bugs me:

In the opening sequence, why was the cargo ship crew defending an empty ship to the death? Like, c'mon, you're completely outmanned and you aren't even defending anything, just let the pirates have it. You're much more likely to survive, especially considering the pirates are way more likely to show mercy if you don't kill a bunch of their friends first.

I can come up with several of my own explanations for this (although most are pretty weak as they don't jive with>! the republic allowing a cargo ship to fly around defenseless!<), but did the show ever say anything about it? I actually thought this issue was going to come back as some sort of plot point for a couple episodes before I forgot about it.

EDIT: as mentioned in a comment, the bigger question for me might be: how did the cargo ship not know another ship was nearby until they were literally rammed by it, especially if they know they'll have to fight to the death if they are discovered by pirates? You think they'd have better awareness and be better able to protect themselves given the stakes.

When I watched the scenes of her being so skilled and having raw talent and Snoke being obsessed with Rey for her abilities, I was surprised because how come she could suddenly have some power. Then in the last films, both Snoke and the Emperor were eager to defeat Rey. May I know how Rey has gained her abilities?

Has anyone heard what the status of this fan project is?

Its been 6 years since episode 1 dropped.

Did theory offically abandon this?

( i understand it kind of defeats the purpose of it but not everyone will know about it ) i will create ranks and everything im also a huge star wars fan and its the reason my imagination is so good