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Cosmic Circle Ep. 39: Ahsoka Premiere Discussion (Spoilers)

While Ahsoka may have lived a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, you don’t have to jump into your X-Wing and fly off to Tatooine to see what she’s up to, because Ahsoka, the new Star Wars series has arrived on Disney+! The series stars Rosario Dawson as the ex-Jedi knight as she and Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo)

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Doctor Who Review: Big Finish’s ‘Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time’

The 60th anniversary celebration for Doctor Who continues, with another review of one of Big Finish’s many offerings. Everyone’s waiting patiently for the three specials coming in November, which is bringing back David Tennant and Catherine Tate, which only heightens the excitement for Whovians. However, the 60th celebration train has been in full swing over at Big Finish, which is in

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Theory: Making Galactus a Multiversal Threat

Since the acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed in 2019, Marvel fans grew excited at the notion of the Fox-owned Marvel characters finally being added to the Marvel Studios Sandbox. The idea of the characters from the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises (including major threats like Galactus), finally playing a role in the MCU alongside the Avengers is exciting for Marvel Studios to explore in

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Star Wars Book Review: ‘Thrawn’ by Timothy Zahn

Mitth’raw’nurudo (or just Thrawn to us non-Chiss folks) was first introduced in 1991 as part of the then ‘expanded universe’ of Star Wars. His introduction as a blue skinned, red eyed imperial in Heir to the Empire written by Timothy Zahn, skyrocketed his popularity within the Star Wars fandom of the 1990’s. His role as the new big bad post Return

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New Comics Spotlight: August 23, 2023

Welcome back, everyone. As summer is ending, so are some of the stories we’ve been wrapped up in for the last few months. This week brings quite a few series and events to a close. But every ending is a new beginning and there are a few of those as well this week. Read on to learn more about the new

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‘Ahsoka’ Two Episode Premiere Review

Ahsoka has finally arrived! What a journey it has been to get here. From The Clone Wars ending in 2020 to her very first live-action appearance in The Mandalorian, she finally has her own show. As a long-time fan of Ahsoka and Rebels, these first two episodes were something really special. You can tell Dave Filoni has a clear plan for these

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‘Blue Beetle’ Review: Familia es el Corazón y Alma

It’s been an interesting year to be a DC fan, beginning with James Gunn’s announcement of the all-new DCU back in January. With his announcement, the end of the decade-long era known as the DCEU had reached its conclusion, with just a few movies left before DC officially rebooted its superhero world. Back in June, The Flash premiered, to varying levels

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Grand Admiral Thrawn Companion Guide

Welcome to the companion guide for Grand Admiral Thrawn! In anticipation of Thrawn’s return in the Ahsoka series on Disney+, this companion guide will help you pick and choose what you want to watch/read about Thrawn. I’ve included canon and extended universe content, which we don’t typically do for Star Wars guides. Thrawn has a very small amount of canon appearances.

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Cosmic Circle Ep. 38: ‘Blue Beetle’ Movie Discussion (Spoilers)

Xolo Maridueña stars as the scarab-tactic superhero Blue Beetle, which buzzed onto the big screen this past weekend. Blue Beetle, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, is the first live-action comic book film with a Hispanic lead. The long-anticipated picture is the third DC Studios release this year after Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash. It’s all about family in The Fast

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