The ongoing debate about Anakin Skywalker’s true origins has found a surprising new development in a recent pair of tweets from regular Star Wars voice actor Sam Witwer.
Though many fans have long assumed that Anakin’s birth was a miracle of the Force, a series of panels from the Darth Vader comic spread the rumor earlier this year that a certain Sheev Palpatine had a hand in creating his future apprentice.
In the comic, we see what appears to be Palpatine using his power to manipulate the development of Anakin inside his mother Shmi, making Sheev essentially the closest thing the young Skywalker had to a biological father.
Looking at these panels in the context of the comic, however, skeptical fans have argued that the sequence is more a depiction of what Anakin suspects might’ve happened than what actually did happen. And sure enough, just a few days ago,...
Though many fans have long assumed that Anakin’s birth was a miracle of the Force, a series of panels from the Darth Vader comic spread the rumor earlier this year that a certain Sheev Palpatine had a hand in creating his future apprentice.
In the comic, we see what appears to be Palpatine using his power to manipulate the development of Anakin inside his mother Shmi, making Sheev essentially the closest thing the young Skywalker had to a biological father.
Looking at these panels in the context of the comic, however, skeptical fans have argued that the sequence is more a depiction of what Anakin suspects might’ve happened than what actually did happen. And sure enough, just a few days ago,...
- 12/27/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
A Star Wars comic series caused some debate among franchise fans this year for suggesting that Palpatine may have created Anakin Skywalker. The final issue of the Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith series contains a panel where Palpatine is shown behind a pregnant Shmi Skywalker, implying that he had some Force-related influence over Anakin’s birth. If taken at face value, Palpatine could be interpreted as the power behind Anakin’s apparent “virgin birth” in the series.
However, the Lucasfilm Story Group has finally moved to officially shoot down these rumors, and it seems that the theory was a case of fans over-analyzing a particular panel. Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive Matt Martin took to Twitter to comment on the theory as so:
“This is all in Anakin’s head… I can tell you definitively, as someone who worked on the comic, that is 100% not the intended implication.
However, the Lucasfilm Story Group has finally moved to officially shoot down these rumors, and it seems that the theory was a case of fans over-analyzing a particular panel. Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive Matt Martin took to Twitter to comment on the theory as so:
“This is all in Anakin’s head… I can tell you definitively, as someone who worked on the comic, that is 100% not the intended implication.
- 12/23/2019
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Did you guys know that Star Wars has its own official weekly show? Every Wednesday, hosts Andi Gutierrez and Peter Townley discuss all the Star Wars news that’s been percolating on the aptly named The Star Wars Show. Each episode also contains interviews and special guest stars that are near and dear to a galaxy far, far away. Like any piece of media, it can take a while for a web show to gain a significant following. The Star Wars Show started out strongly enough, with the first episode currently sitting around 240k views. After that, it’s been a slow decline in viewership except for bright points whenever Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reveals are involved. So hey, if fans want Rogue One news, then by golly that’s what they’re going to get! In yesterday’s episode, a member of the Lucasfilm Story Group stopped...
- 8/4/2016
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
We all the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars love their alphabetical star ships. We’ve had Wings in the X, B, and Y varieties, and now with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the Rebel’s will be getting another addition to their armada, the Incom Ut-60D, more commonly known as the U-Wing. Originally unveiled over a year ago at Celebration 2015 in Anaheim, Youtube series The Star Wars Show revealed the ship’s existence to world, bringing in Matt Martin, Creative Executive of the Lucasfilm Story Group, to explain what this new addition to the Star Wars universe has in store for us: “The U-Wing is a new ship in the Star Wars universe. It’s a troop transport and gunship. So it’s there to bring in rebel troops to heavy fire zones and get out as quickly as possible…The wings move depending on the situation and...
- 8/4/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
During the most recent episode of The Star Wars Show, Lucasfilm revealed a new vehicle in the Star Wars universe that will be making its debut in Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It’s called the U-Wing, a.k.a. the Incom Ut-60D, which you can see in the image above, and thanks to Matt Martin from the Star Wars Story Group, we have a few details on it:
"The U-Wing is a new ship in the Star Wars universe. It's a troop transport and gunship. So it's there to bring in Rebel troops to heavy fire zones and get out as quickly as possible. The wings move depending on the situation, and it's there to both drop off troops and provide air support."
It will be cool to see these things in action. I love the vehicle designs that are used in the Star Wars universe,...
"The U-Wing is a new ship in the Star Wars universe. It's a troop transport and gunship. So it's there to bring in Rebel troops to heavy fire zones and get out as quickly as possible. The wings move depending on the situation, and it's there to both drop off troops and provide air support."
It will be cool to see these things in action. I love the vehicle designs that are used in the Star Wars universe,...
- 8/4/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Star Wars Show latest edition offers a first look at the U-Wing, which is the new transport/gunship spaceship that will be in the upcoming film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Matt Martin Creative Executive from Lucasfilm Story Group talked about the ship and gave a few details about it.
"The U-Wing is a new ship in the Star Wars universe. It's a troop transport and gunship. So it's there to bring in Rebel troops to heavy fire zones and get out as quickly as possible. The wings move depending on the situation, and it's there to both drop off troops and provide air support."
Check out the image below.
Rogue One is set to take place before the events of Star Wars : A New Hope and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe. Film will go into new territory,...
Matt Martin Creative Executive from Lucasfilm Story Group talked about the ship and gave a few details about it.
"The U-Wing is a new ship in the Star Wars universe. It's a troop transport and gunship. So it's there to bring in Rebel troops to heavy fire zones and get out as quickly as possible. The wings move depending on the situation, and it's there to both drop off troops and provide air support."
Check out the image below.
Rogue One is set to take place before the events of Star Wars : A New Hope and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe. Film will go into new territory,...
- 8/4/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
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