Review: Women of the Galaxy

Sometimes, a project is special enough that everyone should be talking about it. Women of the Galaxy is one of those projects.

Out today from Chronicle Books, Women of the Galaxy by Amy Ratcliffe with art by Alice X. Zhang, Amy Beth Christenson, Annie Stoll, Annie Wu, Christina Chung, Cryssy Cheung, Eli Baumgartner, Elsa Charretier, Geneva Bowers, Jennifer Aberin Johnson, Jen Bartel, Jenny Parks, Karen Hallion, Little Corvus, Sara Alfageeh, Sara Kipin, Sarah Wilkinson, and Viv Tanner, profiles 75 of the female characters in a galaxy far, far away from the stars of the saga like Leia and Rey to more minor ones like Kneesaa and Norra Wexley. The book might not be packed full with revelations but everyone’s bound to learn at least something about one of these characters as they read. From start to finish, Women of the Galaxy is a pure delight. Continue reading

A Newbie’s Guide to Star Wars Weekends

Amy Ratcliffe recently attended her first Star Wars Weekends and if her coverage is any indication, she had a fabulous time. Check out her write-ups of the Rebel Hangar lounge experience, all the tiny desserts, the plethora of specialty drinks, and meet and greets with Star Wars characters.

We also recapped our time at Weekend 1, and stay tuned for our recap of Weekend 2!

Amy Ratcliffe Covers ‘The Clone Wars’ Panel at SDCC

Today’s big Star Wars event at San Diego Comic Con was a Clone Wars panel with Dave Filoni. While we couldn’t be there, we’re all fortunate that all-around awesome person Amy Ratcliffe was on hand to live-tweet the big stuff. She’s been kind enough to let us compile her coverage for the blog, so go say thank you by giving her a follow on Twitter!

Spoilery TCW goodness below the jump!

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