138 Facts You Didn't Know About Star Wars
SFX|September 2016

Losing track of everything that’s happening in the new-look Star Wars universe? Help is at hand, as Richard Edwards rounds up all you need to know...

138 Facts You Didn't Know About Star Wars

It’s not just about the films, you know. Sure, The Force Awakens was amazing – and we know a bit about the upcoming Rogue One – but there’s so much more to Star Wars than the big screen. In fact, without the new-look Expanded Universe, with its all-encompassing, consistent, cross-media canon, you’ll have serious gaps in your knowledge of that galaxy far, far away. So we’ve plundered facts from comics, TV, books, novelisations, news, interviews and even Rey’s vision – all legitimate sources, mind you; no unofficial leaks for us – to help enhance your understanding of the Star Wars universe. There’s also some wonderfully random trivia. May the Force be with you!

BEFORE A NEW HOPE

Anakin Skywalker’s old Clone Wars apprentice Ahsoka Tano (who went AWOL before the end of that show) becomes a key leader in the proto-Rebel Alliance, codenamed “Fulcrum”.

The Emperor unleashes a load of Dark Side-sensitive lackeys called “Inquisitors” to eliminate any Jedi who evaded Order 66. Darth Vader is also involved in the hunt.

Ahsoka eventually works out that the guy in the black suit with the heavy breathing is her former master.

While they were eventually replaced by the inferior Stormtroopers, some Clone Troopers (led by good old Captain Rex) survive in hiding.

Geonosis, the setting of the final battle in Attack Of The Clones, is now devoid of life – all those bug guys (led by Poggle the Lesser) were wiped out by an Empire sterilisation programme.

The first Death Star was built in orbit around Geonosis.

Darth Maul is still alive, and hanging around on an old Sith World called Malachor.

Despite his past allegiances, he’s in the mood to kill some Sith. You can’t trust ’em…

This story is from the September 2016 edition of SFX.

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