The Rise And Fall Of Palpatine Part VII: The Path To War The Separatist crisis threatens to disrupt the galaxy and plunge it into total war - one that will be under the absolute control of Darth Sidious

The Rise And Fall Of Palpatine Part VI: A New Apprentice In this chapter, I detail Palpatine's seduction of Dooku and all the secret plots that went into the formation of the Grand Army of the Republic, including Sifo-Dyas' true motives.

The Rise And Fall Of Palpatine Part V: The Phantom Menace I return to analyze Palpatine's genius, this time during the events of TPM, where we look at his schemes, including sending Maul to Tatooine not for Amidala, but Anakin!

The New Essential Chronology: Purely Essential For ALL EU Fans This compendium is a valuable tool to look up EU references, catch up on things you missed, and an overall look at the complete Star Wars Saga, both films and EU

Underworld Evolution: The Most ENTERTAINING ACTION FILM In Years Simply put, I have not been entertained on this level by an action film in years.

Top Ten Things That Make The EU Great The main reasons why the EU is great, why it's still going strong, and why it's going to endure the years to come, from authors to characters to books to events.

The Death Of Star Wars Time to dust off the cobwebs with my first entry in nearly a month. It's a tad controversial...

The Rise And Fall Of Palpatine Part IV: The Gathering Dark In this chapter, I look at the political rise of Palpatine from 44 BBY to right before the opening crawl of TPM, and his relationship with three key figures of the Star Wars saga.

The Rise And Fall Of Palpatine Part III: Power Of The Dark Side, Power Of Politics In this chapter, using every canon and EU source available, I delve into Palpatine's rise to political power and his training of Darth Maul, and his schemes in the Senate.

The Rise And Fall Of Palpatine Part II: The Dark Arts Of Darth Plagueis In this installment of my series on Palpatine using every canon and EU source available, I look at the mysterious Plagueis, Palpatine's rise to replace him, and the origins of Anakin.