Star Wars Celebration Day Two: Battlefront and a Bad Batch

Star Wars Celebration is rolling in full force now, and we're here to bring you everything we saw on Day Two. It was a day of video game debuts, continuations of great stories, and of course, tons and tons of great cosplay. Here's the breakdown:

Is Star Wars Rebels a Worthy Successor to the Clone Wars?

Warning: The article will contain spoilers for the Star Wars Rebels season finale.

I never cried watching Revenge of the Sith, until the last time. Although it's the best of the prequels, any moments of emotional drama are fairly ruined by the lackluster acting and directing, and I never felt enough of an emotional connection to Anakin's story or any of the Jedi Knights to really feel anything other than morose watching their tragedy play out.

Then came Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm's take on the Clone Wars started as a semi-goofy children's movie with farthing Hutts, and over the course of six seasons developed into a treatise on the nature of war disguised as an animated series with Jedi. When I came back to Revenge of the Sith after watching Clone Wars, I found myself watching the deaths of old friends, instead of a random collection of alien makeup. I broke down.

After the unceremonious (but still potent) ending of the Clone Wars, we found ourselves looking to the now-Disney-owned Lucasfilm's successor, Star Wars Rebels, to fill that hole in our lives. So now that it's first season is up, did it live up to its predecessor?

Star Wars Rebels Premiere Report!

With the release of Star Wars Rebels coming up tonight (the pilot movie, "Spark of the Rebellion" airs on the Disney Channel on October 3rd, with the first episode airing on the 13th) Disney has been pushing Star Wars: Rebels into the forefront of every fan's mind with "secret showings" at movie theaters throughout the US. We were able to snag tickets to one of the last showings at the AMC Metreon Cinemas in San Francisco last Saturday, and it was a very fun event.

Episode 105: Hoop and Stick

Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files novel, Skin Game, came out and the Ace of Geeks are all over it. Mike, Mae Linh and Jarys spend the first three quarters of this podcast analyzing and gushing over this book. Then, the conversation turns to Star Wars, and how freaking good The Clone Wars is. Spoilers everywhere.

Episode 105!