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"Help me grandfather." "Try spinning. That's a good trick."

Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher's mother, has died of a stroke.

She just passed. RIP.

God there's posters here to young to remember 2000 or who weren't even born yet. I feel old.

It'll be interesting to see how while it sells. This is the first Marvel Star Wars title to be headlined by a character not from the movies or tv show.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37072736

Tarkin says her name. It's Governor Pryce. She was mentioned a few times in Season 1. She was away at Coruscant to attend the anniversary of the Empire's founding. Now she's back. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arihnda_Pryce

They're still debating weather to have an opening crawl or to keep that as something only the numbered movies have. This could be it though. It's the IV opening crawl, but as the second paragraph fills the screen it the music changes to the ominous Rogue One theme. Broken com chatter breaks...

I'm eager to see this Stormtrooper Special Forces squad in action.

"Darth Hawken." "Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time," gazes into the distance, remembering.... No, but seriously it's been 10 years. I'd there's only 2-3 people who actively post here who remember Hawken and not for his RP character.

Darth Vader's story will wrap up with issue #25 On one hand. Nice to see them ending the series with the storylines they had planned out. On the other hand: boo. I wanted more. Although this could mean Vader now takes a larger role in the main Star Wars comic. Since with his rivals dispatched...

Phil Noto, artist of the Poe comic, is so excited he drew the above. I'd buy it. *No actual spoilers. Just wanted to collapse the image.

A good opening issue and the bonus BB-8 comic was adorable. The mix of movie, book, comic, and new characters in Black Squadron really displays the strength of new integrated canon in weaving things together.

It's time to turbonerd this thread: I think we can all agree this is an Imperial Grand Admiral. Looking good with that cape. This is the same actress who portrayed Mon Mothma is Revenge of the Sith. Don't remember her in the movie? All her scenes were cut. Cool they got her for this...