Despite its similarities to the Death Stars, Starkiller Base was nonetheless a technological achievement in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Stepping it up from an artificial space station the size of a ...

This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. These spoilers won’t affect you if you haven’t seen the movie; they’re equivalent to saying, “in A New Hope there’s a moon sized battle ...

Here’s the thing with looking for science in the Star Wars universe: you’re already in a world where lightsabers work, The Force is a real thing, and faster-than-light travel is possible. This is not ...

There is nothing Star Wars canon loves more than relentlessly filling in the gaps between the movies. But sometimes there are pretty big questions left by the films that need explaining… like Marvel’s ...

We don’t want to say we told you so, but we totally told you so. After many hints from the trailers and an obvious inclusion in the final poster, director J.J. Abrams confirmed that the First Order is ...

Congratulations! Your proposal to construct Starkiller Base for the First Order has been selected from a group of very competitive bids. The committee and Supreme Leader were pleased with your ...

Proceed with caution! There are some TFA spoilers ahead! The most horrific weapon used in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is the "Starkiller Base," a massive laser used to blow five planets in the ...

Today at San Diego Comic Con, moderator Jenna Busch led a panel chock full of brilliant minds from NASA, Industrial Light and Magic, and Outer Spaces, just to name a few. The talk focused on the ...

In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the next generation of the Empire — known as the First Order — has developed a giant weapon called Starkiller. It’s like the Death Star’s primary weapon, but on ...