Rabu, 18 Desember 2019

The Surprising Reason Why It Took Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton a Long Time to Build Their Relationship - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Relationships between different members of the royal family always elicit curiosities from fans. Since the family in general is very private, it’s hard to know for sure who are truly close and who are really feuding.

Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton’s relationship, for instance, is something many onlookers have been curious about since Middleton became a royal in 2011. While there does not seem to be bad blood between the two women, it has been said that they did not become close until recently. And there is actually a surprising reason for this.

Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton did not bond right away

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Middleton began dating Prince William in the early 2000s. The two of them dated for a very long time, and she eventually met Queen Elizabeth for the first time in 2008.

Back then, there were multiple reports that Queen Elizabeth did not initially like Middleton. Queen Elizabeth was a hard-working royal who took on numerous engagements a week, but Middleton did not have a stable job even when she was in her late 20’s. The tabloids even gave Middleton a mean nickname — “Waity Katie” — because it seemed as if she was simply waiting around to marry Prince William.

“Privately [Queen Elizabeth] had grave concerns and believed that Kate needed to have a job and an identity in her own right before an engagement was announced,” royal expert Kate Nicholl said.

Middleton and Prince William eventually married in 2011, and it took a while for Queen Elizabeth to warm up to her new granddaughter-in-law. In fact, the queen did not do a solo engagement with Duchess Kate until 2019. Yet, her first solo engagement with Meghan Markle came just a month after Duchess Meghan joined the royal family in 2018.

These days Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton get along well

Although it seems like they might not have gotten off on the right foot, it’s clear that Queen Elizabeth and Duchess Kate get along better these days, especially since Middleton has been showing her best self as a royal.

A source told Best Life: “The Queen is very pleased by the way in which Catherine conducts herself, supports William, and is wonderful with their young children. She never seeks to be the center of attention which is something Her Majesty admires about her.”

Meanwhile, another insider told Vanity Fair that, although Queen Elizabeth raised some concerns about Middleton not being able to fit into the royal family at first, it has become evident nowadays that the two women actually have a lot in common.

“Her mantra is very like the Queen’s keep calm and carry on approach in life,” the source said, “and she has the added benefit of making the Royal Family seem almost normal and in touch.”

The reason it took Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton so long to become close

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According to Nicholl, Queen Elizabeth and Duchess Kate took a while to warm up to each other because they are both very shy. Nicholl shared: “Both women are actually quite shy so it’s taken time for them to get to this stage, but they have a very easy relationship now they’ve both made the effort.”

One thing Duchess Kate does to get on Queen Elizabeth’s good side is to put her family first. Middleton has three children and lets the queen be involved in their lives as much as possible, such as bringing them to Sandringham to spend Christmas with the queen and the rest of the family.

“I imagine that spending Christmas at Sandringham with her grandchildren and great grandchildren will be something [Queen Elizabeth] is very much looking forward to,” Nicholl said. “So Kate and William are doing the dutiful thing and putting the royal family first.”

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review - IGN

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Selasa, 17 Desember 2019

This is how much money Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is raking in - CNN

Since it debuted in 1994, Carey's song has become a go-to Christmas pop song during the holidays, along with mainstays "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Holly Jolly Christmas." The pop singer is raking in big bucks from its success.
The holiday hit is Spotify's most-streamed Christmas song of all time, with more than 506 million plays on the streaming service alone. "All I Want For Christmas Is You" also has more than 604 million views on YouTube since it was uploaded to the platform in 2009.
Even though the song has been around for 25 years, it hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list for the first time this year. Carey's song has already earned more than $2 million in royalties since the song went live on Spotify, according to a study by Broadband Deals. and that number is expected to continue to grow quickly: If this holiday season is anything like the last, Carey's song is estimated to bring in about $600,000 between November 2019 and this Christmas, according to Broadband Deals. When asked about the song's royalties, Spotify did not return a request for comment.
Following Carey's hit, Spotify's most-streamed Christmas songs include "Last Christmas" by Wham!, "Santa Tell Me" by Ariana Grande, "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Buble and "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber.
When it comes to Spotify, "Last Christmas" has raked in about $1.5 million in streaming royalties, Grande's song brought in about $1.1 million, Buble's song raked in about $1 million and Bieber's song brought in about $950,000. These numbers account for the total money earned since the songs were uploaded to the streaming service.
Carey's song has taken on a life of its own throughout the years. Amazon is making a mini-documentary on the tune, which will be called "Mariah Carey is Christmas!" The documentary will dig into how Carey's Christmas song became a huge hit, and it's expected to premiere on Amazon later this month.

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Star Wars fans, let's not be jerks about The Rise of Skywalker - CNET

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Don't go to the dark side, Star Wars fans.

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The release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is just days away. Perched at the culmination of a decades-long saga, it's logical to expect fans are going to have feelings. Excitement. Apprehension. Mild nausea from too much popcorn. All are valid. 

One emotion we all could probably live without? Rage. 

Guys. Listen to me. Whatever happens, let's be cool about this, OK? 

I get it. You're super invested in this whole franchise. The prequels didn't go so well. The Force Awakens was, well, a new hope of getting good Star Wars movies again. Now finally after four years, fans get to see how this entire storyline plays out. Will Rey's parents be revealed? Is Kylo Ren redeemable? Will I drown in a puddle of my own tears upon seeing Carrie Fisher? Like I said -- feelings.

Here's the problem: Fan response to 2017's The Last Jedi was kind of a shitshow, and it didn't have to be. That's why I'm bracing for impact this week but also imploring anyone who's apt to lose their mind if The Rise of Skywalker doesn't meet some specific set of expectations to just exercise some restraint. 

I'm not here to tell you Star Wars doesn't matter. Clearly, it does. Star Wars: A New Hope came out in 1977. The trilogy spawned books and comic books, TV series, video games, that one holiday special, theme parks and an obscene amount of merchandising. After Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, it only took six years to recoup its $4 billion investment. Money aside, the franchise has burrowed its way into pop culture, turning up on shows like 30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother; the Twitter account Death Star PR has more than 300,000 followers. The Beastie Boys referenced Luke and Darth Vader in the lyrics to "Do It." 

And if you like it, it matters. 

There's a tipping point, though. When The Last Jedi came out, pockets of the internet quickly resorted to their worst behavior. Director Rian Johnson got death threats. Actress Kelly Marie Tran incurred so much online harassment that she deleted her Instagram account. Mark Hamill had to come to her defense on Twitter saying, "What's not to love? #GetaLifeNerds" while tweeting a picture of the two of them together. Tran even told Good Morning America last week that she'd been to therapy in the wake of everything. 

Nothing is worth ginning up so much vitriol for the purpose of funneling it toward other human beings. 

What's more, it doesn't make much sense to introduce hate to a subject matter that you love. Boost those negative signals enough and Star Wars will cease to be something that's brought audiences so much joy and excitement -- it'll become something associated with a repellent toxicity. 

Don't spill your bile on the Millennium Falcon. Han would hate that. 

And let's be real: Palpatine would want you to send those angry tweets. It might sound flip, but it's worth remembering that the corrupting power of anger and hatred is like the central theme of every single Star Wars movie, and those to give into it are the bad guys. 

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I've covered online harassment and toxic fandom enough to know what drives some of this behavior. As mentioned earlier, a whole lot of people really love Star Wars, and some folks love it to an extent that it becomes inextricably linked to their identity. So when something, like The Last Jedi, doesn't turn out they way they want, it feels like a personal affront. It's not a personal affront. What it is is an impossible expectation that a multi-million dollar project housed under a giant media company is going to meet any given person's exact hopes and specifications. 

None of this is to say that you can't have a negative opinion about The Rise of Skywalker when it comes out. By all means, engage with the thing you love. Have your say. Dissect every scene. Just remember humans made it and they don't deserve to have their lives made miserable. Plus, the original three movies are still everything you want and need them to be.

So if you don't dig The Rise of Skywalker please remember: it's not the end of the galaxy -- the suns will continue to rise over Tatooine. 

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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ First Reactions Are In and They’re Pretty Much What You’d Expect - TheWrap

(This post does not contain any spoilers for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”)

We’re just a few days away now from the arrival of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” in theaters everywhere, and that means the hype meter is already off the charts. And with the world premiere taking place Monday night in Hollywood, we’ve now got a whole bunch of people who have actually seen the thing.

And, of course, a lot of those people tweeted their reactions as soon as they got out of the theater. And, well, those reactions are mostly what you’d expect from people attending the premiere of a new “Star Wars” movie. For the most part, the responses are very positive, though some are less positive than others.

The reactions thus far have come in two main flavors: folks voicing overwhelmingly effusive praise for the film, and folks who say that the movie is a whole lot and they’re gonna have to think about it. It’s not extremely surprising that we’d get those types of responses at the premiere — it’s unlikely that anyone at the premiere would straight up trash the movie, so this is the range I personally expected.

Also Read: Will Baby Yoda Be in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'?

We want to reiterate here that there are no spoilers in the tweets below — unless you consider “I liked it” or “I’m not sure how I feel” to constitute plot and story details. Now let’s get into it.

If all these tweets are getting you wound up with anticipation, don’t worry. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” hits theaters on Thursday evening.

15 Best Stories Ever Told in the 'Star Wars' Universe (Photos)

  • best star wars stories ever told

    With 40 years of movies, TV shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, you'd be hard-pressed to ever run out of stories to read about the "Star Wars" universe, past and present. It's a big universe out there, and every story told in it is connected to all the others. Big stories are told as many different smaller ones, and small stories are told as chunks of a bigger picture. 

    These are the best chunks, big or small, in the history of the "Star Wars" universe.
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    15. The Rise of Admiral Daala in the "Jedi Academy Trilogy"

    After "Return of the Jedi" in the version of the "Star Wars" continuity before Disney bought Lucasfilm, the Empire fractured into a bunch of splinter governments led by self-proclaimed rulers who would make up new titles for themselves like "high admiral" or "warlord" while still maintaining the pretense of Imperial legitimacy. Daala (a woman!) decided to try to bring it back together, and eventually was able to do so -- for a short time at least. Her brilliant machinations were a compelling as hell tale, and one of author Kevin J Anderson's only good contributions to "Star Wars" lore.
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    14. The Black Fleet Crisis

    This is not referring to the "Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy" as a whole, since two of the three main narrative arcs in those books are unrelated to the event in "Star Wars" lore known as the Black Fleet Crisis.

    The Crisis is great because it's the sort of cool scifi story that checks a lot of boxes simultaneously. In particular: unknowable alien force you've never heard of, weird galactic political intrigue with lots of backstabs from said alien force, and a grand mystery regarding how those aliens came to power in the first place. It's a really interesting scenario.
  • the force unleashed

    13. Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice

    The "Star Wars" universe is full of stories about good apprentices going bad and wreaking havoc on the good guys, but we've very rarely gotten the inverse. That made "The Force Unleashed" a really novel experience. You play as Darth Vader's secret apprentice in the years between the original and prequel trilogies. You're a dark side force user and soldier for the Empire who goes rogue in a really epic way.
  • x wing alliance

    12. "X-Wing Alliance"

    You're Ace, and you work for your family shipping company. You fly a freighter doing pretty boring things, until your dad's sympathies for the Rebel Alliance come back to bite the whole family in the ass. 

    You know how this goes: the Empire brings the hammer down, you join the Rebellion as a fighter pilot. But maybe the entire family isn't on board with facing down the Empire. This is the only "Star Wars" space combat simulator that gives you a personal story, and it turned out to be a great idea.
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    11. Admiral Thrawn

    Not specifically thinking of Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy here, but the story of Thrawn's life as a whole and his lasting legacy in the Expanded Universe. This guy was such a genius that even a decade after his death the plans he'd laid out were threatening to tear apart the fledgling New Republic. His fingerprints are everywhere.
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    10. The Battle of Borleaias

    Late in the "New Jedi Order," famed Rebel hero Wedge Antilles is charged with holding the planet Borleias from the Yuuzhan Vong, and it's one hell of a thing. Massively outgunned, Wedge pulls a whole lot of seat-of-your-pants gambits out of his ass -- and this pair of books, authored by the late fan favorite Aaron Allston, is full of great and witty dialogue of the sort you just never got from other "Star Wars" authors.
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    9. Wedge and Friends Go to Adumar

    As the war against the Empire winds down, Rebel hero Wedge Antilles and pals Tycho, Hobbie and Janso, are sent as diplomats to a newly discovered planet full of people who pretty don't give a shit about anyone who isn't a fighter pilot. If that sounds like a sitcom scenario, that's because it basically is. And it's great,  incessantly funny and very awkward -- a great little side story that's as witty as they get in this universe.
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    8. Wraith Squadron

    The story of the Wraiths, told over three books, is unique among "Star Wars" stories in a lot of ways. It follows famed Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles as he assembles a hybrid starfighter/footsoldier squadron of emotionally unstable washouts -- the idea being that such a group, when given some operational leeway, might approach apparently normal war scenarios in really unpredictable ways, and that's exactly what happens. It's the most human of all the "Star Wars" stories, full of truth.
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    7. The Tale of the Imperial Agent in "The Old Republic"

    Many of the most interesting "Star Wars" stories are those that focus on characters who can't use the Force, and this is one of those. You play as a spy for the Sith Empire (thousands of years before the movies), doing awesome wartime spy stuff. And you get caught up in a galactic conspiracy to destroy both the Republic and Empire -- by a secret society tired of Force-using factions starting all these galaxy-spanning wars. It's a compelling-as-hell hook.
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    6. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Revan

    Thousands of years before the movies, Revan was a Jedi who led the Republic military against invading Mandalorians -- only to turn to the dark side and wage his own war on the Republic, before turning away from the dark and defeating his own armies. That's the very short, very incomplete version. The story of Revan is thoroughly fascinating and ends up lasting hundreds of years across two video games ("Knights of the Old Republic) and a pile of books and comics.
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    5. The Jabba's Palace Heist in "Return of the Jedi"

    It's become clear in the last few years that a lot of folks never really got what Luke, Leia, Lando and Chewie were doing during the first portion of "Return of the Jedi" -- and now we have all these thinkpieces about how it was reckless and haphazard. But no, that shit was an impeccable heist. They had a plan, and they pulled it off flawlessly and in style. 
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    4. The Dark Wars

    This story was told in the video game "Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords" -- a former Jedi who was exiled from the Order returns to known space only to find the Jedi gone from civilization and a pair of mysterious Sith lords wreaking havoc all over. It's a rare "Star Wars" noir story, and it's quite a doozy.
  • traitor

    3. "Traitor"

    In the '90s the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe got really moralistic and stuffy, and "Traitor" was a total refutation of that approach. It's the darkest "Star Wars" story ever written, but it serves a positive agenda in the end: one that asserts that maybe the Force isn't black and white and the Jedi don't need to stand around wondering about the moral implications of every little thing they do. It was a really great change for storytelling in the EU, and it's nice that it appears "The Last Jedi" might take a similar patch.
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    2. "Star Wars"

    The one that started it all is a silly, not-particularly-well-thought-out movie, but it's tight as hell and covers all the ground it needs to. It establishes a completely new universe so casually, making it feel from the very beginning that this is a real, lived-in place. Everything you need to know about what's going on is right there.
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    1. "The Empire Strikes Back"

    The lesson J.J. Abrams and friends should have learned from "The Empire Strikes Back" widely considered the best "Star Wars" movie, is that you don't make a"Star Wars" movie that stands the test of time by aping previous ones -- you have to go somewhere new. "Empire" functions as a total counter to the first movie, and that's why it's a perfect sequel.
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There are more “Star Wars” stories than even you can imagine, even if you think you can imagine quite a bit. These are the best ones

With 40 years of movies, TV shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, you'd be hard-pressed to ever run out of stories to read about the "Star Wars" universe, past and present. It's a big universe out there, and every story told in it is connected to all the others. Big stories are told as many different smaller ones, and small stories are told as chunks of a bigger picture. 

These are the best chunks, big or small, in the history of the "Star Wars" universe.

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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: First Reactions from the World Premiere - Variety

Disney’s third and final film in the latest Star Wars trilogy, “The Rise of Skywalker,” had its world premiere Monday night in Los Angeles with audience members quickly taking to Twitter afterward to share their reactions.

The review embargo for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” lifts on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 12:01 a.m. PST. However, the social media embargo broke immediately after the premiere.

(No spoilers from the film ahead). 

Members of the press, including critics and reporters, had mostly mixed-to-positive reactions of J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm’s final chapter in the Skywalker saga, which stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac.

“‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ is certainly the most convoluted Star Wars,” Uproxx’s Mike Ryan wrote. “There is a lot I liked, but the first half gets so bogged down with exposition and new plot and doodads and beacons and transmitters, it feels like it should have been three movies on its own.”

Variety’s Adam B. Vary tweeted: “There’s so much movie in this movie. But its best moments are the quietest and most human.”

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“The emotional highs are spectacular, and there are a lot of payoffs (some earned, some not). But some choices feel like an unnecessary course-correct from The Last Jedi and some just plain don’t make sense,” said Laura Prudom of IGN.

Meanwhile, other writers like Rob Keyes of Screen Rant were more enthused: “It’s an immensely satisfying and massive end to the saga. It somehow addresses issues, problematic characters, and most unanswered questions from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi too.”

Erik Davis of Fandango was also feeling The Force: “Epic. All of it. #TheRiseofSkywalker is a terrific finale that is just stuffed with so much of everything. Action, adventure — answers!! — humor, heart, love, and grit.”

See more reactions below.

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” opens nationwide Friday, Dec. 20.

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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ First Reactions Are In and They’re Pretty Much What You’d Expect - TheWrap

(There are no spoilers in this post for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”)

Hype levels are at critical now that we’re just a couple days away from “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” hitting theaters, and the week’s festivities kicked off Monday night when the film got its world premiere in Los Angeles.

Finally, those in attendance are out of the theater and tweeting their reactions, and, well, those reactions are mostly what you’d expect from people attending the premiere of a new “Star Wars” movie. For the most part, the responses are very positive, though some are less positive than others.

The reactions thus far have come in two main flavors: folks voicing overwhelmingly effusive praise for the film, and folks who say that the movie is a whole lot and they’re gonna have to think about it. It’s not extremely surprising that we’d get those types of responses at the premiere — it’s unlikely that anyone at the premiere would straight up trash the movie, so this is the range I personally expected.

Also Read: Will Baby Yoda Be in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'?

We want to reiterate here that there are no spoilers in the tweets below — unless you consider “I liked it” or “I’m not sure how I feel” to constitute plot and story details. Now let’s get into it.

If all these tweets are getting you wound up with anticipation, don’t worry. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” hits theaters on Thursday evening.

15 Best Stories Ever Told in the 'Star Wars' Universe (Photos)

  • best star wars stories ever told

    With 40 years of movies, TV shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, you'd be hard-pressed to ever run out of stories to read about the "Star Wars" universe, past and present. It's a big universe out there, and every story told in it is connected to all the others. Big stories are told as many different smaller ones, and small stories are told as chunks of a bigger picture. 

    These are the best chunks, big or small, in the history of the "Star Wars" universe.
  • jedi search admiral daala

    15. The Rise of Admiral Daala in the "Jedi Academy Trilogy"

    After "Return of the Jedi" in the version of the "Star Wars" continuity before Disney bought Lucasfilm, the Empire fractured into a bunch of splinter governments led by self-proclaimed rulers who would make up new titles for themselves like "high admiral" or "warlord" while still maintaining the pretense of Imperial legitimacy. Daala (a woman!) decided to try to bring it back together, and eventually was able to do so -- for a short time at least. Her brilliant machinations were a compelling as hell tale, and one of author Kevin J Anderson's only good contributions to "Star Wars" lore.
  • star wars black fleet crisis

    14. The Black Fleet Crisis

    This is not referring to the "Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy" as a whole, since two of the three main narrative arcs in those books are unrelated to the event in "Star Wars" lore known as the Black Fleet Crisis.

    The Crisis is great because it's the sort of cool scifi story that checks a lot of boxes simultaneously. In particular: unknowable alien force you've never heard of, weird galactic political intrigue with lots of backstabs from said alien force, and a grand mystery regarding how those aliens came to power in the first place. It's a really interesting scenario.
  • the force unleashed

    13. Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice

    The "Star Wars" universe is full of stories about good apprentices going bad and wreaking havoc on the good guys, but we've very rarely gotten the inverse. That made "The Force Unleashed" a really novel experience. You play as Darth Vader's secret apprentice in the years between the original and prequel trilogies. You're a dark side force user and soldier for the Empire who goes rogue in a really epic way.
  • x wing alliance

    12. "X-Wing Alliance"

    You're Ace, and you work for your family shipping company. You fly a freighter doing pretty boring things, until your dad's sympathies for the Rebel Alliance come back to bite the whole family in the ass. 

    You know how this goes: the Empire brings the hammer down, you join the Rebellion as a fighter pilot. But maybe the entire family isn't on board with facing down the Empire. This is the only "Star Wars" space combat simulator that gives you a personal story, and it turned out to be a great idea.
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    11. Admiral Thrawn

    Not specifically thinking of Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy here, but the story of Thrawn's life as a whole and his lasting legacy in the Expanded Universe. This guy was such a genius that even a decade after his death the plans he'd laid out were threatening to tear apart the fledgling New Republic. His fingerprints are everywhere.
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    10. The Battle of Borleaias

    Late in the "New Jedi Order," famed Rebel hero Wedge Antilles is charged with holding the planet Borleias from the Yuuzhan Vong, and it's one hell of a thing. Massively outgunned, Wedge pulls a whole lot of seat-of-your-pants gambits out of his ass -- and this pair of books, authored by the late fan favorite Aaron Allston, is full of great and witty dialogue of the sort you just never got from other "Star Wars" authors.
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    9. Wedge and Friends Go to Adumar

    As the war against the Empire winds down, Rebel hero Wedge Antilles and pals Tycho, Hobbie and Janso, are sent as diplomats to a newly discovered planet full of people who pretty don't give a shit about anyone who isn't a fighter pilot. If that sounds like a sitcom scenario, that's because it basically is. And it's great,  incessantly funny and very awkward -- a great little side story that's as witty as they get in this universe.
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    8. Wraith Squadron

    The story of the Wraiths, told over three books, is unique among "Star Wars" stories in a lot of ways. It follows famed Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles as he assembles a hybrid starfighter/footsoldier squadron of emotionally unstable washouts -- the idea being that such a group, when given some operational leeway, might approach apparently normal war scenarios in really unpredictable ways, and that's exactly what happens. It's the most human of all the "Star Wars" stories, full of truth.
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    7. The Tale of the Imperial Agent in "The Old Republic"

    Many of the most interesting "Star Wars" stories are those that focus on characters who can't use the Force, and this is one of those. You play as a spy for the Sith Empire (thousands of years before the movies), doing awesome wartime spy stuff. And you get caught up in a galactic conspiracy to destroy both the Republic and Empire -- by a secret society tired of Force-using factions starting all these galaxy-spanning wars. It's a compelling-as-hell hook.
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    6. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Revan

    Thousands of years before the movies, Revan was a Jedi who led the Republic military against invading Mandalorians -- only to turn to the dark side and wage his own war on the Republic, before turning away from the dark and defeating his own armies. That's the very short, very incomplete version. The story of Revan is thoroughly fascinating and ends up lasting hundreds of years across two video games ("Knights of the Old Republic) and a pile of books and comics.
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    5. The Jabba's Palace Heist in "Return of the Jedi"

    It's become clear in the last few years that a lot of folks never really got what Luke, Leia, Lando and Chewie were doing during the first portion of "Return of the Jedi" -- and now we have all these thinkpieces about how it was reckless and haphazard. But no, that shit was an impeccable heist. They had a plan, and they pulled it off flawlessly and in style. 
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    4. The Dark Wars

    This story was told in the video game "Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords" -- a former Jedi who was exiled from the Order returns to known space only to find the Jedi gone from civilization and a pair of mysterious Sith lords wreaking havoc all over. It's a rare "Star Wars" noir story, and it's quite a doozy.
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    3. "Traitor"

    In the '90s the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe got really moralistic and stuffy, and "Traitor" was a total refutation of that approach. It's the darkest "Star Wars" story ever written, but it serves a positive agenda in the end: one that asserts that maybe the Force isn't black and white and the Jedi don't need to stand around wondering about the moral implications of every little thing they do. It was a really great change for storytelling in the EU, and it's nice that it appears "The Last Jedi" might take a similar patch.
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    2. "Star Wars"

    The one that started it all is a silly, not-particularly-well-thought-out movie, but it's tight as hell and covers all the ground it needs to. It establishes a completely new universe so casually, making it feel from the very beginning that this is a real, lived-in place. Everything you need to know about what's going on is right there.
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    1. "The Empire Strikes Back"

    The lesson J.J. Abrams and friends should have learned from "The Empire Strikes Back" widely considered the best "Star Wars" movie, is that you don't make a"Star Wars" movie that stands the test of time by aping previous ones -- you have to go somewhere new. "Empire" functions as a total counter to the first movie, and that's why it's a perfect sequel.
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There are more “Star Wars” stories than even you can imagine, even if you think you can imagine quite a bit. These are the best ones

With 40 years of movies, TV shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, you'd be hard-pressed to ever run out of stories to read about the "Star Wars" universe, past and present. It's a big universe out there, and every story told in it is connected to all the others. Big stories are told as many different smaller ones, and small stories are told as chunks of a bigger picture. 

These are the best chunks, big or small, in the history of the "Star Wars" universe.

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