The Dark Side

One of the more positive things that has emerged from Disney’s takeover of Lucasfilm is the establishment of an official cannon of the Star Wars universe. Between comic books, novels, television and films, an official storyline is taking place. I have already written about the first clue we had when they announced the releasing of the novel, Star Wars: Aftermath. The comic “Star Wars: Shattered Empire” will be in stores in September and will offer readers their first glimpse into what happened immediately following the death of Emperor Palpatine and the destruction of the second Death Star. Here is a brief excerpt of what you can expect:

Emperor Palpatine’s twenty-year reign of terror came to an abrupt and fiery end in the skies above the forest moon of Endor. A decisive victory for the Rebel Alliance, to be sure, but even with the loss of its leadership, the Empire’s Moffs and regional governors retained their hold on important systems from the Core to the Outer Rim, thanks to the might of the Imperial Starfleet. Now, with a power vacuum atop the Empire, those Moffs will jockey for position and control, and the heroes of the Rebel Alliance will soon discover that a wounded and fractious Empire may be more dangerous than any threat they faced before!

We’ll see how it all turns out quite soon.

Starz has released the first picture of Bruce Campbell back in action as Ash Williams from the upcoming Ash vs the Evil Dead series. For those of you unfamiliar with Ash, the audience first meets the character in the original Evil Dead (which was quite a dark and disturbing film) in which he is the only survivor. He returned again in Evil Dead 2 (which had a fair amount of humor in it), but in dealing with spirits and demons, one possesses his right hand and he ends up chopping it off and replacing it with a chainsaw. In the third film Army of Darkness (which is incredibly funny) Ash finds himself transported to the past and fighting off an army of the undead. It has been 22 years since Army of Darkness came out and we are anxiously waiting to see what mess Ash will get into this time. We will find out this fall when Ash vs The Evil Dead premieres on Starz.

The good people over at Warner Bros have released the trailer for their upcoming film Creed. When I first heard about this film, I was very hesitant. To me, it simply seemed as if they were trying to trudge up more money from an aging franchise. After watching this trailer though, I think that they could be breathing new life into that franchise. The trailer very intelligently starts off with the story of a young fighter who is hungry for a title before they eventually reveal who the fighter is. Without spoiling the trailer for you I will say that it is good to see a familiar character return to the screen. See for yourself below: