Report from the Field: Thala-sirens

By my calculations, I’d been exploring the island for a little over two weeks on the night of the caretakers’ party. I don’t know why, perhaps it was the post-party letdown, the awareness of the return to mundanity on the island, but the next day, I began to feel real anxiety about getting off that …

Zoos in the GFFA

Are zoos good or bad? In Star Wars Adventures, Ezra and the crew of The Ghost are sent to track down a Argora, a divine animal for the Xendekian people. The Xendekians believed that the Argora brought rain and good fortune to their planet. Unfortunately, Imperial agents have stolen this bird and are threatening to …

Nature of the Force III: Lothal

Note: The following piece contains heavy spoilers for Star Wars Rebels Nowhere in the Star Wars universe is the tie between the natural world and the Force more apparent than in Star Wars Rebels’ Lothal (named after one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization). Dave Filoni, a noted nature and animal …