EPISODE VIII: THE END FOR BEN SOLO?

Jedi Master Luke Skywalker has identified a terrifying new Dark Side threat to the order, and its from none other than his own sister's child; the powerful but vulnerable Ben Solo, who is almost, momentarily, eradicated by his Uncle's lightsaber within their own temple residence. The fearful Solo soon retaliates with all his power against Luke, in a scene of danger and drama from The Last Jedi. 

EPISODE IX: A DYAD IN THE FORCE!

No longer enemies but friends in the Force, the unique Jedi Dyad of Rey and Ben Solo hold firm against the evil resurrected Palpatine on Exegol, in this memorable image and moment from The Rise of Skywalker.

EPISODE VII: DEATH OF A HERO!

The haunting and brutal imagery that shocked STAR WARS fans worldwide to the core- as Han Solo's body falls into an energy pit after having been slain with a lightsaber wrought by his own son, Ben, from The Force Awakens.

We all knew Harrison Ford had wanted to see his Han Solo movie persona killed off since ROTJ, and we knew it was likely to happen with EPISODE VII, but that didn't make the smuggler's storytelling weighty demise any more easier to watch. To say that this writer was a blubbering wreck with the loss of one of cinema's greatest screen heroes, through to the following ten minutes of VII's finale, would be a colossal understatement indeed!

And speaking of VIII, the earlier in the year Vanity Fair article on the film hinted that Ren's slaying of his father may not necessarily have taken him fully to the true power of the Dark Side, as previously thought ans hoped for by both him and Snoke.

HAPPY UK MOTHER'S DAY!

Before it all went so horribly wrong in the days leading up to Snoke and the Knights of Ren, we like to think that the Solo family did have some fun from time to time, as seen in this cute fan art!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO sends greetings out to all UK readers for a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!