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 E-Mail IMAGE: Visualization of the Last Journey simulation. Shown is the large-scale structure of the universe as a thin slice through the full simulation (lower left) and zoom-ins at different levels. The... view more  Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) A massive simulation of the cosmos and a nod to the next generation of computing A team of physicists and computer scientists from the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory performed one of the fiv...

Star Wars Introduces Mysterious New Villains the Nihil ✖ Star Wars: The High Republics creators compared the Nihil to space Vikings, the video below describes the Nihil as anarchists on the Outer Rim who use their unique grasp of hyperspace travel to terrorize the galaxy in the wake of the Great Disaster. The group is organized and operates by a storm motif, and foggy clouds follow them wherever they strike. Three Tempest Runners lead the Nihil with the aid of the Eye of the Nihil, the myster...

Star Wars Writer Confirms Pod Racing Exists in the High Republic ✖ The newly-launched High Republic initiative aims to show the Star Wars galaxy at one of its finest and most pivotal points. Hundred of years before the events of The Skywalker Saga, the High Republic shows a time when most of the galaxy was actually working together, and the Jedi were at the height of their power. Its a very different era of Star Wars canon, one that sees justice and order reigning supreme. But that doesnt mea...

Star Wars: The High Republic Shorts Series Launches The High Republics heroes. Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic follow High Republic character starting with Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh. You can see the first episode of Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic below. " The High Republic is a unique and fresh era of Star Wars storytelling with all new characters and a unique visual aesthetic, so we couldnt help but want to see our new heroes and villains jump out of the page and into...

CinemaBlend Star Wars franchise has been making some serious noise on the small screen with Disney+’s The Mandalorian. But we can’t forget that before Din Djarin ever set foot into the galaxy far, far away, animated series like Star Wars Rebels and Clone Wars made up the franchise’s television branch. With both of those shows finished, fans can now look ahead to a new show in the form of Clone Wars spinoff, will follow the eccentric Clone Force 99 during the immediate afterma...

In the months following the movie’s release, opinion shifted. The wow-factor of the CGI rubbed away, revealing the creaky bones of the film beneath. Questions were asked of the relevance of the CGI aliens’ accents, from the Caribbean patois of Jar Jar and the south-east Asian timbre of the Trade Federation Neimoidians to the slave-owner Watto, who was accused of being equally offensive to both Arabs and Jews. (George Lucas strenuously denied any racial stereotyping, making these elements of...

A new age of Star Wars has begun. (Image: Joseph Meehan/Del Rey) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. The first wave of Star Wars: The High Republic stories is upon us, painting the broad strokes of what we can expect to see in this era, centuries before the Skywalker saga. After che...

Image: Star Wars Rebels To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Kotaku Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. EA’s lengthy exclusivity on  Star Wars games is coming to an end, and it’s ending courtesy of … Ubisoft. That’s not a sentence anyone expected to start 2021 with, especially given the last 12 months Ubisoft had. But...

Star Wars is famous for its “Expanded Universe,” a suite of multimedia that exists to serve the franchise’s blockbuster movies. But in the post-Skywalker Saga era, it means something decidedly more. Between Disney Plus series, comics, video games, and publishing efforts pushing with equal force on canon, Star Wars is the Expanded Universe. And the release of Charles Soule’s new novel Light of the Jedi kicks off the mega-property’s most advantageous experiment: The establishment of ...

, SYFY WIREs weekly comics column that gets at the pulse of whats going on in comics right now. Weve got what you need to know about huge crossovers, real-life issues facing the industry, cool first looks, the weeks hot new comics, and everything in between. Well, weve come to a particularly exciting week in the DC Universe. After months of build-up,  Dark Nights: Death Metal came to an end this week with its seventh and final issue, and rather than closing the door on its way the epic minise...