Ben Winnell

Ben Winnell

Ben is a FanSided contributor who has been writing for Dork Side of the Force for three years. He is based in Melbourne Australia. He has dived deep into the lore of George Lucas' galaxy far, far away and brings with him a love of film, television, novels, comics and games, especially when it comes to all things Star Wars. He is a lover of history, politics and all things related to film, old and new.

(L-R) Dilan (Théo Costa Marini), Andor (Diego Luna) and Enza Rylanz (Alaïs Lawson) in Lucasfilm's ANDOR Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Andor: What can we look forward to in Season 2

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Star Wars Tales of the Jedi Season 1 Poster. Image credit: StarWars.com

The Tales of the Jedi you haven't heard about

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Star Wars Eclipse title logo for the upcoming video game. Image Credit: StarWars.com

After three years, what’s happening with Star Wars Eclipse?

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(Center to right): Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen) and Master Lakshay (Paul Bullion) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

The Acolyte: The internet has fallen in love with Jecki Lon

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General Grievous in a scene from "STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE", exclusively on Disney+. © 2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

The many faces of General Grievous

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Star Wars: Tales of the Empire key artwork with Barriss Offee and Morgan Elsbeth. Image Credit: StarWars.com

What to expect from Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Asajj Ventress Returns. Image Credit: The Walt Disney All Access Pages

The history of Asajj Ventress

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TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET as Paul Atreides in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “DUNE: PART TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

How Dune inspired Star Wars

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Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Kanan Jarrus. Image Credit: StarWars.com

5 Star Wars characters that deserve a second chance at life

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Star Wars Tales of the Jedi Season 1 Poster. Image credit: StarWars.com

Star Wars Rebels characters that deserve the Tales of the Jedi treatment

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Rogue Squadron. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. 2020 Lucasfilm Ltd ™ . All Rights Reserved

Rogue Squadron: The Star Wars that never was

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(L-R): Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and Karis Nemik (Alex Lawther) in Lucasfilm's ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

‘Andor’ is the best Star Wars show

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(L-R): Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno) and Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

After Ahsoka, this is the next live-action Star Wars show

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(L-R): Huyang (David Tennant) and Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Ahsoka has more live action debuts than you think

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Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) in Lucasfilm's AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Who are the new villains in Ahsoka?

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Rosario Dawson is Ahsoka Tano in Lucasfilm's AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Rosario Dawson’s long road to Ahsoka

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