Meg Dowell

Meg Dowell

Meg Dowell has served as a Site Expert and contributor across multiple sites on the FanSided network. She is a professional journalist and the host of Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Books Podcast, where she interviews publishing professionals and facilitates book discussions. Meg also writes for Star Wars Insider. She can be reached at megdowell21@gmail.com. Meg has conducted dozens of interviews with authors, editors, audiobook narrators, and more. She has served as a Senior Editor for multiple online media companies and the Managing Editor of several online publications. She earned her Master of Science in Health Communications from Boston University and specializes in covering TV, Movies, Books, and Music.

(L-R); Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) and Captain Enoch (Wes Chatham) with Night Troopers in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Why you should still read Star Wars Legends books in 2025

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. C-3PO played by Anthony Daniels on Tatooine with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Image Credit: StarWars.com

Star Wars is always evolving, but these 3 classic elements will never change

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Darth Vader. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Start reading Star Wars comics with these 3 unforgettable series

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Star Wars: The High Republic - Trials of the Jedi, the final novel of Project Luminous by Charles Soule. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Star Wars book characters you haven't met yet, but should

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. K-2SO played by Alan Tudyk.

Everyone loves K-2SO -- even Alan Tudyk

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Ahsoka Tano from "STAR WARS: TALES OF THE JEDI", season 1 exclusively on Disney+. © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

Ahsoka Tano stories that will transform your view of The Clone Wars

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Star Wars: Master of Evil, a new Star Wars novel about Darth Vader from Adam Christopher. Image Credit: StarsWars.com

Adam Christopher's next Star Wars book won't be like every other Darth Vader story

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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens with the ex-stormtrooper Finn. Image Credit: StarWars.com

3 burning questions we hope Kwame Mbalia's The Final Order book will answer

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Quick Chek New Jersey Festival Of Ballooning - Day 1

Lewiston-Auburn balloon festival celebrates with Star Wars theme

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Star Wars: The High Republic: Path of Deceit. The Mother from the Path of the Open Hand. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Star Wars books to read after The High Republic

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Rey (Daisy Ridley) in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER.

Future Star Wars movies should bury legacy characters

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Star Wars The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown by Tessa Gratton. Image Credit: StarWars.com
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Star Wars Rebels Hondo Ohnaka. Image Credit: StarWars.com

3 series Star Wars fans want that Disney+ will never make

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Star Wars: A New Hope Returns to Theaters for 50th Anniversary. Image courtesy StarWars.com

Star Wars: A New Hope re-release isn't just a celebration -- it's an opportunity

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2025 Producers Guild Awards - Show

Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film reportedly has a working title

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch novel Sanctuary by Lamar Giles. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Tech from The Bad Batch given new Star Wars life despite devastating fate

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