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Andor made Star Wars history with one surprisingly ordinary prop

You'll want to remain seated for this one

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Critical Role's Age of Umbra characters look like they escaped an Elden Ring boss fight

Meet the creepy cast of Sallowlands

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Critical Role's new campaign proves D&D fans should stop sleeping on Daggerheart

The new miniseries has enchanted us body and soul

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The Tim Burton masterpiece that everyone forgets is free to stream

Perhaps it's underrated because it barely even feels like a Tim Burton movie

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(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.
The original plan for Andor just got revealed, and it has major Mission Impossible vibes

Before Tony Gilroy arrived, Andor was a lot different

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Return to D&D's most legendary setting with this exclusive first look at the new Dragonlance novel

Huma and Magius reunite in Dragonlance prequel novel; read an excerpt here

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The final project from Power Rangers' biggest star finally gets its first trailer

Legend of the White Dragon is coming.

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Critical Role's next nightmare begins with the first Age of Umbra trailer

Matthew Mercer returns behind the screen for Critical Role's bleak new Daggerheart adventure

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Critical Role shares a behind-the-scenes look at Campaign 4's saddest moment

So far!

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Syril and Dedra from Star Wars Andor season 2. Dedra is stern-faced with platinum blonde hair done up in a bun. She wears a white, ISB uniform that stops just under her chin. Syril has brown hair, and is dressed in a brown coat and white shirt. He looks at Dedra with a sense of foreboding.
The original Star Wars Andor concept had a very different love story in mind

No Bix in sight

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Hollywood has spent 25 years chasing the wrong lessons from The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson's trilogy inspired a generation of fantasy films, but Hollywood often copied its scale instead of its humanity

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How does Helaena Targaryen die in House of the Dragon?

She just wanted to keep chickens

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Brandon Sanderson can explain why Fourth Wing became a phenomenon

Short answer: dragons

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House of the Dragon is far better than George R.R. Martin wants you to think

Fire & Blood is a historical text with very few answers and so many questions

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Andor got a surprise inspiration from Star Wars' most underrated show

Sabine Wren would be proud

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24 years ago, this forgotten series predicted one of anime’s biggest fantasy trends

Long before Frieren, this overlooked supernatural series imagined a world where magic was ordinary, bureaucratic, and quietly unsettling

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Brandon Sanderson explains the fantasy mistake that tripped up Game of Thrones

Sanderson shared some of the pitfalls common to epic fantasy like Game of Thrones

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The next great fantasy anime The Bugle Call gets announcement trailer

The series from CyberAgent and CA Soa studio is out in 2027

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New Star Wars book reveals a crucial deleted scene from Andor season 1

More Kyle Soller is never a bad thing

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Brandon Sanderson says fantasy’s future depends on not copying Lord of the Rings

Sanderson was the speaker at this year's Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy

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