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About Thomas Bacon

Tom Bacon is Head of Screen Rant's Star Wars coverage. Although he's now dedicated to Star Wars content, he's a lifelong fan of several other major franchises including Doctor Who and Marvel. You can find him on Twitter @TomABacon. A graduate of Edge Hill University, Tom remains strongly connected with his alma mater as a volunteer chaplain. He's heavily involved with his local church, and anyone who checks him out on Twitter will swiftly learn he's into British politics too.

Author Details

Tom Bacon is Head of Screen Rant's Star Wars coverage. Hailing from the UK, he's heavily involved with his local church and serves as a volunteer chaplain at Edge Hill University. Anyone who checks him out on Twitter will swiftly learn he's into British politics too.

Industry Focus

Tom is a lifelong fan of franchises including Doctor Who and Marvel, but Star Wars has become his area of specialism. He's always shown a deep interest in shared universes and transmedia projects, following Star Wars since the publication of the Thrawn trilogy in the early '90s.

Favorite Media

Tom is engaged with pretty much every medium going: movies, TV shows, audiobooks, novels, comics, and even games. This makes him a good fit for Star Wars, one of the oldest transmedia franchises around, and he's absolutely loving Lucasfilm's High Republic initiative.

Latest Articles

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The Master Chief is the greatest of the Spartans in the Halo franchise - but what are the Spartans, and what is their Mjolnir armor capable of?

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Jo Martin's Fugitive Doctor remains one of Doctor Who's greatest secrets - but official tie-ins are finally revealing her true origin story!

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Major relaunches in 2005 and 2013 boosted Marvel's Avengers comics - but DC would be wise to do the opposite for the Justice League books.

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A major plot hole involving Yoda's lightsaber has been fixed with ease - proving Star Wars fans misunderstand how canon and continuity work.

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The Avengers' new era has completely forgotten Mephisto's true nemesis - will Norrid Radd, the Silver Surfer, finally join the Avengers?

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Amazing Spider-Man #274 put Spider-Man's sense of power and responsibility to the ultimate test - and Peter Parker unknowingly saved the multiverse.

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Silver Surfer's Apocalyptic Tantrum Proves He's a God, Not a Superhero

In Silver Surfer #3, an apocalyptic tantrum saw Norrin Radd prove he's not really a superhero at all - he's a god humanity had better not anger.

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Star Wars' New Technology Can Turn Anyone Into A Sith

Star Wars reveals the greatest secret of an ancient Force cult called the Ascendant - technology that can turn anyone into an actual Sith Lord!

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Jessica Jones: Trish Walker's Powers & MCU Thunderbolts Future Setup

Jessica Jones' best friend Trish Walker ultimately became the vigilante Hellcat - and she was set up for a potential future in the MCU's Thunderbolts.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home contained a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Easter egg to Thor: Love & Thunder, setting up Russell Crowe's Zeus coming to New Asgard.

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Disney seem to be taking a tip from Star Wars when it comes to Buffy the Vampire Slayer - perfectly setting up a potential reboot or relaunch.

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Obi-Wan Show Fulfills George Lucas' Final Coruscant Dream

The Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV show can finally bring closure to some of George Lucas' dreams of exploring Coruscant's underworld in the Dark Times.

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Marvel Netflix shows like Daredevil are much easier to integrate into the main MCU timeline than Agents of SHIELD - will Marvel take the opportunity?

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Marvel Comics has teased the biggest retcon in X-Men history - it seems mutants are really an evolutionary offshoot of the Eternals' enemy, Deviants!

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The X-Men's Beast has a forgotten mutant power - and it may well explain why the mutants of Krakoa trust him in spite of his failures and mistakes.

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Kilgrave tormented Jessica Jones in the first season of her Marvel Netflix show, but how did she become immune to his mind-control powers?

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Yoda Was Secretly Darth Vader's Greatest (and Dumbest) Failure

Darth Vader failed in his mission to track down all the Jedi survivors of Order 66 - but Star Wars has revealed Yoda was his greatest failure.

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