My Star Wars Entertainment Update for December 2025

Hello friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Mostly comics to talk about this month and a couple of non-Star Wars topics, so let’s get to it.

The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance. Here’s the link to my latest Star Wars Legends Reading Challenge entry.

Comics:

Han Solo: Hunt for the Falcon #4. I’ve liked this series, as we get some memories of young Ben Solo from Han. Better times. But we also see what a jerk Han can be, lol. He’s pulled Chewie away from his family to go after the Falcon, and by extension, his glory days. In this one, they get out of Unkar Plutt’s prison and end up in a pit of viper creatures, all the while arguing about what they’re doing there. Chewie’s so done and wants to go home, and Han finally gets it. He apologizes to Chewie and tells him they’ll forget the Falcon and just steal a ship to bring him home. We’ll see what happens in the next and last issue in this series, but whatever happens, they won’t have the Falcon.

Codebreaker: Battling the Banshee! #4. This is the last issue in this series, which I’ve enjoyed. I like anything with Poe. In this series, he’s trying to help a young Muun girl named Cheka get home, as she’d been kidnapped by the First Order to do some code-breaking, which she has a talent for. They’re currently on The Museum of the Battle Over Bothawui, run by a B-1 battle droid. But the First Order has found them and has begun assaulting the Museum, including the Banshee of Bestine, a First Order pilot in bright red armor that has it out for Poe. Poe goes out to fight the FO while the battle droid, Guy-d, sneaks out with Cheka to bring her back to her homeworld. Poe causes the Museum to blow up and tells the FO that the girl is dead. After killing the Banshee, he goes back to the Resistance and tells Leia that the girl is dead, as well. Poe had promised Cheka that he would get her home, not take her back to the Resistance to use as a codebreaker themselves. Leia says that’s too bad, but we’re led to believe she knows the truth and is okay with that. A pretty good series, if only for Poe’s witty banter, which is always entertaining to me.

Legacy of Vader #11. In this issue, Kylo Ren comes out of Vader’s meditation chamber severely injured after being punished for using the Light side of the Force in the last issue. He wakes up and realizes he’s been strapped to a table by Vanee and is being lowered into Mustafar’s lava. Vanee, seriously insane at this point, tells Kylo that Vader’s physical suffering is a big part of who he was, and so Kylo must experience at least a little bit of that suffering. “Just a very brief immersion, a taste of the flame.” Yikes. But Kylo escapes and goes after Vanee, running through the temple as Vanee rattles on. He sends killer droids after Kylo, and he defeats them. After catching up with Vanee, he kills him, but not before Vanee says something about seeing his potential. Kylo says he’s been hearing about his potential since he was three years old and is sick of it. He says he is already everything he needs to be. Then off goes Vanee into the lava. At the end, Kylo faces Vader’s vault, and walks in. The next issue is the last one, so we’ll see what happens inside the vault.

Loki rewatch. I’m supposed to be catching up on Marvel stuff I haven’t watched yet (Wakanda Forever, Ms. Marvel, etc.) but decided I wanted to rewatch a favorite. The Loki series is probably my favorite thing about Marvel (and I like a lot). Loki’s journey from selfish, narcissistic villain into a decent, caring hero is a very satisfying thing to behold. He finds his glorious purpose, not on a gilded throne from which to rule, but a throne from which to hold together the very threads of reality. His sacrifice earns him the divine horns he so arrogantly wore before, finally understanding what it means to carry the burden of a god. I can’t wait to see what kind of role he’ll play in Doomsday.

New hobby! (And a shameless plug, lol).

A few months ago I started a new, fun hobby: reselling used books online. It started with trying to get rid of some old books I’ve had on my shelf for literally decades on Pango, just a few bucks for each, just for credits to turn around and buy more books. After selling a few, I really got the book-selling bug and decided to also sell books on eBay. But I wanted to try to make some cash on eBay, so I watched some Youtube videos to learn about scouting books and started listing. It’s been super-fun (I love poking around books anyway) and I’ve made a few sales, which has encouraged me to keep going. If you’re curious, here are the links to my two stores:

Pango: https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/tinamwill

Pango has a lot of my old books which include classics, fantasy and general fiction, plus a few odds and ends we had around the house. Most are fairly inexpensive. Some are eBay rejects that aren’t worth listing there. Unfortunately, Pango only operates inside the United States. My shop name is Book Dragon.

eBay: https://www.ebay.com/usr/tinamwilliams

eBay has an eclectic selection of books: hobbies and crafts, biographies, and sometimes just plain weird stuff, lol. A few DVDs, CDs and even puzzles.

*Just so you know, there are no Star Wars books listed on either (except one junior Legends novel on Pango that I already have). They’re exactly where they’re supposed to be: on my personal shelf! Speaking of which, next month I’ll share some pictures of my Star Wars shelves.