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About Daniel Tinaglia

Dan Tinaglia grew up in the Chicagoland area, and has been interested in nerdy things for as long as he can remember. The VHS tape for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is his earliest memory as a person! With lots of social media experience in many different spheres, Dan hopes to share a love of Star Wars with the world.

Author Details

A lifelong nerd and video content creator, Dan loves the art of storytelling in all forms.

Industry Focus

Dan has been interested in writing about Star Wars for fun on social media for years, and has recently joined the Screen Rant team to share his love and knowledge for and about Star Wars with the world.

Favorite Media

Dan is a huge supporter of less-appreciated Star Wars media, like classic Legends novels and the more recent Sequel Trilogy. He has a particular love for The Last Jedi, the novel Planet of Twilight, and the New Jedi Order series. Dan believes Star Wars is such a wide universe with so much to love.

Latest Articles

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Everything We Know About The First Jedi-Sith War In Star Wars Canon

In ancient times, the Jedi fought the Sith in a massive war. Here's everything that we know about this Force-war in Star Wars canon.

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Even Steven Spielberg Underestimated The Success Of Star Wars

After George Lucas's original screening of Star Wars, Steven Spielberg predicted that it would be a success – but nowhere near what really happened.

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Star Wars Secretly Brings Back A Classic KOTOR Sith Monster, Explaining An 18-Year-Old Yoda Mystery

Star Wars canon has confirmed a KOTOR creature called the Terentatek - and in so doing, may have finally explained a Revenge of the Sith mystery.

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All 18 Planets In The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Explained

The Star Wars Sequels don't revisit a lot of planets, instead it's mostly new ones. This is every planet visited in the sequel trilogy, explained.

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Ahsoka Made Canon A Worlds Between Worlds Change That Star Wars Set Up 5 Years Ago

The Ahsoka Disney+ TV show subtly rewrote the mystical realm known as the World Between Worlds - but this change was set up five years ago.

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10 Best Moments In The Mandalorian, Ranked

These are the 10 best moments so far in the Disney+ Star Wars TV show following the lone bounty hunter Din Djarin and his unlikely companion Grogu.

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Star Wars Secretly Revealed The Origin Of Ahsoka's Villain Three Years Ago

A Clone Wars short story may have told Morgan Elsbeth's Nightsister origin story before the character ever appeared in The Mandalorian or Ahsoka.

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Leia's Star Wars Legends Story Makes The Sequel Trilogy Look Tame

Princess Leia is a central character in the original and sequel Star Wars trilogies, but her Legends story is more intense than either one of them.

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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Secretly Set Up 40 Potential Recruits To Rey's New Jedi Order

The Rise of Skywalker has already set up a group of Force-sensitive recruits who would be perfect as potential Jedi for Rey's new Jedi Order.

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Star Wars Has Retconned The First Thing We Ever Learned About The Jedi

According to Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi were guardians of peace for a thousand generations. Unfortunately, it's now clear they didn't do a good job.

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10 Star Wars Locations That Are The Perfect Base For Rey's New Jedi Order

Rey Skywalker's New Jedi Order's base could be on so many different Star Wars planets, from the Core to the Rim. Which ones would be the best?

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Star Wars Hinted At Palpatine's Cloning 3 Years Before The Rise Of Skywalker

A Force-related detail in a Leia Organa novel may have hinted at Emperor Palpatine's cloned return in The Rise of Skywalker years before the movie.

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The 10 Most Underrated Star Wars Stories In History

There are many Star Wars stories that everyone knows and loves, but here are 10 incredible Star Wars stories that deserve the same amount of praise.

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10 Star Wars Book And Comic Characters We Need To See On Disney Plus

From a pirate Jedi to a terminator bounty hunter, these 10 Star Wars characters from books and comics deserve to appear on Disney Plus in live-action.

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Star Wars Secretly Set Up A Key Jedi Origin Plot 6 Years Ago

A Star Wars VR game from 2018 may have given viewers their first look at the ancient Jedi Order and their lightsabers from a time before the Sith.

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There's A Dark Reason The Empire Worked With Jabba The Hutt

The Empire always struggled with the Outer Rim, so their alliance with Star Wars' famous slug Jabba the Hutt in the wake of the rebels was inevitable.

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Luke Skywalker's Inspiration Fulfilled The Emperor's Greatest Fear

Emperor Palpatine feared the Children of the Force more than anything, and Luke Skywalker fulfilled his fears as a Jedi, especially after Darth Vader.

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How Close Did Luke Skywalker Come To The Dark Side (& Why Didn't He Fall?)

Luke Skywalker faced many of the same dark side temptations as his father Anakin, and feared becoming like Darth Vader when confronting the Emperor.

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Star Wars Explains Why So Many Order 66 Survivors Fell To The Dark Side

One of the Jedi's Lightsaber Forms opened them to the dark side– and many Jedi survivors may have used it after Order 66 to survive the Empire.

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10 Overlooked Positives Of The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

The Star Wars sequel trilogy is a controversial topic, but here are 10 things that the movies actually did really well and often go unnoticed.

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