Star Wars IX's First Trailer and Title Have Finally Arrived

If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       The First 'Star Wars IX' Trailer Marks the Return of the Skywalker Saga's Biggest Villain   Today, during Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, Disney revealed the long-awaited first trailer for Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker. The trailer is heavy on action and gives a first glimpse at Carrie Fisher's posthumous role of Leia in the upcoming movie. "We'll always be with you," Luke Skywalker's voice says in the trailer "No one's ever really gone." And immediately afterward we hear the sound of Palpatine laughing. Though he was slain by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi, this trailer appears to be teasing the villain's return. Watch the full trailer here. Read More           Katie Porter's Questioning of Big Bank CEOs Shows Exactly What a Member of Congress Is Supposed to Do   This is how it's done. The way to illustrate the deep structural problems in our political economy is to ask the CEO who makes $31 million a year how his employee is supposed to make ends meet on a wage that just does not pay the bills. The contrast with the Republican members of the committee was...striking. Read More           Game of Thrones Scripts Explain Tyrion's Mysterious Reaction to Daenerys and Jon Having Sex in the Season 7 Finale   The guy is conflicted. And if he is indeed in love with Daenerys, then what we're seeing on his face at the end of Season Seven isn't simply his political concerns. Tyrion is jealous, too. Which could make for some very emotional decision-making on his part. Is it possible, as many fans have speculated, that this will be the reason he betrays his queen? We'll see when Game of Thrones returns Sunday. Read More           This Policy Was Too Vengeful and Crazy for ICE. That Should Tell You Something.   We've all long understood that El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago considers himself president* only of those people who buy one of his hats. But weaponizing confused, desperate people to has that special tang of cruelty to it that can only be found when two barbed-wire minds are working in perfect harmony. You have to have the humanity of a wolverine even to think of something like this. Read More           WWJD: The Ethical Conundrum of Mega-Church Preachers in Super-Expensive Sneakers   A new Instagram account that catalogues these preachers in sneakers begs the question: is it right for someone who a.) draws at least partial salary from tithing (i.e. monetary donations to the church), b.) ostensibly ministers to people who can't afford high-end swag, and c.) practices a religion whose founder was famously poor, to wear a $900 pair of Shattered Backboard Jordans while on the pulpit? Read More           You Can Now Stream the First Two Songs from HBO's New Game of Thrones Inspired Album   HBO and Columbia Records have teamed up to give us all what no one asked for: An entire album of Thrones-inspired tunes, featuring appearances by A$AP Rocky, Ellie Goulding, Joey Bada$, Lil Peep, Muse's Matthew Bellamy, Mumford & Sons, SZA, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, The National, and Ty Dollars $ign. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2019 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019