According to official Imperial records/propaganda, when & how did Anakin Skywalker die? Given that the identity of Darth Vader is a secret in-universe, we also know that the galaxy at large believes Anakin Skywalker was a Jedi Knight who died during The Clone Wars. What is the "official" location and cause of death for Anakin Skywalker? Official pre-Empire records would have shown he was located on Coruscant when Order 66 was executed, so I imagine some doctoring would be needed to have him killed elsewhere along with the other Jedi. Or perhaps he was supposedly killed at the Jedi Temple massacre? I'll accept any answer that shows an official location/time/cause of death as per Disney canon or Legends continuity (not Elseworlds/Tales, though). Answer Wookieepedia's article on Anakin cites the Legends novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor regarding the widely accepted story of Anakin's "death". This book was written by Matthew Stover (wh...

The 20th century brought us dozens, if not hundreds of fictional Super Heroes. Prior to the introduction of comic books, who is the first fictional Super Hero recognized by the public as being fictional? The answer to this question should exclude exclude heroes from Greek Mythology, since at one time, those myths were believed to be factual. I'm looking for the earliest example of a publicly known Super Hero character that was recognized by the public as being a fictional character. Super Hero: a fictional character who has amazing powers (such as, but not limited to, the ability to fly) Answer The first wholly fictional super-human character was Enkidu, from the " Epic of Gilgamesh " written in approximately 2150BC. Whilst King Gilgamesh was almost certainly a real historical figure , Enkidu (described as a " shaggy man " created from clay by the Goddess Aruru) is unmistakeably fictitious. As a modern-day superhero, Enkidu would actually be quite at home amo...

I'm reading the beautiful The Expanse series, and I'm currently on book 3, Abaddon's Gate . I am reading the Italian editions (I don't have any problem about reading in English, but it's my main language and the Italian publisher set a huge discount on all of its catalogue, so I grabbed all of them) I noticed that besides the regular series of novels, there are also some short stories and novellas set in this universe. These short works were not (yet?) translated, so at the moment only the English editions are available to me. I'm curious if these complementary works are a mandatory read, meaning if they contain details that are necessary to fully understand what happens in the main books, or if they provide just some background and could be considered only accessory material, that can be read anytime. Since I've already started this series in Italian, I'd like to keep reading in this language, for the sake of consistency. But I need to know if their co...

Throughout phase one and phase two, at various points of various movies we are given a little information about three different Infinity Stones — the blue stone (Tesseract) in Captain America, Iron Man and others; the purple/violet stone in Guardians of Galaxy; and the red stone (the Aether) in Thor: The Dark World. What I want to know is: Who is the all-father who supposedly created the six Infinity Stones? Where are the rest of the Infinity Stones? What happens to the owner of the stones (although a brief example is shown about individual stones in different movies) Can't Heimdall see the position of all Infinity Stones, and hence alert the warriors when someone is about to mess around with any of them?

Is there any canon instance where Princess Diana of Themyscira (aka Wonder Woman)'s " Lasso of Truth " has ever snapped? Or is it truly indestructible? Answer It has been snapped on several occasions, notably by Bizarro Superman in " Batman/Superman/WonderWoman : Trinity " and by Rama Khan in " Golden Perfect " She also breaks it (deliberately) in the alt-universe story " Superman : Red Son #2 "

Many years ago I read a story about an astronaut who comes back home after many years in space. He is very happy to meet his parents, but also worried. After the short meeting the reader finds out that the three of them are clones. I would like to know the name of the story since I can't remember it

Elrond is clearly in charge at Rivendell, and is an important and powerful person in the world at large. He is a ring-bearer, having received Vilya from his great-uncle Gil-galad. He also held a position of command in Gil-galad's army. He is of royal descent. His brother Elros Tar-Minyatur was the first king of Númenor. And yet Elrond himself seems to have no title at all. "Half-Elven" serves more as a descriptor than a title. He is also known as the master of Imaldris, but that too seems to be a description, not a title as such. He is never, to my memory, addressed as Master. Answer Yes, he was the Lord of Rivendell The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadows of twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the light of stars. Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winte...