Bryan Young
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
Expertise
Star Wars, Classic Film, Screenwriting
- In the world of Star Wars, Bryan Young has interviewed everyone from George Lucas and Carrie Fisher to Dave Filoni and Tony Gilroy.
- As a teenager, Bryan Young built a spaceship in his mom's back yard to shoot a film inside.
- Bryan Young's work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times.
Experience
Bryan Young works across many different media. He's an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. He's published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor-in-chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! He's also written professionally in the Star Wars universe, as well as Doctor Who, BattleTech, Robotech, and Shadowrun.
Education
Bryan Young has been teaching for years about screenwriting, creative writing, and Star Wars at conferences across the country and at the University of Utah.
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Stories By Bryan Young
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A pair of Oscar-winning directors called the shots on the fourth episode of Skeleton Crew. Did they manage to leave their mark on the Star Wars universe?
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Jude Law's Skeleton Crew character has a complicated history when it comes to the Star Wars franchise, including the non-canon Star Wars Legends.
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The early episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew feature a few homages to a classic and beloved Disney theme park attraction.
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Jeremy Allen White is joining the Star Wars universe as Rotta the Hutt in The Mandalorian & Grogu. Allow us to fill you in on the character's history.
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Yoda's backstory has long been one of the biggest mysteries in Star Wars. Here's what we know for certain about the Jedi Master and his past.
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has the same need for speed as George Lucas' first hit, American Graffiti - and there's an Easter egg too!
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If you look carefully, you'll notice that the opening of Skeleton Crew recreates one of the most important scenes in Star Wars history.
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Skeleton Crew introduces a new planet, At Attin, but there's something strange about it that doesn't fit with the rest of the Star Wars galaxy.
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One of the most significant and valiant Jedi introduced in the Star Wars High Republic initiative is Stellan Gios. Here's why the character matters.
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The new book Batman: Resurrection actually brings a couple DC Comics villains into Tim Burton's Batman universe, and there's a tease for more to come too.
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Mace Windu takes the lead in The Glass Abyss, a new Star Wars book sending him on a mission by Qui-Gon Jinn in a post-humous message after The Phantom Menace.
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The new book Batman: Resurrection fills in the gap between Batman and Batman Returns, including what Vicki Vale is up to and what happened with Bruce Wayne.
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Batman: Resurrection is a new book by John Jackson Miller that unfolds between Batman (1989) and Batman Returns, providing a satisfying bridge for the movies.
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Fans are furious about a character in a new Star Wars book called Secrets of the Clone Troopers, but this clone trooper character first appeared in 2022.
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The Acolyte has been canceled, meaning we're not getting a second season, and that leaves us with a lot of Star Wars questions and unresolved story threads.
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Deadpool & Wolverine is packed with a bunch of Marvel cameos alongside the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Let's rank all of them!
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Star Wars: The Acolyte wrapped up its first season with an intriguing cameo from a beloved hero.
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The Star Wars: The Acolyte season 1 finale saw an important figure in Star Wars history finally make their live-action debut.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte may be headed down a path that leads directly to a certain Sith lord's doorstep.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte episode 6 is full of nods to other elements of the Star Wars mythos, but not in ways that are random or willy-nilly.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte episode 5 marked the live-action debut of cortosis, a metal that's mighty handy to have in a lightsaber fight.
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George Lucas' Star Wars movies were greatly influenced by the films of Akira Kurosawa, and The Acolyte continues that tradition.
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Another familiar face from the Jedi Council returns in the latest episode of The Acolyte, providing fresh clues about the Sith mystery at the show's heart.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte episode 3 seems to be showing us where the Jedi started to make the mistakes that led to their eventual downfall in the prequels.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte seems to suggest that Anakin Skywalker's conception from midi-chlorians and the Force may not be the first instance of such a birth.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte introduces a new coven of witches that aren't the Nightsisters of Dathomir, but there's a long history of sects like this in the galaxy.
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The Star Wars book The High Republic: Temptation of the Force is a love story with a direct connection to The Acolyte.