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The cult horror movie program “Svengoolie” as it appeared on Weigel-owned MeTV. (Graphic by The Desk)

Sports-focused streaming service Fubo will offer games from the WNBA’s Chicago Sky to subscribers in the Chicagoland area after inking a distribution deal with Weigel Broadcasting this week.

The deal covers Wciu (Channel 26), which will offer nearly three dozen basketball games from the Chicago Sky this season. The agreement also involves distribution of Weigel-owned multicast networks, including MeTV, MeTV Toons, Heroes & Icons, Catchy Comedy, Movies, Story Television and MeTV Plus.

“In partnership with Weigel Broadcasting, we are thrilled to bring Fubo subscribers even more entertainment programming, including some of the most-loved TV shows and movies of all time,” said Todd Mathers, the Executive Vice President of Content Strategy & Acquisition at Fubo. “Our subscribers in Chicago can also follow the Sky’s pursuit of a second WNBA championship this season, as well as local news and entertainment content,...

While the Predators aren’t exactly known for making friends wherever they go as they primarily just kill any new person/creature they meet, there is one person close to the Predator species who is by far their worst enemy (and it’s not who current fans might think).

The Predator comic book franchise has recently been given new life within the pages of Marvel Comics, and in those pages is an all-new character named Theta who has proven herself to be a major thorn in the Yautja’s side. When Theta was a girl, her peaceful off-world colony was attacked by Predators, with one in particular murdering her parents right in front of her. Theta was the only survivor of the assault, so she used one of the colony’s ships to take to the stars in search of the Predator that killed her parents–all the while killing...

The powers of Jedi in Star Wars can be pretty impressive, and one Force ability can even rival those of Doctor Manhattan in the seminal comic Watchmen.

After Count Dooku died in the Clone Wars, Jedi Knight Sha Koon was tasked by her uncle, Jedi Master Plo Koon, into investigating a Sith presence in the Senate. They knew someone high up in the Senate was a Sith Lord, they just didn't know it was Palpatine yet. However, when Sha Koon was in the Jedi Archives, Anakin Skywalker began his massacre of the Jedi Temple as Darth Vader. Sha Koon managed to escape and went into hiding until she could find a way to strike back.

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Sometime later, in the 2009 comic Star Wars: Purge - Seconds to Die by John Ostrander and Jim Hall, Sha Koon contacts the Emperor...

The galactic empire was feared by many, but Emperor Palpatine designed it with a huge flaw - one that guaranteed its destruction in the Star Wars saga.

After ascending from his role as Chancellor to Emperor, Palpatine initiated Order 66. The clone troopers turned on the Jedi, and it was a slaughter across the galaxy. Very few Jedi survived, and those who did had to scramble into hiding. This was when Anakin Skywalker transformed into Darth Vader and became obsessed with finding his old master Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was so obsessed that Palpatine had to order him to give up his quest for revenge on one individual and focus on eliminating the Jedi Order as a whole.

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In Star Wars: Purge - Seconds to Die by John Ostrander and Jim Hall - part of the Star Wars Legends continuity...

There are few moments more iconic in the Star Wars saga than Darth Vader turning on Emperor Palpatine to save his son. Palpatine's prized apprentice finally saw the light, as Luke Skywalker appealed to his humanity and managed to bring down the Empire. However, Palpatine should have seen this moment coming, as there was a major clue that Anakin Skywalker would return.

In Star Wars Legends canon, Sha Koon is a Jedi Knight that managed to escape Order 66 and the purge at the Jedi Temple. After the death of Count Dooku, her uncle, Plo Koon, tasked her with researching the Sith, as the Jedi believed there was a Sith Lord in the Senate hierarchy. While she was in the archives, Darth Vader entered the Jedi Temple and began his massacre. Sha Koon managed to escape, however, and began plotting to strike back.

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Sometime later,...

By Whitney Milam

HollywoodNews.com: You thought you knew everyone’s favorite scarred, messy-haired, bespectacled boy wizard. You thought wrong. And after watching Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise, you’ll never look at Harry Potter the same way again.

The first-ever (and only) full-length feature film Potter parody, the ground-breaking Harvey Putter follows the titular punkish wizard celebrity (played to disaffected, hilarious perfection by Bryce Cone) and his friends Hernia Grunger (Sunny Williams) and Rod Cheesley (Joe Scheibelhut, whose exaggerated Rupert Grint facial expressions are likewise excellent) through their final twisted year at Snogwarts–made a little more complicated when Headmaster Alfus Mumblemore explains that they’re all just fictional characters in a mega-popular book series, and must unite all seven “Hortexts” in order to escape before the final chapter.

The ambitious film, over two years in the making and spoofing aspects from all seven books, is rife with...