This was unveiled at last year’s Star Wars Celebration, and we knew the trailer was coming. This is the other trailer that was teased for today, and the one I am most excited for. Check out the Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord trailer.
This was teased yesterday (Jan 21). Apprently we have teaser trailers for the teaser trailers now. I wasn’t going to annoy you with a post about that. Instead, I waited until the trailer was officially released. So check out the Masters of the Universe teaser trailer.
I’m getting mixed details about the number of teaser trailers Avenger’s Doomsday will have. I thought there would only be four, but I’m seeing there will be six in some places. Be that as it may, in case you missed it, here is the fourth (and final?) Avenger’s Doomsday teaser trailer.
These two are not a huge surprise. We knew the Wakandans story isn’t finished, and we just had the newest iteration of the Fantastic Four. It’s a fun trailer, but it doesn’t quite have the dramatic flair of the previous teasers.
If there are more trailers, I’ll post them. I think the next teaser we get will be one for the full movie, which is still about 10 months away.
“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.”
– Stanley Kubrick
The goal for the 2025 Goodreads Reading Challenge was 12 books. I completed the challenge with about a week to spare. However, I didn’t do as well as last year, so I may need to make a tweak for 2026 to push myself (more on that in a separate post). Here is the list of books I read in 2025 (* indicates a book from my “read again” list).
- Fate of the Jedi: Vortex by Troy Denning
- Fate of the Jedi: Conviction by Aaron Allston
- Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
- Fate of the Jedi: Ascension by Christie Golden
- *Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
- Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
- Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse by Troy Denning
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Crucible by Troy Denning
- Darth Plagueis by James Luceno
- Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
Reading Challenge Statistics
As I said, I read 12 books, which was the same goal as 2024; however, I managed to get one more in. Obviously, that did not happen in 2025, so I guess I should push myself to read at least 13 in 2026. You’ll also notice that I finished the Fate of the Jedi series, which is a nine-book commitment. I did enjoy them, but they are considered Legends and not canon.
In the summary I received, it said I read 5,284 pages, which is about four hundred less than last year. The longest book I read was Murtagh at 688 pages.
My favorite book from the year is undoubtedly Project Hail Mary. In fact, it was one of the most read books of 2025. I’m sure the upcoming movie probably has something to do with that. I’m even considering trying to read it again before I see the movie.
Only one book is from my “read again” list, which is Fool Moon, the second book of the Dresden Files. I’m excited for the release of book 18 later this month, titled “Twelve Months”.
How well did you do with your 2025 reading goals?
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
– Dr. Seuss
The third teaser trailer for the Avengers: Doomsday movie dropped, and this time it’s the X-Men. It should be no surprise that we are getting the X-Men; it’s been teased for quite a while. The question is, who will be back?
This might be Sir Patrick Stewart’s final film. I thought I read somewhere that he is considering retirement. He will be 86 years old this year. I probably need to go back and watch all the X-Men movies again, just to remind myself of where things were left.
Anyway, Marvel is doing well to build the hype, and I’m anxious to see the first official trailer for this movie. We have a long time to wait; the release date is set for November.
“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.”
– Stanley Kubrick
We have now completed 25 years in the new millennium and a quarter of the way through the century. 2025 was a pretty good year; fairly normal, but I do have some things to work on in 2026 to make up for where I fell short in some of my goals. Of course, the goals for 2026 will be covered in another post. We will cover the same three categories.