How Force Remnants Taught Leia of Padme (and What It Means for Episode IX)
We’ve wondered for years how Leia remembers Padme, and Count Dooku may be the key.
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How Strict Should the “New” Jedi Order Be?
One of the reasons the Marvel Cinematic Universe works like the well oiled machine that it is can be attributed to the clear lines it creates between the good guys and the bad. Even in a film like Civil War, where we see heroes going up against each other, both sides clearly have merited stances […]
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Star Wars has many lasting themes, from hope to the importance of light prevailing over darkness. All the while, Star Wars is in the vain of mythological stories, and one such style is Greek tragedy, which the prequels are based upon. The largest tragedy of the saga overall is the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker, which […]
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The Star Wars story starts on Naboo, right? Well, maybe not.
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Episode IX is coming and, like every one of its predecessors, it promises to make a big impact, both at the box office and in fandom. With Rise of Skywalker being the end of the fabled Skywalker saga, Episode IX has a lot of work to do, one of the most important with regards to […]
Read more "What To Do With the Force in Episode IX"The Fate of the Jedi
From the beginning of The Phantom Menace, it’s been apparent that Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are two individuals who approached Jedidom from different points of view. The novelization of Episode I points out that Obi-Wan was focused on the cosmic Force, while his Master was far more concerned with the living (or life) Force. […]
Read more "The Fate of the Jedi"The Prophecies and Where They Lead
Master and Apprentice SPOILERS ahead!
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Masks are a classic storytelling device, and Star Wars sequel trilogy has mastered using them in a classic way.
Read more "The Masks That Define Us"Dooku: The Jedi We Never Knew
Master and Apprentice gave us a new look at Count Dooku, but what does it mean for the larger saga?
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Star Wars is cool for so many reasons. Laserswords. Pew pew guns. Things going boom. And then the deeper stuff. The relationships. The mythology. The Force. Somewhere right in between those two sits the costume design. Being that Star Wars is a used universe, you often get the rugged side of things. The unpolished and […]
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