Forbidden Grief: The Real Tragedy of Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker’s tragedy is not become Darth Vader. It happened well before that….
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Does Han See Himself In Rey?
Rey may not be Han’s daughter, but there is definitely a deep, defining connection between the two characters.
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How Does The Last Jedi Challenge Our Preconceptions About Mentors and Heroes and the People Who Look Up To Them?
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The following contains major spoilers for the book Battlefront II: Inferno Squad, as well as the Battlefront II single-player campaign. Above the forested moon of Endor, a fleet unites against an enemy that is bent on the destruction of the galaxy. Soldiers are deployed to the moon’s surface to finally end a threat that has […]
Read more "Peace Through Power – An Imperial Perspective"It’s Hard Out There For A Bad Guy – How Do The New Villains Measure Up To Vader?
When Darth Vader appeared in the hallway of the Tantive IV in A New Hope, silently surveying the carnage his Imperial stormtroopers wrought against the rebels, he instantly became the standard against which all movie villains would be compared. Thanks to the brilliant design of Ralph McQuarrie, Vader didn’t have to say anything to be […]
Read more "It’s Hard Out There For A Bad Guy – How Do The New Villains Measure Up To Vader?"Cinematic Catalysts: Star Wars Would Not Have Been Possible Without These Films
Star Wars hit 1977 like a pop culture atom bomb. Audiences couldn’t get enough of the strange worlds and the stirring blend of science fiction and fantasy that sprang from the imagination of George Lucas. He took the template of a damsel in distress and turned her into an independent, self-assured rebel. He made a […]
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The following article contains mild spoilers for The Clone Wars TV series, Darth Vader Comic #1 (2017), and canon novel Lords of the Sith. "Governor Tarkin, I should've expected to find you holding Vader's leash." Leia Organa was defiant in the face of evil. Her quip was addressed to Grand Moff Tarkin but it was […]
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