The Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon series represents a dramatic shift in the way that the Star Wars universe expanded. Clone Wars set the standard, for better or worse, for the way we would enjoy Star Wars outside of a movie theater. But should that be celebrated or bemoaned?
Read more "Clone Wars vs. The Expanded Universe?"Have we always been wrong about who the “other” is?
Read more "Wait,Is There Still Another?"Star Wars always manages to enthral through a large range of compelling characters, and what more fitting example than Qui-Gon is there to be offered? Qui-Gon’s first and, for quite a time, only appearance is in Episode I, where he is also doomed to die at the hands of Maul by the end of the […]
Read more "Was Qui-Gon an “Also Ran”?"Who truly is The Chosen One? The answer might not be what you think….
Read more "Is It The Chosen One?"Recently, our site posted an article regarding leadership in the Star Wars universe. And you might, just might, have been under the impression that some of our heroes are rather petty and mean-spirited. Specifically, Mace Windu was taken to task for his failure of leadership and dereliction of duty. I am here to help restore […]
Read more "In Defense of Mace Windu"The twins suns of Tatooine are setting, a hopeful Luke looking out on the horizon. Dreaming. Wishing. Hoping. Little did his young heart and mind know that the suns he looked upon were very metaphorical. They were him and his long lost father. The poetry of Star Wars is oft referred to, but mostly with […]
Read more "The Twin Suns (Sons?)"Anakin Skywalker. Just saying the name probably made 10,000,000 or more things pop into your head. Hero. Villain. Teacher. Killer. Jedi. Sith. Great arc. Terrible storytelling. But what matters most about is character is probably the fact that he is a reflection of our greatest shortcomings. Let’s first look at the most important part of […]
Read more "The Plank in Your Eye"Leaving the theater after watching Rogue One for a second time, I had two questions that stood out: “Why did I watch this movie in a normal seat when I could have gone to a theater with recliners, again?” And “What was Saw Gerrera really doing in this film?” Since the first question had an […]
Read more "Dancing with the Devils by Drew Brett"One thing that is great about Star Wars, and fantasy in general, is that math and science are flexible, at least as far as it concerns this galaxy. That said, I have come up with a formula that may bring more light to the galaxy at large: Obi-Wan + Anakin = Qui-Gon Obi-Wan = adherence […]
Read more "Obi-Wan + Anakin = Qui-Gon"Parenting is not easy. I say that not as a parent, but as someone who had parents who struggled raising me, as a teacher who sees daily how thin parents can be stretched, and as someone who as, all of his life, aspired to be a parent. Parenting is not easy. Understatement of a lifetime. […]
Read more "Parents Just Don’t Understand… Or Do They? by Brandon Boylan"
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