As a white, middle class male, I have to really watch what I say. As I live in Texas, a generally Republican state, during the Trump era, and I am a white, middle class male, I have to be especially careful about what I say. Particularly when it comes to discrimination. Now, before you turn […]
Read more "Don’t Discrimi-hate"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"Let me show you a magic trick. Close your eyes and think of the worst boss you’ve ever had. Okay, now open them. Oh, yeah you probably did that already if you are reading this. But if you didn’t think of someone, seriously give it a go. Okay, now for the trick. I can name […]
Read more "The Fool Who Leads"This past weekend I rewatched the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. I had not watched it since I was probably six years old, and watching it got me so excited for the release of the live action film in March. What really blew my mind, however, is that Beauty and the Beast is a […]
Read more "George Lucas is a Storytelling Beast!"Opinions of the prequels aside, one thing it undeniably did is humanize Darth Vader. It made him more man to us than machine, and let us see into who he was as a person, not just a villain. It also makes where he is at in Rogue One all the more tragic. Everyone is, rightfully […]
Read more "You Wear the Chains You Forge"What’s in a name? It is a generations old question that we may never get the answer to, but we certainly will try. Names have always been important. Religions have used names to mean something more (Immanuel: God with us), and ask any son who is named after his father or grandfather what it is […]
Read more "The Last Jedi: What’s in a Name"Not so long ago, in this galaxy we call home, times were tough for the Jedi among us. Finding new and meaty Star Wars to dig our teeth into was like licking the bottom of Tatooine well. No we have a Brazilian Steakhouse of great Star Warsiness coming our way quicker than K-2SO can throw […]
Read more "Now That the Rogue’s Won… What Will 2017 Hold?"Rebels is much loved for its phenomenal episodes, such as “Twilight of the Apprentice,” and much maligned for its “filler” episodes, which is what most would consider the most recent episode, “Warhead.” However, this episode is not a filler in any way, because it shows us exactly why the Rebellion was able to topple the […]
Read more "Reading into Rebels: Warhead"Nearly a quarter century ago, wise philosopher Jeff Goldblum, aka Ian Malcolm, spoke some of the most impactful words spoken on the silver screen: In a different time, in a different galaxy, the Ghost crew and Saw Gerrera learned that the hard way. The two part episode that takes us back to the home of […]
Read more "Reading Into Rebels: Ghosts of Geonosis Part 1 and 2"
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