No One’s Ever Really Gone
Luke’s words to Leia are memorable, no doubt. But they may be even more important than we could have possibly imagine….
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Too Much of His Father In Him
Han Solo may have already shown us what Kylo Ren’s future will be.
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Besides simply being a lot of fun to watch, Kylo Ren, or Ben Solo if you choose, is one of the most complex villains ever written. As of the ending of The Last Jedi, he is most certainly a villain, albeit not one who is as fully entrenched in the dark side as he may […]
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Is exile a vital part of the Jedi journey?
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The twin suns sit there, on the horizon like a crooked pair of eyes gazing back at Luke Skywalker. He peers back, hoping that somewhere along that horizon is where his true story begin. He gazes looking, hoping, that somewhere out there is his belonging. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, love and belonging are […]
Read more "Somewhere I Belong: Finding Meaning in a Star Wars story"Leaders, Legends, and Legacy: What the Star Wars Characters Can Teach Us About Leadership and Its Impact
Psychologist, author, and speaker Sherrie Campbell, in a 2017 article for Entrepreneur, laid out seven such characteristics. Being that Star Wars at its core is about the human experience, it would hold that we would see these traits in Star Wars characters. The question, then, is not if but when do we see such examples […]
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Has the Star Wars Story we really need been right under our nose this whole time?
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One of the tenets of emotionally resonant characters is some form of struggle, particularly internal struggle. The most long lasting stories and characters have always focused on this, with the intention of helping us understand the human conditions. Star Wars, being the modern mythology that it is, holds true to this ideology. Internal conflict can […]
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One scene alone should dispel all further conversation about Rey as a Mary Sue.
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How does Yoda’s words to Luke in TLJ play into the larger Star Wars story?
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CLASHING SABERS 