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"And so it began. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi debuted to a full crowd by Rian Johnson, the director of the film, alongside the theater one-sheet poster. The poster gives us all this information but with one small twist: the logo for Star Wars was in red rather than the classic yellow. Three […]
Read more "The Last Jedi?"When The Force Awakens hit theaters, despite an overwhelmingly positive reception, it seemed to receive one very particular criticism. It was too much like the original Star Wars, enough so that some were accusing it of feeling like it was little more than a rehash. This is interesting because the driving force behind Star Wars […]
Read more "Masculine, Feminine, and Myth"In this two part, two day series, we will give you 16 things that made us thankful for 2016, spoilers and all. Today, the first eight…. With the recent hard times that have befallen the fandom, we at Clashing Sabers thought it would be nice to step back and appreciate all the great things that […]
Read more "16 for 16: The best and brightest of 2016"Star Wars is an amazing fandom because the mythology is so grandiose that it allows for layered interpretations and numerous re-interpretations of characters and ideas. With the plethora of new material that is coming out, this creative license that fans take in interpreting the material is growing more and more by the minute. From the […]
Read more "Another New Hope"Other than Star Wars, my greatest worldly passion is health and fitness. Ergo, I pay attention to the heroes of the fitness world as I do the heroes of the Star Wars world. One of my favorite men in fitness is world champion bodybuilder Kai Greene, who has words that I think Star Wars fandom […]
Read more "Let It Be, Let It Be"There is a disturbance in the Force,and it mustn’t be ignored. New Star Wars is coming out via various mediums, which has the potential to rattle the fandom to its very core The history of Star Wars since the release of the original trilogy has been something that has brought about divisions. The new things […]
Read more "The Great Space Fantasy"I creep silently around the corner of the Imperial safeguard. The forest moon of Endor is humid, and I feel the sweat creep down my face. Some of the droplets are from the water in the air, while some of the sweat is from the nervousness I feel. But hey, I am Han Solo, great […]
Read more "The Han Solo Paradox"“The apprentice lives.”- Darth Vader With that line, the Star Wars galaxy saw a monumental shift. Darth Vader, who’s greatest purpose in life is to extinguish any existence of Anakin Skywalker from the galaxy, knows that the apprentice of Skywalker, who arguably is his greatest failure, lives. Going all the way back […]
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