Allies and Enemies: How Maul: Shadow Lord’s Changing Dynamic Will Reshape The Series

In the fifth and sixth episodes of Maul: Shadow Lord, entitled “Inquisition” and “Night of the Hunted,” survival forces characters to consider alliances with unexpected and uneasy partners, while simultaneously revealing new threats that will push those alliances to their limits. With the arrival of the Empire on Janix, the series reshapes its central conflicts […]

Shadow Selves: How Jungian Psychology Will Shape Maul: Shadow Lord

Stories, on the whole, are about identity. Regardless of the kind of arc they follow, characters are constantly discovering things about themselves, evolving, and growing in ways that enthrall the audience and compel them to watch further. Maul: Shadow Lord, the new Star Wars animated series on Disney Plus, will be no different—at least on […]

Momentary Decay: How The Jedi Slowly But Surely Destroyed Themselves

Brotherhood by Mike Chen is one of the finest examples of Star Wars literature ever penned. Its exploration of the changing relationship between Anakin Skywalker, who is being promoted to the status of Jedi Knight in the second chapter of the book, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin’s former Master who has been promoted to the level […]

Best of the Book: Eye of Darkness

Despite a plethora of new installments coming out this year, it feels like Star Wars is also returning to The High Republic with the release of Eye of Darkness by George Mann. The novel takes readers into Phase Three of the initiative, back to the main timeline after a trek backwards in Phase Two. While […]

Boba Fett’s Biggest Threat Has Yet to Dawn

The sands of Tatooine are not to be traversed lightly. Mos Eisley may be the home of “scum and villainy”, but it is the monsters hidden below the sands that are the real threat. Newly self-appointed Daimyo of Mos Espa, Boba Fett, is learning that this holds true in both the literal and metaphorical sense. […]

Becoming The Bad Batch: Reunion

It was a dark and stormy night. A basic introduction to a ghost story, and in the instance of “Reunion” a quite effective one. The storms of Kamino, the rain, waves, and lightning striking terror into the hearts of fans who know what awaits the intrepid heroes of Clone Force 99. For the new fans, […]

Becoming The Bad Batch: Battle Scars

When The Bad Batch began, it was a story of belonging, be it where Omega belonged, where her antithesis, Crosshair, belonged, or where the team as a whole fit into the overall narrative of the galaxy. While still present, after “Battle Scars” it is clear that the story is much more about identity and who […]

Belonging and The Bad Batch: Decommissioned

While letting a child shoot a bow in the same direction as the entry to a bar is not the best example of successful parenting (or business ownership), it is the perfect way for “Decommissioned” to start. An episode that centers around the continuing purgatory The Bad Batchers remain in as the Empire rises, “Decommissioned” […]

Belonging and The Bad Batch: Rampage

Through the first five episodes of The Bad Batch, very traditional and clear Star Wars themes are shining through. Family, hope, rogues, underdogs. All present and accounted for. Where the series is dressed in such traditional Star Wars garb, the connection and contrast between identity and belonging has put the spotlight clearly on itself after […]

Meaning in Mando Chapter 14: The Tragedy

Prior to the release of the first season, The Mandalorian was expected to be the edgy, gritty show that a faction of Star Wars fans have been calling for since the vanishing act that was the video game 1313, which would explore the underbelly of the capital ecumenopolis Coruscant. Instead, they got a story about […]

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