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 […]

Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade Shows How Complete The Jedi’s Failure Was

Spoilers for Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade The fall of Anakin Skywalker is a compelling tale of what happens when jealousy, attachment, and anger take root in one’s soul. At the same time, it is an example on what can happen when the systems that are supposed to work for the people begin to […]

Ranking Tales of the Jedi

6- Practice Makes Perfect What the episode does well it does very well. For instance, the time progression is clear via its use of blackouts as transitions, with the added benefit of costume and location changes establishing where this lines up relative to the established canon. This cannot be said for all of the episodes. […]

The Kenobi Code

Obi-Wan Kenobi is often considered as the greatest Jedi to ever live. There is certainly good reason for this, both in and out of universe. As the first Jedi introduced in the saga, he set the standard by which every other Jedi, even Yoda himself, would be measured in the eyes of fans. While the […]

Belonging and The Bad Batch: Cut and Run

The Mandalorian was expected to be the dark and gritty Star Wars show. Instead, it’s a story about a dad and his kid. Enter The Bad Batch, a show expected to be focused on a group of outcasts on the run and hiding for survival. But, once more, it is a story about a dad […]

Family Lost & Found: Ahsoka’s Journey and My Own

Family is more than blood. It is belonging, belief, and bond. Ahsoka learns that the hard way, but provides hope to us all.

Rey Skywalker is the Big Three

Rey shoulders more than just the Skywalker name. She embodies the characteristics that make Han, Luke, and Leia heroes.

Saving Luke: Part II

Luke is not perfect. Shocking, though it may be, he is also human. And, on the heels of barely surviving his adventures in Return of the Jedi, he struggled to even maintain that humanity. Yet part of the essence of humanity is how we share that humanity with others, both in personal and broader relationships. […]

Rebels, In The End: On Letting Your Heroes Die and Doing Your Taxes

Rebels has been long gone on the calendar, but not in our hearts. We still have questions, but do we really need all of the answers?

The Prophecy That Changed Star Wars

The Star Wars story starts on Naboo, right? Well, maybe not.

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