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 […]

Ben, Ben, You’re a Martyr When….

It’s like taking the legends they told of Luke Skywalker and giving it emotional steroids. Herein we see yet another connection between the martyr Bens. It is not their story that it’s about, but rather those for whom they give their lives.

The Dyad and the Prophecies

A good friend is always quick to remind me that there is a part of the Constitution that could be a smudge or a comma. Unfortunately, the meaning of this section does change depending on which one it is. It’s the perfect example of how just because things have been held as true for so […]

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 […]

What the Haters Got Wrong About Luke in The Last Jedi

The most artistic and different film of the Star Wars saga is without a doubt The Last Jedi. Not only did it set the fan base afire (in both positive and negative ways) it caused some fans to cry out, “That’s not my Luke Skywalker.” Six months later, it still seems that there is a […]

The Burden of All Masters

How Does The Last Jedi Challenge Our Preconceptions About Mentors and Heroes and the People Who Look Up To Them?

An Exploration of Kanan: Where He’s Been, Where He’s Going, and What It All Means

We’ve been on quite a journey with Kanan, be it comics, novels, or on screen. With one more season of Rebels left, what does the past possibly tell us about the future?

The Forgotten Mentors of Star Wars

Much has been said about mentors like Obi-Wan, Yoda, and even Palpatine. But there are important mentors we often overlook.

The Ties that Bind: How the Characters of Star Wars Create Each Other Part 3 (Ezra Bridger)

Ezra has grown and changed a lot through the story of Rebels… thanks to those around him.

Teach Me, You Did… How the Mentors of Star Wars Are Not What You’d Expect

Mentors mean a lot in Star Wars… will they continue to do so?

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