The Circle is Now Complete (and so is the prophecy!)
Rise of Skywalker changed the meaning of Return of the Jedi, and added depth to what balance really means.
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A Final Word on Balance and the Skywalkers
The balance of the Force is a tricky idea, but it may have finally been resolved.
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Anakin Skywalker’s tragedy is not become Darth Vader. It happened well before that….
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A thousand years before the start of The Phantom Menace, a Sith called Darth Bane revolutionized the galaxy in creating the Rule of Two. This “policy” or philosophy, if you will, was intended to help the Sith Order survive. The Sith were fighting a war with the Jedi, yet they also were fighting themselves. This […]
Read more "How We Could See the Rule of Two in Episode IX and Beyond"Much Ado About Slavery
Star Wars has many lasting themes, from hope to the importance of light prevailing over darkness. All the while, Star Wars is in the vain of mythological stories, and one such style is Greek tragedy, which the prequels are based upon. The largest tragedy of the saga overall is the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker, which […]
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The Star Wars story starts on Naboo, right? Well, maybe not.
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From the beginning of The Phantom Menace, it’s been apparent that Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are two individuals who approached Jedidom from different points of view. The novelization of Episode I points out that Obi-Wan was focused on the cosmic Force, while his Master was far more concerned with the living (or life) Force. […]
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