With great power comes great responsibility. I know wrong fandom, but the idea is important, and it relates to Star Wars fandom as well. As Star Wars fans, we’ve all experienced a hard truth: Fandom can be as bright as the nights of a Coruscant night, or it can be as murky as Dagobah water. […]
Read more "Finding Fandom"The Jedi got the emotion thing all wrong… until they didn’t that is…
Read more "Don’t Be So Emotional!…Wait, What?"Have we always been wrong about who the “other” is?
Read more "Wait,Is There Still Another?"Star Wars always manages to enthral through a large range of compelling characters, and what more fitting example than Qui-Gon is there to be offered? Qui-Gon’s first and, for quite a time, only appearance is in Episode I, where he is also doomed to die at the hands of Maul by the end of the […]
Read more "Was Qui-Gon an “Also Ran”?"Oh Darth Maul… (TWIN SUNS SPOILERS)… I shall miss thee.
Read more "An Open Letter to Darth Maul"Who truly is The Chosen One? The answer might not be what you think….
Read more "Is It The Chosen One?"Recently, our site posted an article regarding leadership in the Star Wars universe. And you might, just might, have been under the impression that some of our heroes are rather petty and mean-spirited. Specifically, Mace Windu was taken to task for his failure of leadership and dereliction of duty. I am here to help restore […]
Read more "In Defense of Mace Windu"As a white, middle class male, I have to really watch what I say. As I live in Texas, a generally Republican state, during the Trump era, and I am a white, middle class male, I have to be especially careful about what I say. Particularly when it comes to discrimination. Now, before you turn […]
Read more "Don’t Discrimi-hate"The twins suns of Tatooine are setting, a hopeful Luke looking out on the horizon. Dreaming. Wishing. Hoping. Little did his young heart and mind know that the suns he looked upon were very metaphorical. They were him and his long lost father. The poetry of Star Wars is oft referred to, but mostly with […]
Read more "The Twin Suns (Sons?)"Anakin Skywalker. Just saying the name probably made 10,000,000 or more things pop into your head. Hero. Villain. Teacher. Killer. Jedi. Sith. Great arc. Terrible storytelling. But what matters most about is character is probably the fact that he is a reflection of our greatest shortcomings. Let’s first look at the most important part of […]
Read more "The Plank in Your Eye"
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