The Phantom Apprentice: A Shatterpoint

This article contains massive spoilers for “The Phantom Apprentice”!

20/20 Visions: From Anakin to Rey

As an elementary school teacher, I am always looking for simple ways to convey complicated ideas, particularly when it comes to poetry. A significant mantra in my classroom is “repetition equals importance”. That is to say, if a word or idea repeats, the author is showing you that said thing is important. Likewise, I also […]

How Good Has Disney Been To Us?

Five long years. Not since Disney bought Lucasfilm; rather, it has been five years since the new canon started in an official capacity. For whatever reason, Star Wars nerds have had a wild preoccupation with what constitutes canonicity, as if each and every one of us were our own personal version of Athanasius. The old […]

A Final Word on Balance and the Skywalkers

The balance of the Force is a tricky idea, but it may have finally been resolved.

The Trilogy of Trilogies and What It All Means

What is the trilogy of trilogies is saying. What’s the bigger picture?

Leia: The Greatest Jedi of All-Time (?)

The debate of “greatest” Jedi will never end, but we may have known the answer for years.

Joseph Campbell is Holding You Back

The way in which we, as a community, judge and analyze Star Wars films seems to be stuck at a certain level of maturation that has dissuaded new voices entering the conversation and has actively shut out entire efforts of interpretation, application, and critical analysis. For too long now, Star Wars has been synonymous with […]