Let the past die? Though Kylo Ren insisted on that mantra during The Last Jedi, he also discovered that it's far harder to do it than to say it. He remained haunted by his past, by his family, by the expectations and weight of the galaxy. It could just be that the past contains some [...]
The Star Wars comics are finally beginning to cover the time period following Return of the Jedi, but they'll soon jump a few decades further in the timeline to begin filling in some more gaps in the sequel trilogy storyline. Veteran Star Wars author Charles Soule is writing a new comic series called Star Wars: [...]
As seen in the Skywalker Saga films, two of the greatest Jedi Masters to ever live both went into a self-imposed exile. First it was Yoda, who went into exile on Dagobah after the fall of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side and the collapse of the Jedi Order - until a young Jedi-to-be showed [...]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny released a week ago, and director James Mangold has done plenty of interviews promoting the film (and, of course, he's talked Star Wars too). One interview in particular really stood out to me, as he spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the movie, including some spoilers and the [...]
[Editor's Note: This post contains plot spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny] In the days leading up to the global release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Karen Allen attended a premiere showing of the film. Afterward, an online tabloid outlet wrote that she was "unrecognizable". In other words, she [...]
When The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980, it contained the biggest twist in all of film history: that Luke Skywalker's father was actually Darth Vader. So when it came time for the sequel three years later, Return of the Jedi faced an impossible task of matching it. And while no one would claim [...]
The discourse over Rey's parents in the Star Wars sequel trilogy has been a near-constant talking point online in the Star Wars fandom since The Force Awakens released in 2015, and it only escalated with the answers revealed in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. There's no shortage of opinions out there on [...]
The first season of the Willow series on Disney+ has some not-so-subtle parallels to the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and it's better for it. The season begins with a new generation of characters getting started on a quest that begins with them searching for the legendary sorcerer, Willow Ufgood. Sounds a bit like The Force [...]
Five years ago, on December 15, 2017, the eighth chapter of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga was released, The Last Jedi, to a successful box office run and impressive critical acclaim. Three months before the film's release, in September, Lucasfilm made a director change for Episode IX, the sequel to The Last Jedi, and reportedly [...]
It was recently the fifth anniversary of The Last Jedi's release, and as such I've been writing several pieces reflecting on different aspects of the film. I wrote about why it's treatment of Luke Skywalker was so brilliant, then wrote about why Rose Tico's famous line is such a fitting summary of one of the [...]
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