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Return of the Jedi recently turned 40 years old, and I think it contains a moment that's the most pivotal in the entire Star Wars franchise - not just at the time, but still to this day. And I dare say that, without properly understanding it, people will be prone to miss the deeper themes [...]
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 [...]
There's a lot of press and publicity about The Mandalorian currently going on ahead of its premiere on Disney+ tomorrow, and today some very interesting comments made by showrunner Jon Favreau got some attention. Skytalkers podcast posted the audio from a roundtable interview, and there was one point in particular that is worth noting. Favreau [...]
The treatment of Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi has sparked no shortage of controversy. Some people hate the movie because of it. Others mostly like the movie, except for it. And then there are others, like me, who love the movie in large part because of it. I'm not intending here to re-litigate the [...]
The current Star Wars comic line, written by Charles Soule, is telling the story of the Rebellion in-between The Empire Strikes and Return of the Jedi. And in the most recent issue, we got to see a pretty major moment in that time span: the Rebel leaders learning that the Empire is making a second [...]
On August 16, The Princess and the Scoundrel releases, telling the story of Leia Organa and Han Solo getting married after the Battle of Endor and going on their honeymoon aboard the Halcyon - where things don't go as planned and they run into trouble. The book, written by Beth Revis, is set immediately after [...]
In recent weeks, The Direct ran a series of articles on their interview with Stuart Beattie, who was originally hired by Lucasfilm to work on an Obi-Wan Kenobi project. Beattie worked on the project while it was still planned to be a movie, and he revealed that there was actually plans for a trilogy of [...]
Shadow of the Sith is one of the best and most important Star Wars books to be published in years, and there's a ton that we learned from it. One cool tidbit is that, for the first time in the new canon, we know the actual location of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Temple! It comes early [...]
In Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker reveals to Leia Organa that they are siblings, and that Darth Vader is their father. This shocking revelation comes on the precipice of the Battle of Endor, and the movie ends with only the briefest of reunions between brother and sister amidst the celebration of victory. But what [...]
Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher was recently released, and it's a masterful book that tells a pivotal story set in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. It tells of Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian searching for Exegol, but delves into so much more. This article will get into major spoilers for [...]
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