Though Luke Skywalker appeared in The Force Awakens for just a brief, non-speaking cameo appearance at the end, it would not be incorrect to assert that he is one of the most prominent figures throughout the film. The opening crawl makes this very clear, with the very first words we read to start the sequel [...]
It is no secret that I think The Last Jedi handled Luke Skywalker's character and storyline brilliantly (read this or this or this), but the film's comic adaptation adds a new detail to Luke's story that is so beautiful that I wish it had been included in the movie. In the movie, Luke learns of [...]
Ever since The Last Jedi was released, there has been a vocal (albeit relatively small) percentage of fans who are furious about it. Some of these complaints can easily be dismissed because they are rooted in sexism, while others have taken to harassing the actors and people involved with the film and should be largely [...]
Star Wars Resistance is coming this fall as Lucasfilm's next animated show, but over the weekend the company released seven new shorts from the Forces of Destiny series as part of season two. In March we got the first eight episodes from season two, and now we've gotten the final seven episodes. And like in [...]
The Last Jedi is the longest Star Wars film to date, but there's a lot more that could have been in there too. The home release of the movie recently brought with it a ton of additional bonus content, including fourteen deleted scenes! Rian Johnson explains that these scenes were cut primarily because of pacing [...]
Lucasfilm animation does some terrific work, as we've seen by the incredibly successful The Clone Wars and Rebels television shows. Though those two shows have both wrapped up, and while there will be a future project(s) for Dave Filoni to focus on, Lucasfilm is currently producing short videos in the Forces of Destiny series. These [...]
The Last Jedi has been out for a while now, and people have had a chance to digest the film. Many loved it, some hated it, and some are in-between. That's what you'd expect with any movie, really, especially one as highly-anticipated as this one. Some criticisms of the film can just be dismissed out [...]
The Last Jedi has now been out for over a month, and there has been plenty of time to reflect on and discuss the latest film in the Star Wars saga. Along with each movie release, Lucasfilm also releases a Visual Dictionary written by Pablo Hidalgo, and The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary was released last [...]
It is my belief that The Last Jedi is a movie that requires multiple viewings. I have told people to go at least twice: the first time to knock out any previous expectations, and the second time to enjoy it for what it is. There are a lot of subtle things that become clearer the [...]
(*** major spoilers for The Last Jedi are ahead ***) In August, Daisy Ridley told Entertainment Weekly about Rey's relationship with Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi: “She’s so hopeful to everything. And obviously there’s a hint of, ‘What the hell?’” Following the release of The Last Jedi, some have had the same reaction to seeing [...]
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