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Return of the Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker start their bad guys in similar places. No one walking into Return of the Jedi ever thought that redemption was in […]
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As we dive deeper into our examination of The Rise of Skywalker, and the comparison of it to Return of the Jedi, structure is where we want to head next. […]
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Last week, we spent time talking about The Last Jedi, and comparing it to The Empire Strikes Back – which is similar to what we did a while ago when […]
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From movies to live action, animation to comics, novels to reference books and much more, here’s what’s happening in the galaxy far, far away for May 2020. Punch it!
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In this, the final formal installment in our series of looks at the Star Wars movies through the lens of hope, we’re talking about the last movie in the Skywalker […]
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If you’ve listened at all to Star Wars audiobooks, you’ve heard Marc Thompson’s voice. His *many* voices, as it were, as he typically performs dozens of characters in each novel’s […]
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In our final deep-dive episode for The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (the novelization and audiobook, and thanks again to Penguin Random House Audio for sending me a review copy), […]
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In The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition, we’re treated to some of Ben Solo’s childhood memories. Funny thing is, the memories aren’t *his*, per se. They’re other people’s memories of […]
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Yes, Rey is a Palpatine. Yes, Rey is a very powerful Force user. And yet, it comes as a surprise when she suddenly manifests Force lightning while she’s battling with […]
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Anthony Daniels once described The Rise of Skywalker co-writer Chris Terrio as someone deeply steeped in Star Wars lore (I’m paraphrasing, but that’s certainly the gist of it). Well, to […]