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Star Wars Analysis – What does balance in the Force mean?

December 28, 2019

Since we first saw The Phantom Menace in 1999, audiences wondered what precisely it meant to bring balance to the Force. Anakin Skywalker was prophesied to “bring it” and at the time, we all assumed it meant to bring more Light Side and less Darkness. Which made no sense, since we all knew who Anakin […]

5 Plot Holes in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker

December 24, 2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is an enjoyable movie, mostly due to the epic scenery, emotionally touching moments, and humor sprinkled throughout, but it has a plot structure that’s no better than the LEGO Star Wars movie.

Vera Tsien 3 Comments

The Force is dead. Long live the Force.

December 23, 2019

JJ Abrams and Lucas killed the Force by boxing it into their preconceived needs to tell a story they wanted to tell instead of letting the story tell itself.

Dan Gardner 8 Comments

The End of Skywalker – the Rise of…Something

December 22, 2019

Spoilers ahead for Rise of Skywalker! As of this second, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker. Episode IX. Are they still actually numbering them? I don’t know… That’s really it… I don’t know… I DON’T know… I’ll start with something easy. This was leaps and bounds better […]

Chris Estrada One Comment

5 Reasons Kylo Ren Is a Good Villain

December 13, 2019

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker opens soon. The wait is finally over. The Skywalker family will wrap up with this end to the storyline (though not the series). And audiences will get to take one last adventure with Rey, Leia, Lando, Chewie, Finn, Poe, C-3PO, and R2D2. It also means another visit […]

Golden Man One Comment

Star Wars Revealed: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a lying liar who lies

December 6, 2019

I just finished a rewatch of every Star Wars movie in preparation for Rise of Skywalker, the last Star Wars entry chronicling the extended tribe of Skywalkers. But what happened to the Kenobis? (I still hold out “hope” that Rey is a Kenobi, somehow.) Well, we do know old Ben became a Force Ghost, although […]

Jill Florio 3 Comments

First Star Wars Skywalker Trailer Breakdown

May 3, 2019

I remember seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater at a very young age and falling in love with ewoks. For most of my life, there were only three Star Wars films (and a brilliant Mel Brooks parody of them). And the vague promise that maybe someday George Lucas would make episodes I-III. In […]

Golden Man 0 Comments