Tag: star wars
Have You Seen My Childhood Star Wars?
Star Wars debuted in 1977 and essentially redefined the science-fiction film genre. Sci-fi books had long been serious, contemplative affairs. Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Philip K Dick, and other members […]
Luke and Rey Don’t Deserve Anakin’s Lightsaber
Throughout the nine main Star Wars films, Anakin Skywalker has three lightsabers. He builds his first lightsaber when he’s fourteen and still a padawan. He loses this lightsaber on Geonosis […]
I Come to Bury Palpatine, Not to Praise Him
Why Palpatine Was The Greatest Sith of All Time Star Wars films and television have focused exclusively, and to their detriment, on the machinations of one Sheev Palpatine. Every live-action […]
Donald Trump Was Count Dooku. The GOP Searches for its Anakin
Emperor Palpatine (AKA Darth Sidious) is a member of an order known as the Banite Sith. Those are Sith lords in the tradition of Darth Bane. An even longer time […]
The Galactic Empire Was Evil but Were The Imperials?
Throughout the live-action and animated Star Wars properties, Palpatine’s Galactic Empire has been the spectre haunting the galaxy. In the prequel trilogy, Palpatine paved the way for the Empire. In […]
Let’s Give the Snyder Cut Treatment to 3 More Things
Last June, I first pondered things I wish got the Snyder Cut treatment when the initial plans to release a supersized justice league movie were unveiled. Now that we have […]
The United States Is Governed by the Ringwraiths
When the world grows sufficiently cartoonish and dystopian, science-fiction and fantasy are the only things that make sense. So, let’s make sense of the world. The Senate Republicans :: The […]
Baby Yoda Sucks and Makes The Mandalorian Worse
Baby Yoda sucks. It is nothing more than a new Star Wars icon which further drags the science fiction franchise deeper into capitalism’s grasp. This is nothing new for the […]
The Sith Were Right. The Jedi Were Evil.
In Star Wars, we are presented with two competing religious movements, the Jedi and the Sith. The Jedi followed the light side of the Force, and the Sith the dark […]