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There Are Right and Wrong Ways to Subvert Expectations
This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II and Knives Out. The article may or may not subvert expectations. We ...
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The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker, and What It Means to Be a Good Sequel
Even after its release on home media, the debate around Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continues — and The Last Jedi by ...
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The Rise of Skywalker Is Disney’s 7th Movie from 2019 to Cross $1 Billion
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is Disney’s latest film to breach the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Variety reports ...
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The 2010s Were the Decade That Mainstream Media Went Meta
Attempting to impose a singular unifying narrative across a huge swathe of media while extrapolating broad trends from a handful of data points ...
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The Rise of Skywalker Wants to ‘Fix’ The Last Jedi: The Results Are a Nightmare
This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker feels like a monkey’s paw situation. ...
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John Boyega Says the Choices in Star Wars: The Last Jedi Were ‘a Bit Iffy’
With Mark Hamill out of the marketing picture, it seemed like the run-up to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was going to ...
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The Last Jedi Completed Luke Skywalker’s Journey
Luke Skywalker played an important role in the defeat of the Empire in the original Star Wars trilogy, and Star Wars: The Force ...
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Chewbacca Is the Soul of Star Wars
When I was seven years old, I wanted to be Chewbacca. Friends and I would pretend to be different Star Wars characters, and ...
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In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Good and Evil Get Murky
Star Wars embodies a peculiar version of morality. Despite the simple symbolism of protagonist Luke Skywalker wearing white robes while Darth Vader is ...
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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Might Live Again
The best Star Wars moments exude meaning beyond their original context. Think of when Kylo Ren tells Rey: “Let the past die. Kill ...
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After Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars Will Thankfully Rest
Lone Jedi versus TIE fighter. Old man Lando Calrissian. Force ghost Luke Skywalker voice. And the original cackling bastard himself, Emperor Sheev Palpatine ...