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Solo, the lovable scoundrel
The latest Star Wars installment has no aspirations of being anything more that rousingly good time, which serves greatly in its favor. […]
Star Wars
Books
“Knowledge of a greater existence”: A review of “From Star Wars To Superman”
James Papandrea is quite right in giving pop science fiction closer attention than others might think it warrants, for there are deeper ideas at stake […]
Features
From heroism to cynicism: The deconstruction of Luke Skywalker
The Last Jedi demythologizes Skywalker in order to deconstruct the cultural achievements of the original Star Wars trilogy and clear the way for a new […]
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How the “Star Wars” franchise lost its way
What began forty years ago as a thrilling, cinematic exploration of the philosophia perennis has devolved into a vehicle for the latest trendy ideology—and that […]
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The Last Star Wars Film
It wasn’t that writer-director Rian Johnson failed in making a great Star Wars film; he didn’t even try. […]