Festival of Lightsabers

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On Ahsoka Tano

By | Dec 17, 2020 | Longform

Ahsoka Tano was first introduced in 2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. And from this appearance alone, I hated her. She was meant to be the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, a huge part of his life who he had never mentioned in any of the movies. Young Ahsoka had a real plucky attitude. She didn’t […]

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Festival of Lightsabers, Night 7: Funko POP Deluxe Darth Vader and Snowtrooper at Echo Base

By | Dec 16, 2020 | News

Welcome to night seven of the Festival of Lightsabers! For our seventh of eight nights of amazing giveaways, we’ve got an Amazon-exclusive Deluxe Funko Pop! Headquartered in downtown Everett, WA, Funko is one of the leading creators and innovators of licensed pop culture products to a diverse range of consumers. Funko designs, sources and distributes […]

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Reviews
The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special

By | Dec 16, 2020 | Reviews

In the 40-plus years since its original airing, the Star Wars Holiday Special hasn’t become a sentimental time-honored viewing tradition like A Christmas Story or National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation . . . unless your traditions skew more towards Mystery Science Theater 3000-esque riffs. There’s a reason one has to search the darker reaches of the […]

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Columns
We Want Comics: The Mandalorian

By | Dec 15, 2020 | Columns

[Featured image by Dan Hipp] Despite the fact that the show has been an incredible hit for a year now, we still have not seen Lucasfilm/Marvel bring The Mandalorian to comics yet. Although there have been announcements of ‘Mandalorian-inspired’ comics from both IDW and Marvel, no actual series have been announced yet. With the news […]

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Did Palpatine Ruin Star Wars?

By | Dec 14, 2020 | Columns

Something has bothered me about the Star Wars saga’s big bad since seeing The Rise of Skywalker: why are the inferior Star Wars films always the ones that feature Palpatine in a major role? Rise of Skywalker, like Return of the Jedi, is the weakest film in its trilogy, and while Revenge of the Sith […]

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Festival of Lightsabers, Night 4: Book Bundle #3!

By | Dec 13, 2020 | News

Welcome to night three of the Festival of Lightsabers! For our fourth of eight nights of amazing giveaways, we’ve got a three-pack of fantastic Star Wars books! On May 21, 1980, Star Wars became a true saga with the release of The Empire Strikes Back. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an […]

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Star Wars Holiday Special News
Star Wars Holiday Special Watchalong

By | Dec 13, 2020 | News

In just thirty minutes, we will be making the extremely regrettable choice to watch the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978. You can join us by using this twoseven link. Twoseven is a way to sync our watching experience, so we’re all seeing the same thing at the same time. You wouldn’t want to be […]

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