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Why Is Star Wars So Obsessed With Maps?
Ahsoka puts heroes and villains alike on a quest for cartography in its premiere. But why has contemporary Star Wars storytelling made this trope so crucial?
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How Disney’s Galactic Starcruiser Fits Into the Star Wars Timeline
At a climactic point in the interactive narrative that unfolds onboard the Halcyon — the hotel-cum-spaceship that is home to Disney World’s incredibly expensive, soon-to-open two-day theme park/Live Action Role Play Star Wars experience — an invasion of First Order stormtroopers overtakes the ship, adorning it with blood red banners featuring their hexagonal insignia. It’s…
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Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales’ Best Short Is More Sad Than Spooky
Like last year’s holiday special before it, Lucasfilm and Lego’s latest special shifts outside of canon to riff on the reason for the season, dipping into a trio of spooky stories revolving around dark side artifacts. Also like the special before it, it’s at its best when it ignores its non-canonicity to really take a…
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Star Wars: Visions’ Most Bombastic Short Celebrates the Saga’s Most Fundamental Lesson
What makes Star Wars: Visions work so well in the first place is its almost ceaseless yearning for flair and flash always comes with storytelling that’s driven by the fundamental themes which have defined Star Wars for generations. One of the most dazzling of the nine animated shorts in the series understands this keenly —…