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Two-Headed Announcer
In The Phantom Menace, Anakin Skywalker wins his freedom from slavery in a dangerous podrace.
Sep 15 • 
Timothy Lawrence
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Fathers on Elevators
In Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader uses an elevator to ascend to the top of Emperor Palpatine’s tower on the Second Death Star.
May 14 • 
Robert Brown
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Abandoning Attachment
In the third episodes of both the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy, the Jedi and the Sith both tell a Skywalker to abandon his attachment to a…
May 5 • 
Timothy Lawrence
1
Assenting Mothers and Conflicted Children
In The Acolyte and The Phantom Menace, a Jedi on a mission has a chance encounter with a Force-sensitive child whose birth is shrouded in mystery.
Feb 3 • 
Timothy Lawrence
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Jod the Jedi?
In Skeleton Crew, Wim and his friends band together with the enigmatic Jod Na Nawood, whom Wim assumes is a Jedi because he can use the Force.
Jan 31 • 
Robert Brown
2
Redeeming Attachments
Across the nine-film Skywalker Saga, there is a movement away from seeing attachment only as a cause for destructive fears and toward seeing attachment…
Oct 14, 2024 • 
Robert Brown
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