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Leaving Without You
At the beginning of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s starfighter is crippled by buzz droids and he urges his apprentice Anakin Skywalker to leave…
Oct 20 • 
Timothy Lawrence
Two-Headed Announcer
In The Phantom Menace, Anakin Skywalker wins his freedom from slavery in a dangerous podrace.
Sep 15 • 
Timothy Lawrence
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
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
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
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
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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