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Holograms of Parents
In Andor and Rogue One, Maarva Andor and Galen Erso both appear as holograms to deliver messages that lay out the paths of their children's lives.
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Timothy Lawrence
Tales of the Forests
The first three Tales of the Jedi shorts each take place on a forested planet, and in each case, the state of the forest reflects the state of the…
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Timothy Lawrence
Lightsabers in the Sand
At the end of “Part I” of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the exiled Ben Kenobi goes into the desert of Tatooine with a shovel to dig up a wooden chest in which he hid…
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Robert Brown
Defiant Last Words
In the opening scene of Rogue One, Lyra Erso holds Director Krennic at gunpoint, trying to prevent him from taking away her husband, Galen Erso, to…
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Timothy Lawrence
The Lars Homestead
The Lars homestead on the planet Tatooine appears in four of the nine films of the Skywalker Saga.
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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…
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Robert Brown
A Smuggler's Regress
In A New Hope, Leia Organa tells the “mercenary” Han Solo, “If money is all that you love, then that’s what you’ll receive.” She doubts “if he really…
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Robert Brown
Train Raiders
David Lean's 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, a key influence on Star Wars, features one of the most iconic train attack scenes in film history.
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Timothy Lawrence
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