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Burned Stepbrothers
In Episode III and Episode IV, two stepbrothers – both sons of Shmi Skywalker – are burned.
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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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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.
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Revenge of the Bounty Hunter
In Tales of the Underworld, Colby's transformation into Cad Bane parallels Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader.
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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…
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Conflicted Sons
At the climaxes of both Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, a son has a violent confrontation with his father.
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Wim's Dark Father
The opening scene of "This Could Be A Real Adventure" (Skeleton Crew 1.1) positions Captain Silvo as an analogue to Darth Vader.
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Wim Wendle
In Skeleton Crew, the young boy Wim longs for adventure and chafes against his sheltered life on the suburban planet At Attin.
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Boba of Tatooine
In "The Tribes of Tatooine" (The Book of Boba Fett 1.2), Boba Fett leads a party of Tusken Raiders in a daring attack on a train traveling through the…
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Long Jod Silvo
In Skeleton Crew, a group of young adventurers from the "treasure planet" At Attin join up with the mysterious scoundrel Jod Na Nawood, who turns out to…
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Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi
In each act of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is on a different planet, and on each planet, he talks with or calls out to the ghost of his…
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Robert Brown
A Life Day Story
In "The Mandalorian" (The Mandalorian 1.1), Din Djarin captures a blue-skinned, fishlike Mythrol to collect the bounty on his head.
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