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Red and Blue Speakers
In Star Wars, the color red is associated with the passions and the appetites, while the color blue is associated with reason and the intellect.
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Timothy Lawrence
Red Rulers
In Star Wars, the color red symbolizes what C.S.
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Timothy Lawrence
Andor Shoots First
When Cassian Andor is first introduced, in both Rogue One and in Andor, he is shown killing an unarmed man to save himself when two men trap him in an…
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Robert Brown
Don't Be Destroyed
At the climax of The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader defeats Luke Skywalker in a duel and tries to compel him to join the dark side.
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Timothy Lawrence
The Way to True Power
In "Heroes of Mandalore" (Rebels 4.1-2), the villainous Tiber Saxon betrays the Mandalorian way by allying himself with the Empire and attacking his…
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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.
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Robert Brown
Snoke the Great and Powerful
In The Force Awakens, the First Order’s Supreme Leader Snoke is introduced through a massive hologram that projects him looking down upon Kylo Ren and…
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Robert Brown
Kanan and Caleb
In Rebels, Kanan Jarrus hides his true identity because he is on the run from the Empire.
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Timothy Lawrence
Fear to Power
In the first and last films of the Skywalker Saga, Palpatine tempts a young woman to give him power through an act of aggression by making her feel…
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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
Confronting Fear
The nine-film Skywalker Saga begins, reaches its central turning point, and ends when Jedi masters choose to train new apprentices in spite of fear …
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Robert Brown
The Ship of State
In Republic, Plato uses the analogy of a disorderly ship, on which the sailors vie to be captain without knowing anything about sailing, to illustrate…
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Robert Brown
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