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Order 66 vs. Plan 99
In Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine commands Clone Troopers across the galaxy to “Execute Order 66.” The Clones, who have been programmed to believe that…
 • Timothy Lawrence
Belly of the Beast
In the first act of The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo rushes off to save his imperiled friend Luke Skywalker, disregarding the Rebels’ warnings that it…
 • Timothy Lawrence
Revenge of the Bounty Hunter
In Tales of the Underworld, Colby's transformation into Cad Bane parallels Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Three Planets, Three Caves, Three Relics
In The Rise of Skywalker, Rey and her friends go to three planets during their mission to recover a Sith Wayfinder: the desert planet Pasaana, the…
 • Robert Brown
Obi-Wan's Enemies
In each film of the Prequel Trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi crosses lightsabers with a pawn of Palpatine: Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and General Grievous.
 • Robert Brown
Han's Coffins
In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is frozen in carbonite so that Darth Vader can test carbon-freezing as a means to capture Luke Skywalker.
 • Robert Brown
Left Hanging
In each act of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is on a different planet, and on each planet, he gets turned upside down.
 • 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…
 • Robert Brown
Training Well
In "Breaking Ranks" (Rebels 1.6), Ezra Bridger goes undercover as a cadet at the Imperial Academy on Lothal.
 • Timothy Lawrence
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…
 • Robert Brown
The Jedi and Sith Temples
In the first and last episodes of the Skywalker Saga, the audience is introduced to the temples of the Jedi and the Sith.
 • Robert Brown
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