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Attacking the Throne
In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker, "Anger, fear, aggression, the dark side of the Force are they.
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Timothy Lawrence
Rancor
In the first act of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker encounters the monstrous Rancor in a pit beneath the throne of Jabba the Hutt.
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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…
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Robert Brown
Bib Fortuna
In Return of the Jedi, Bib Fortuna acts as majordomo to Jabba the Hutt and typically stands by the side of his master's throne, helping him deal with…
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Timothy Lawrence
The Empire Strikes Back Against a New Hope
Read from top to bottom, this is the plot of Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. But if you read it in reverse, it’s the plot of Episode IV: A New Hope.
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Robert Brown
Jabba the Hutt: An Oligarchic Soul
In Republic, Plato describes five types of soul.
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Robert Brown
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Salacious Crumb
In Return of the Jedi, Jabba the Hutt is always accompanied by his pet Kowakian monkey lizard, Salacious Crumb.
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Timothy Lawrence
So Uncivilized!
In the third film of each Skywalker Saga trilogy, a hero travels to a desert planet to pursue an enemy with animal associations: a villain made inhuman…
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Robert Brown
Evil Defeats Itself
In both the first and third acts of Return of the Jedi – the battle on Jabba the Hutt's sail barge and the battle of Endor – there are three instances…
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Timothy Lawrence
On Monsters
In the third installment of each trilogy of episodes, there is a confrontation between one of the heroes and a monster.
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