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The Wolf on the Ghost
In Jack London’s novel The Sea Wolf, a young idealist named Humphrey Van Weyden is shanghaied onto a ship called the Ghost. The captain of the Ghost, a…
Jan 2
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Timothy Lawrence
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Something More Real
In The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn tries to bargain with the junk dealer Watto by offering to pay him in Republic credits.
Dec 29, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
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Longing for the Academy
In A New Hope, one of the main subjects of dispute between Luke Skywalker and his uncle Owen Lars is Luke’s desire to leave the moisture farm and go to…
Nov 24, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
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Holograms in the Cave
In the Republic, the Greek philosopher Plato lays out his famous allegory of the cave, which symbolizes the soul's upward journey to enlightenment.
Aug 11, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
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Niamos!
In "Announcement" (Andor 1.7), Cassian Andor takes his cut from the Aldhani heist and tries to convince his mother Maarva to run away from Ferrix with…
Jun 20, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
Chewbacca
In A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker meet Chewbacca, the Wookiee copilot of the Millennium Falcon, in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
May 26, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
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Syril Karn
In "Kassa" (Andor 1.1), the obsessive deputy inspector Syril Karn is introduced investigating Cassian Andor's murder of two Preox-Morlana security…
May 23, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
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Between a Believer and a Skeptic
In "Aldhani" (Andor 1.4), after leaving his home world of Ferrix, Cassian Andor joins a Rebel group and finds himself caught between the true believer…
Apr 16, 2025
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Timothy Lawrence
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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.
Jan 31, 2025
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Robert Brown
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Two Are Necessary
In the opening scene of "Always Two There Are" (Rebels 2.5), Kanan Jarrus and Captain Rex butt heads over how to train Ezra Bridger.
Sep 20, 2024
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Timothy Lawrence
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Emerie Karr's Glasses
In The Bad Batch, Emerie Karr almost always wears a pair of glasses with red technical readouts in the lenses.
Jun 21, 2024
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Timothy Lawrence
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Palpatine
The first part of the name "Palpatine" suggests two English words: "palpable" and "palpitate."
Apr 3, 2024
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Timothy Lawrence
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