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The Eye of Sion
In Ahsoka, Morgan Elsbeth constructs a massive golden hyperspace ring that can travel between galaxies as part of her quest to retrieve Grand Admiral…
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Timothy Lawrence
You Can't Win
In A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi tells two different characters that they cannot achieve victory through violent shows of strength.
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Timothy Lawrence
Pride Comes Before a Fall
In the first act of Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker duels Count Dooku in the throne room on the Invisible Hand.
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Timothy Lawrence
Becoming More Powerful
In Revenge of the Sith, after Anakin Skywalker turns to the dark side, he faces his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the lava planet Mustafar.
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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
Death Star vs. Starkiller
In The Force Awakens, the Resistance is dismayed to find that the First Order has constructed an enormous superweapon called Starkiller Base.
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Timothy Lawrence
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.
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Robert Brown
Snoke and Mirrors
In the Skywalker Saga, there are two characters who are dressed in gold while sitting on thrones: the protocol droid C-3PO in Return of the Jedi, and…
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Robert Brown
Nothing You Could Have Done
In the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy, Anakin and Luke Skywalker both suffer the loss of loved parental figures.
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Timothy Lawrence
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
Strange Bedfellows
A shared feature of two Lucasfilm franchises, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, is the recurring partnership of villains who seek supernatural power with…
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Robert Brown
Raiders of the Lost Wayfinder
The Rise of Skywalker is partially an adventure film about a treasure hunt, with Rey and her friends seeking a Sith Wayfinder to help them find the lost…
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Robert Brown
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