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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…
 • Timothy Lawrence
Declarations of Regime Change
In the last film of the prequel trilogy and the first film of the sequel trilogy, a villain announces the fall of a Republic with an impassioned speech.
 • Robert Brown
Project Necromancer
In “Shadows of Tantiss” (The Bad Batch 3.3), Emperor Palpatine visits Dr.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Asking the Impossible
In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda asks Luke Skywalker to use the Force to lift his crashed X-Wing out of a swamp on Dagobah.
 • Timothy Lawrence
The Wizard of Balnab
In “Nomad Droids” (The Clone Wars 4.6), C-3PO and R2-D2 land on the planet Balnab, where they are taken before the “great leader,” a giant hologram in a…
 • Timothy Lawrence
Well Done, My Good and Faithful Apprentice
When Kylo Ren brings Rey before Supreme Leader Snoke in The Last Jedi, the evil master affirms his pupil with the words, “Well done, my good and…
 • Timothy Lawrence
Desert Planet, "No Moon," Forest Moon
In A New Hope, the Rebel base is hidden on the fourth moon of Yavin.
 • Robert Brown
The Power to Create Life
In Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine tempts Anakin Skywalker to the dark side with the story of Darth Plagueis the Wise, a Sith so powerful he could use…
 • Timothy Lawrence
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…
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • Timothy Lawrence
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