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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
Knowledge is Power
In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda tells Luke Skywalker, "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack." The Jedi view knowledge as a…
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Timothy Lawrence
Fear to Power
In the first and last films of the Skywalker Saga, Palpatine tempts a young woman to give him power through an act of aggression by making her feel…
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Robert Brown
Training Well
In "Breaking Ranks" (Rebels 1.6), Ezra Bridger goes undercover as a cadet at the Imperial Academy on Lothal.
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Timothy Lawrence
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