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The Rise of Skywalker

Ironically Bionic
At the end of Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine preserves Anakin Skywalker’s life, after he was severely maimed and burned on Mustafar, by having medical…
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Robert Brown
Mustafar and Exegol
The third film of the prequel trilogy and the third film of the sequel trilogy feature the two most hellish planets in the Skywalker Saga.
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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
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
Like Father, Like Son
After his return to the light side in The Rise of Skywalker, Ben Solo makes some comic gestures that recall the mannerisms of his father, Han Solo.
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Robert Brown
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
The Lars Homestead
The Lars homestead on the planet Tatooine appears in four of the nine films of the Skywalker Saga.
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Robert Brown
Kylo Renfield
In The Rise of Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine has several of the characteristics of a vampire: he is an undead creature who hides in a crypt in a world of…
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Timothy Lawrence
Redeeming Attachments
Across the nine-film Skywalker Saga, there is a movement away from seeing attachment only as a cause for destructive fears and toward seeing attachment…
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Robert Brown
Palpatine the Vampire
Emperor Palpatine's role in the story of The Rise of Skywalker draws several elements from vampire mythology.
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Timothy Lawrence
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