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…Sandcrawler. That episode was straight out of a 1990s-era “Star Wars” video game, and this episode also has a heavy influence from “Star Wars” gaming as well. In 2019’s “Jedi:…

…the two Death Stars. A similar argument is had by three guys in Kevin Smith’s 1994 cult classic, “Clerks,” where three guys argue that blowing up the first Death Star…

This is the last in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Someone to Watch…

…Has Ewoks 3.0 Christmas shopping will be easy this year. Pro: There’s No Death Star As David Harsanyi noted last year, the Death Star is a rather foolish concept. Although…

…the Star Wars universe after the fall of the Empire. The breakout star of the series was “Baby Yoda,” a $5 million puppet officially called “The Child.” In “Gallery” we…

Symbolic stars of all kinds—Blue Stars, Gold Stars, even sheriff’s stars—have played a surprisingly prominent role in this summer’s news. This past week the North Carolina GOP mistook the Blue…

…Star Trek’s heroes were early Social Justice Warriors, it strikes me that the original Star Trek series produced a pointed parody of the SJWs — and of the technological enforcement…

…production costs of “Star Trek: Discovery” to gain overseas rights to the show, while Amazon Prime Video reportedly is doing the same for “Star Trek: Picard.” It premieres Jan. 23,…

…proven that standalone Star Wars “stories” may hold more promise than the core trilogy. It also demonstrates that there’s a big audience for Star Wars films that shed the cutesy…

…Star Wars Story” is something of a disappointment. Set just before the events of “Star Wars: A New Hope” (the first movie of the saga), “Rogue One” follows a small…

This is the seventh in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Flesh and Bone’…

This is the sixth in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Litmus’ And ‘Six…

Since taking over the Star Wars brand from George Lucas, Disney’s two shots at stand alone Star Wars stories were oppositely successful. The gritty war-torn drama of 2016’s “Rogue One”…

This is the 24th in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Unfinished Business’ And…

This is the eighteenth in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘The Captain’s Hand’…

…premise that life is a race and that we are all racing against one another, you will inevitably be struck by the great inequalities at the starting line. Some start…

…use, acting career, and sometimes rocky relationship with mother Debbie Reynolds. Her most recent book, “The Princess Diarist,” unveiled her affair with Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford during the filming…

…said, because of its ability to bridge the gaps in “Star Wars” history, Ahsoka’s debut is the most important, and here, Dave Filoni does not disappoint. We start this episode…

…were the equivalent of Governors in the Empire. They ruled portions of the Empire’s territory. Grand Moff Tarkin ruled from aboard the Death Star in the original Star Wars movie….

Star Wars is finally back to being Star Wars again. On Wednesday, Disney Plus released the sixth episode of the “Book of Boba Fett.” After the destructive Disney Star Wars…

…Star Wars fan for as long as I can remember. I still have most of my original Star Wars action figures from the 1980s, have an office full of Star…

…of your own automobile. As with starter homes, many factors seem to have contributed to the death of the starter car. Most of them emanate from the penumbras the idiots…

…front in the church’s war on human nature is its attempt to suppress human sexuality. Since Augustine, argues Tracinski, who apparently read an article in The New Yorker, the Catholic…

Episode 10 of the first season of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (“The Nagus”) introduced a recurring character, Grand Nagus Zek, who would become beloved by fans. It also was…

…mirror up to humanity. The mirror is hard to apply effectively. For example, “Star Trek” was ultimately a story about humanity told against an exotic backdrop. Its allegories espousing tolerance,…

…little patience in certain corners of Star Wars fandom for the angsty archetype Kylo embodies. From a certain point of view, he’s the perfect alt-right caricature placed into the Star…

Since the moment it became the official national anthem of the United States in 1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” has had its share of critics. It can be hard to sing….

…Starbucks manager who has been fired and may or may not have violated company policy, acted within a broader cultural scope. This was the Starbucks in Rittenhouse Square, a place…

…has strong evangelical chops, is not). Starr’s book is an excellent introduction to the principles of American legal and jurisprudence as they relate to religious liberty, although lawsuits like the…

…is a genuine question: How did this drink make it out of Starbucks’ test labs? Surely it went through multiple rounds of taste-testing? I know Starbucks can afford to create…

…because they were written with themes taken out of ancient legends from all over the world. Star Wars unabashedly celebrates the values of friendship, family, self-sacrifice, loyalty, and love. Star…

Spoilers for the “Star Wars” universe ahead. “Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth,” exclaims Rey in the first half of “The Force Awakens,” Disney’s inaugural venture into the…

This is the 35th in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Sometimes A Great…

This is the 32nd in a series of “Battlestar Galactica” recaps. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the franchise. Read the last piece, “Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘The Road Less…

…tells its tale through its characters, so viewers care when hell comes to breakfast. The Battlestar Galactica As Hollywood types would say, the Battlestar Galactica is very much a character…

…you’re no Star Wars fan in my mind.” Star Wars Fans Are the Problem At no point during this or later parts of this debacle, did credible evidence surface of…