The First Jedi
Stay with me here. It was a long drive and I had time to think.
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“Jedi Scum” & Why It Made Me Frustrated again at Disney’s Handling of Star Wars
I responded, “You want to be a Jedi. Why would you say ‘Jedi scum’?”
Read More “Jedi Scum” & Why It Made Me Frustrated again at Disney’s Handling of Star WarsWere the Jedi Vegetarians?
If you feel the death of an animal through The Force, I imagine it dissuades you from consuming or killing it.
Read More Were the Jedi Vegetarians?Luke Skywalker: Crisis Manager
It’s not that Luke had a convoluted plan, it’s that things constantly went sideways and he kept trying to adapt the plan.
Read More Luke Skywalker: Crisis ManagerCan Droids See Force Ghosts?
Netflix recently unleashed the entire run of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, including the sixth and final never-before-seen season, which dominated my weekend watching habits and has doubly reinvigorated my mental pursuit of esoteric Star Wars questions on top of the recent exchanges on Words With Nerds. Often I promise these sorts of blogs will […]
Read More Can Droids See Force Ghosts?The Vague Racism of a Galaxy Far, Far Away
This blog was triggered by how much attention R2–D2 has gotten as the hype machine slowly comes to life for Episode VII: The Fanbase Fractures Further™.
Read More The Vague Racism of a Galaxy Far, Far AwayAnother Unanswered Question from Attack of the Clones
Why Didn’t the Galactic Republic Have Some Sort of Armed Forces?
Read More Another Unanswered Question from Attack of the ClonesIn Defense of Uncle Owen
We might not like that Owen was protective of Luke. But he did a damn better job than the Jedi did with Anakin.
Read More In Defense of Uncle OwenAn Unanswered Question from Attack of the Clones
Why Didn’t Dooku Sense Obi–Wan from Ten Feet?
Read More An Unanswered Question from Attack of the ClonesJedi Pride
Recently I was watching The Phantom Menace again and in particular (as everyone does) took special notice of the lightsaber battle at the end. That’s not really a revelation; even the haters love the lightsaber battle in this one. But I gleaned a new insight to the film I think. I don’t know if it […]
Read More Jedi PrideFlashback Blog: Star Wars Politics and You
I started this reincarnation of ‘kessel korner’ with a revival of one of its original posts from its days at blogs.starwars.com/kesseljunkie. This is a feature that I’d like to keep going because every so often I pull back on a post slated to auto-publish so I can re-work it a little bit. That happened for the one scheduled today, so enjoy this. It’s nerdy on a scale that almost makes me blush. Almost.
Read More Flashback Blog: Star Wars Politics and YouQui-Gon Jinn, Phantom Hero…or Menace?
Finally! It’s time for me to live up to the promise of ‘kessel korner’ and deliver a real Star Wars blog.
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