A Rumination on the Power of Place
There are characters in Star Wars and then there are characters. I don’t mean the beings we see on screen
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An Interview with Tom Hoeler, a Del Rey Editor
Yoga and spin teachers love to throw out platitudes like “follow your dreams” or “do what makes you happy.” But
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Comparing Two Fresh Starts: Captain Marvel and Star Wars
In longstanding ongoing serial storytelling franchises, eventually the inclination to make a fresh start with iconic characters will arise. It
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The Heroine’s Journey in Captain Marvel (2019 film)
The twenty-first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel (2019) was the first with a woman in the role
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Alexander Freed on Writing and Alphabet Squadron, an Interview
Alexander Freed moves fast. While at Star Wars Celebration Chicago, I was seated at breakfast, having coffee and a bagel,
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Review: Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation by Carolyn Cocca
The most prominent stories in contemporary pop culture not only provide a touchstone of well-known entertainment familiar to many, but
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Hyperspace Theories Episode 45
We have the future, the past, and the present to discuss in this month’s episode of Hyperspace Theories. With Celebration
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Review: Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal (Spider-Man: Far From Home tie-in novel)
I am not the target audience for Preeti Chhibber’s Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal, but it doesn’t really matter.
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Alphabet Squadron Review
Alphabet Squadron‘s tone lives somewhere between the old X-wing books of the Star Wars Expanded Universe and the rebooted Battlestar
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Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019: #SWRepMatters Panel
“Star Wars is for everybody,” John Robinson, a panelist, stated early in the #SWRepMatters Panel at Star Wars Celebration Chicago
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