REVIEW (Spoilers): Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse
The Fate of the Jedi series has been an interesting experience for me. I’ve loved it in parts, hated it in others.
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REVIEW (Spoiler Free): Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse
Spoiler-free review of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse, on sale March 23.
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REVIEW: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Bounty
FANgirl’s The Clone Wars reviewers Megan is just as excited to see Darth Maul’s return as I am. We even got to chat about it for yesterday’s piece I wrote for Suvudu. But before Maul’s fury returns with a vengeance, Megan shares her thoughts on the second episode of the closing four-part arc.
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Darth Maul Lives
Cross-posted from Suvudu. There are moments in a movie that are iconic and unforgettable; they become seared in your memory. If you were a Star Wars fan – either by way of the Original Trilogy or by diving in as a new one with Episode I – one of those moments is probably Darth Maul, bisected, falling down into the seemingly endless depths of a melting pit on Naboo. Obi-Wan’s victory gave reason to cheer, at least a little bit, right before we mourned for Qui-Gon. Three cheers, the wicked Sith Lord was dead. Or so we believed.
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EXCLUSIVE Sneak Peek Image – Star Wars: Essential Guide to Warfare
Knowing that my pals in the Cantina and I were captivated by the adventures of the Solo siblings in the New Jedi Order series, Erich Schoeneweiss sent FANgirl this exclusive sneak peek at Anakin, Jaina, and Jacen confronting the Yuuzhan Vong.
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Linda’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Diary – Part Four
The fourth post in a series chronicling Linda’s experience playing Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Two Star Wars news items sparked fandom controversy today.
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Zombies Take Over The Clone Wars
This past week’s episode of The Clone Wars, “Massacre,” truly turned up the fantastical element, reminding fans that Star Wars was envisioned as a space opera and not necessarily a work of pure science fiction.
Read moreLinda’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Diary – Part Three
The third post in a series chronicling Linda’s experience playing Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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The Magic of Star Wars – A Sith Witch and the Nightsisters Take Center Stage
Ever since Uncle Owen dismissed Kenobi as a crazy old wizard and Tarkin discounted Darth Vader’s mastery of the ways of the Force as an anachronistic ancient religion, Star Wars has drawn just as heavily on elements of magical fantasy stories as the physical trappings of science fiction. Mind control, telekinesis, clairvoyance, and summoned lightning came to define the Jedi and Sith as much as their lightsabers. With good and evil mages duking it out for the fate of the galaxy, it was only a matter of time before another iconic figure made her way into Star Wars, as well – the witch.
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