The Clone Wars: Season Four: Season In Review – Part Two
The second part of our season in review for The Clone Wars, Season Four.
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Padme Amidala
Strong Female Heroines as Hitmakers
Following up on last month’s recap of the impressive performance by stories featuring strong female heroines, here’s more evidence that creating powerful women is good for the bottom line.
Read moreThe Clone Wars: Season Four: Season In Review – Part One
Now that Season Four of The Clone Wars is complete, I thought it would be fun to revisit the season as a whole and discuss its strengths and weaknesses, fun moments and moving scenes, with an emphasis on the story design, characterization, and storytelling techniques used throughout the 22 episodes. Lex and Megan will be joining me for the round-robin Season In Review. So let’s get started with Part One.
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The Power to Save Padmé
In the lead-up to the The Phantom Menace’s return to theaters, StarWars.com devoted an Episode I-themed week to Queen Amidala, and Lex and I decided there was no better time to wrap up our discussion of Padmé.
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Romance, Wonder Women, and Sith too
The Clone Wars, romance in storytelling, and other updates from this week.
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Surprises and Synergy in the Star Wars Fandom
Remember when I talked about liking the unexpected in my 2012 look-ahead blog? Well, it’s just a little bit past the middle of January, and I’ve already had a few of my wishes granted. Some I can’t talk about yet, but one I’d better let out of the bag because it’s happening tomorrow – I’m back on the Clone Wars Roundtable with Jason and Jimmy Mac from the ForceCast!
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The Life and Death of Padmé – Without Lore, Is It Just Lipservice for the Leading Lady of Star Wars?
The reception of Darth Plagueis serves to illustrate one of the ways the EU can be used effectively to reach a broad range of fans, including those who aren’t necessarily EU-focused but would be interested in movie-focused stories. The still underdeveloped backstories of the saga’s two female leads, Padmé Amidala and Leia Organa, provide the perfect opportunity to bring depth to the EU lore while also tapping into the interests of female fans.
Read moreWhat Is Strong?
The call for strong female characters is often met with pursed lips and furrowed brows. What exactly is a strong female character?
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One Fangirl’s EU Wishlist
I always believe in balancing critical discussion with positive input. I’ve been talking a lot lately about where the EU is lacking, so I wanted to balance that with some ideas on the most appealing element of the Star Wars universe – how much room there is for everyone.
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Getting Tangled in the Star Wars EU
FANgirl discusses the lessons the Star Wars EU can apply from Disney’s approach to Tangled.
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