Tag: Jedi
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Here’s Why Star Wars Designers Purposefully Restrict Themselves On Projects
Jon Favreau’s “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian,” which debuted in 2019, was the first live-action “Star Wars” TV series and is set only a few years after the events of “Return of the Jedi,” but a few decades before the events of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Although the titular Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) is not…
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Ahsoka Finale Ending Explained: We Are What They Grow Beyond
While “Star Wars” animation fans like myself will probably always be haunted wondering what might have been had “Ahsoka” been the animated “Star Wars Rebels” sequel series we always longed for, the first season of the live-action continuation we got has left the story of Ahsoka Tano in a decidedly interesting place. Picking things up from…
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The Ahsoka Season 1 Finale Reveals Thrawn’s Dark, Twisted Plan
This article contains spoilers for “Ahsoka” episode 8 — “The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord.”And with that, “Ahsoka” season 1 has come to an end. Though it now very much feels like the end of a first season that will give way to a second season, as there is much left to resolve. In…
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Sorry, ‘Ahsoka,’ ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Has the Best Anakin Reunion Episode
There would be no Ahsoka without Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) was just an apprentice like any other but as Anakin’s padawan, we got to see her grow and learn under the tutelage of people who let her think for herself, so much so that she eventually left Anakin and the Jedi…
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Ashley Eckstein Encourages Fans to Watch Clone Wars for Crucial Backstory
As Star Wars fans patiently await the two episode premiere of Ahsoka next month, the original voice behind the fan favorite character has some advice for those that may be meeting the Jedi hero for the first time. Having voiced the character in animation for both The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Ashely Eckstein…
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Cruella’s Mom Twist Feels Like a Response to The Last Jedi
We had all become so accustomed to the hero’s journey story that there was a collective freakout in 2017 when Rian Johnson decided to upend it with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars is one of the great American stories and a major part of its popularity rests on the revelation that Luke Skywalker…