Asajj Ventress – A sister in the lonely night

In a previous post we looked at one of my favourite characters Darth Maul (which many people seemed to really enjoy reading) in which I mentioned Asajj Ventress. They are very similar when looking at their birthplace and the people they initially grew up around. However towards their adolescent years they both start to take completely different paths. Both owe their start in the use of the dark ways of the Force mostly to mother Talzin. Throughout the Clone Wars series we learn a lot about the young woman that Ventress is and the conflict she constantly feels within herself; where does her alliance lie? While the CW series does not give us her whole story, it is known from outside sources so in this post we will have a look at her timeline, her big turning points and what eventually became of her.

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3 Soundtracks of Genocide …

The 8 Star Wars Episode films so far have contained three depictions of genocide; Star Wars touches upon many uncomfortable themes … and this surely is one of them. But it also always seeks to express in music what sometimes pictures and dialogue cannot. What do these soundtracks tell us of such horrors?

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TLJ Character studies #1: Luke.

In the next few days we’ll produce a number of posts about the character arcs of key characters in Star Wars The Last Jedi. These will contains severe spoilers! We start off with Luke Skywalker! If you want to avoid spoilers, check our non-spoiler review.

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Awesome Tribute Videos #5: The Early Sequel Years

In our Awesome Tribute Videos series we now turn to the early Sequel years that are coming to a close as we write. When The Last Jedi completes its run in cinema’s across the world we will enter the ‘later Sequel Years’. So what awesome tributes did we see?

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Echoes of The Last Jedi

The trailer of The Last Jedi has been released less than 48 hours ago and is widely discussed. More like any trailer before however, almost every shot echoes previous films. We’ll take you through some and Spoiler-Speculate what they might say about the story. Continue reading “Echoes of The Last Jedi”