Trailer review: Mando and Grogu, what will it be?

May 22nd a new Star Wars movie will hit the cinema’s. It will be 50 years since the original Star Wars that triggered all that was to come. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” enters the cinema at a huge anniversary for Star Wars, and yet at a moment that is also weirdly muted. Does the trailer tell us anything about whether we are dealing with a fresh beginning, or more of the same?

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The Rise of Skywalker: What if Anakin isn’t in it?

We are all looking forward to The Rise of Skywalker and on social media the theories and leaks are flying around our ears like shrapnel. But for all characters we know are returning, one way or the other, in Episode IX, one name is consistently absent: Anakin. So what if Anakin isn’t in the story? Could that be? If so, then why? And what would it mean?

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Star Wars: Resistance #2.02: A Quick Salvage Run

In Episode 2 of season 2 of Star Wars: Resistance we are already catching up with the events of The Last Jedi. Kaz and his friends face the aftermath of the battle over D’Qar system in what turns out to be a great episode. Spoilers!!

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Why Palpatine needed to return: An Analysis

The decision to return Palpatine to the front of a Star Wars episode has been met with both enthusiasm as well as criticism. Is J.J. Abrams desperately trying to reach out to OT fans? Is it a cheap ploy to attract people into the cinema’s? Or was it inevitable from the moment a Sequel Trilogy was announced?

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A Mirror to the Fandom: part I

A few months ago Mark White’s Star Wars Survey circulated online and you might also have seen it posted on our Clone Corridor Community on Facebook. Yesterday he presented his results, holding up an interesting mirror to the fan community. Let’s dig into what he found: a forgotten generation of Star Wars fans.

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Awesome Tribute Videos #6: Character studies as tributes

In the previous instalments of this series we have looked at Star Wars Tribute videos highlighting particular trilogies or animation series. In the past two years a number of awesome tribute videos have appeared that focus on the development of a particular character. Let’s have a closer look!

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Star Wars: What’s the story?

It is obvious, right? Everyone knows what the story is! And everyone knows what good story-telling is, right? That why we are all so darn good at telling stories … except we’re not all good at it. So what’s the story about “stories” and about Star Wars?
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