In the original trilogy, George Lucas highlighted the grim realities of war. The hero’s victory in battle was always accompanied by the visual depiction of the death of friends and comrades. Paradises were created and lost, and individuals who had no role in the fighting suffered, from Jawas to moisture farmers. When Lucas returned to…
The final on screen confirmation of Darth Vader’s presence in Rogue One further confirms an undeniable fact about the Sith Lord, he’s the most popular villain in Star Wars. In fact, every Star Wars movie ever released in theaters has featured Vader in one form or another, but when we take Vader’s career into perspective,…
More than a year ago, we declared our intent to avoid Paul S. Kemp’s Lords of the Sith, not due to anything Mr. Kemp had previously said or done, or with regard to the quality of the novel, but out of a desire not to get too much “inside the head” of Darth Vader. We…
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