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  1. Star Wars

Millennials Strike Back: An Esoteric Reading of The Last Jedi

by Caleb and Samantha Cohoe

The Last Jedi is a sociopolitical meta-commentary on the failures of the baby boomers. Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2018

Martyrdom in The Last Jedi

by Alexi Sargeant

Star Wars: The Last Jedi offers a picture of heroism that helps us better understand how to witness to hope and truth in our own galaxy. Continue Reading »

22 Dec 2017

Rogue One and the Return of Reverence

by Marc Barnes

The Star Wars prequels irreverently secularized the Force, making it a controllable entity, measurable and understandable, infinitely use-able. In Rogue One, the Force becomes spiritual once again. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2017

Good Guys Have More Fun: What Works in The Force Awakens

by Alexi Sargeant

I caught Star Wars: The Force Awakens with my family over the past weekend. Before we got to the scrolling text on starry background (greeted by audience cheers) we were bombarded by trailers, mostly for movies about aliens blowing things up, with the occasional detour into mutants and/or Egyptian . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Dec 2015
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