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Checks and Balances, Part II – What the Force Wants

Posted on March 10, 2014by M. Dean Cooper Feature Articles, Scotch Tape and Popsicle Sticks

In Part I of Checks and Balances, I speculated that Anakin Skywalker’s true purpose as the Chosen One was not only to kill Darth Sidious, but to “prune” an ineffectual and misguided Jedi Order down to a lower number which could more easily evolve to meet the challenges of the modern galaxy. Not everyone will agree […]

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Checks and Balances, Part I – Son of the Suns

Posted on March 7, 2014by M. Dean Cooper Feature Articles, Scotch Tape and Popsicle Sticks

This story happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it. —Revenge of the Sith, by Matthew Stover [1]Per the introduction, all quotations in this piece come from Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover. In my ongoing feature The Expanded Universe Explains, I […]

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The Force and I Have Different Priorities: The Last Jedi and Life as a Star Wars Character

Posted on January 10, 2018by Adam Kranz Guest Editorials

When Luke agrees to train Rey in The Last Jedi, the first thing he asks her to do is explain the Force. She says it’s the power to “control people and make things float.” It’s played as a joke, one the audience is expected to be in on. But really the joke’s on us. While […]

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Go Figure: Force Sensitivity and Population Growth

Posted on March 21, 2014by Michael Lind Feature Articles

Editor’s note—several months ago, during the planning phase for my recent feature Checks and Balances, I asked Go Figure author Michael Lind to explore any existing data he could find on Force sensitivity throughout the ages in the Star Wars galaxy, and to what extent it appeared to be an inherited trait from one’s parents. While […]

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Whatever Happened to Padmé Amidala?

Posted on January 26, 2015by M. Dean Cooper Scotch Tape and Popsicle Sticks

Last week, online Star Wars fandom went into a brief tizzy over Padmé Didn’t Die of a Broken Heart, an essay by Joseph Tavano for his blog RetroZap!. While I see things somewhat differently from Joseph, his piece stirred up enough thoughts in me that I thought a response was warranted. I’ll summarize his point briefly in […]

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