What we can learn from Finn’s moral dilemma in ‘The Force Awakens’

In the original Star Wars trilogy, the stormtroopers are portrayed with no individuality, and represent the banality of evil: the stifling sameness of blind obedience to an evil system. In the prequel trilogy, the clone troopers have slightly more personality. We see their origin and we see them having friendly interactions with their Jedi commanders.

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George Lucas’ first credit was for this Catholic short film

Star Wars creator George Lucas began his legendary directing career first by getting behind the camera. Lucas graduated from Modesto Junior College in the early 1960s and then enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he began to experiment with cinematography. However, Lucas was struggling to find any work in Hollywood and needed something

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Star Wars: A New Hope – A look at Joseph Campbell and the Search for the Holy Grail

Disclaimer: I am a Star Wars curmudgeon. I like to pretend the prequels don’t exist, that Star Wars is the title of Episode IV: A New Hope, and that Han shot first. Actually, I’m certain that Han shot first. I don’t like the “enhancements” Lucas added to Star Wars, Empire, and Return over the years. 

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