Skywalker Saga

While Star Wars fans will endlessly debate the value of The Rise of Skywalker and pick it apart for the next several decades, there is much good to discuss about the film and numerous spiritual themes worth exploring. It is a film about family, redemption and spiritual connections, while remaining faithful to a theme that […]

One hour and twenty minutes into The Last Jedi, Rey stands over Luke, who lies prone on an ancient stone stairway overlooking the sea. The rain pours. The night is dark, pierced occasionally by flashes of lightning. Rey pleads with Luke to help her turn Kylo Ren back to the light side of the Force.

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.

Editor’s Note: This article continues themes sketched out in the previous articles Star Wars: A New Hope – A look at Joseph Campbell and The Search for the Holy Grail and How ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ added to the Star Wars mythology. In spring of 1983, my mother took me to the theater to see

Editor’s Note: This article continues themes sketched out in the previous article Star Wars: A New Hope – A look at Joseph Campbell and The Search for the Holy Grail I saw The Empire Strikes Back on VHS at a friend’s house sometime in the mid-late 80s. I’d guess 1987, but I’m not absolutely certain.

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. 

St. Teresa of Avila famously wrote, “Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things will pass away God never changes; patience obtains all things, whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” Waiting is a huge key to success. It is easy to wait when there is an assurance of the end result,

Attack of the Clones, the second installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, offers a mixture of romance, romp, and revenge. The main focus of this film is placed on Anakin Skywalker, his relationships, and his character development. While the romantic aspects of the movie may seem needlessly drawn out, the plot is crucial to

“You will be a Jedi. I promise.” There comes a time in every Star Wars fan’s life when he is confronted by the reality that the franchise isn’t quite geared towards audience members above a certain age. For those who, like me, were members of the ideal demographic target group for Star Wars: The Phantom

It is a constant question within the Star Wars fandom: in what order should the movies be viewed? This is especially true for those of us with children. What is the proper order in which we should introduce these epic films to our children? Certainly one can appreciate certain aspects of the films differently on