Tradition and the Mandalorian Way

by Jibran Khan

The Mandalorian offers a creative and faithful depiction of a tradition-based culture. Continue Reading »

15 Jun 2021

Bad Art Warps Our Vision

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

We should object to prurient songs and stories because they are fundamentally untruthful—and thus bad art. Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2020

Star Wars Goes Out With a Whimper

by Alexi Sargeant

Rise of Skywalker felt like a pinched and nervous attempt to offer more and more Star Wars without adding depth, nuance, or complexity to the franchise. Continue Reading »

2 Jan 2020

Why Rise of Skywalker Fails

by Jake Meador

The problem isn’t that most of the Disney-era Star Wars projects fail as films. The problem is that Disney almost certainly knows it and doesn’t care. Continue Reading »

31 Dec 2019

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