At the time Disney acquired Lucasfilm in late 2012, Star Wars was in a weird spot. The most popular multi-media franchise of all time up to that point had basically ended. George Lucas had publicly committed to not doing any more films and the only outlet for new storytelling of any real legitimacy to happen … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Season One and How STAR WARS Was Saved
Boy, this one’s frustrating. To start, I suppose I should address the elephant in the room: I’m not going to relitigate the director situation in this piece. I have my own theories on how it all went down, but the fact is that none of us know and none of us are likely to ever … Continue reading SOLO and When Fan Service Goes Bad
For the most part I’ve made my peace with the Star Wars prequels. None of them are good, exactly, but Attack of the Clones deals with some interesting ideas and compelling themes hampered by shoddy execution; and The Phantom Menace is far better than its reputation would suggest thanks to imaginative visuals and a raw … Continue reading REVENGE OF THE SITH and the Terrible Burden of Expectations
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was cancelled in 2013 following the conclusion of its fifth season, but it wasn’t finished – it continued with 13 additional episodes comprising the show’s sixth season. The Clone Wars finished its television run with the final episode of Season Six, but still the show was not done; truly The … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS “Legacy” and the Show That Wouldn’t Be Cancelled
George Lucas officially stepped away from Star Wars in December of 2012, but that didn’t mean his influence over the series he created and guided over nearly 40 years would disappear overnight. In a very real way, The Clone Wars was Lucas’s final act in securing his legacy, chipping away at aspects of the Expanded … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS: “The Lost Missions” and the End of George Lucas’s STAR WARS
Because I’m viewing the series in chronological order, for the purposes of this article, Season Five is defined as the episodes on this list beginning with “A War on Two Fronts” and ending with “The Wrong Jedi”. Throughout this series, I’ve talked a lot about The Clone Wars as a passing of the Star Wars … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS Season Five and an Untimely End
Because I’m viewing the series in chronological order, for the purposes of this article, Season Four is defined as the episodes on this list beginning with “Water War” and ending with “Revenge”. Revisiting The Clone Wars, it’s been interesting to more clearly be able to chart out the progression of this series. The first season … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS Season Four and Self-Sabotaging Storytelling
Because I’m viewing the series in chronological order, for the purposes of this article, Season Three is defined as the episodes on this list beginning with “Corruption” and ending with “Wookiee Hunt”. Amidst the backlash surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, one of the more common talking points has been complaints … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS Season Three and Finding the Future of STAR WARS
Because I’m viewing the series in chronological order, for the purposes of this article, Season Two is defined as the episodes on this list beginning with “Holocron Heist” and ending with “Lethal Trackdown”. When you talk to fans of The Clone Wars, the oft-repeated line is that the show starts out kind of bad in … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS Season Two and an Uncertain Identity
Because I’m viewing the series in chronological order, for the purposes of this article, Season One is defined as the episodes on this list beginning with “Cat and Mouse” and ending with “Liberty on Ryloth.” Before I began this series in earnest, I wrote a handful of articles on the no-longer-canon Star Wars television productions … Continue reading THE CLONE WARS Season One and the End of the Expanded Universe
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