first order
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Why Is Star Wars So Obsessed With Maps?
Ahsoka puts heroes and villains alike on a quest for cartography in its premiere. But why has contemporary Star Wars storytelling made this trope so crucial?
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Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales’ Best Short Is More Sad Than Spooky
Like last year’s holiday special before it, Lucasfilm and Lego’s latest special shifts outside of canon to riff on the reason for the season, dipping into a trio of spooky stories revolving around dark side artifacts. Also like the special before it, it’s at its best when it ignores its non-canonicity to really take a…
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The Simple, Vital Role General Hux Has In Star Wars’ First Order
As a shade of its forebearer, the First Order at times feels like an organisation in search of an ideology beyond simply being the Empire all over again. In the past few weeks of Marvel’s Age of Resistance anthology comics, it’s been given a lens to examine some of the disparate parts that make up…
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Hot Toys’ Force Awakens Flametrooper Is Here To Incinerate What’s Left Of Your Money
First, Kylo Ren and his Stormtroopers were there to tempt your disposable income out of your wallet. Then, the Snowtroopers came along and straight up demanded it. Now the First Order’s most pyromanic adherents are here to finish the job.