justina ireland
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Forget About What Star Wars Is, What Is The High Republic?
There isn’t a franchise that feels in constant strife as much as Star Wars. What success and acclaim projects like The Mandalorian receive almost get drowned out by endless debates about everything else in George Lucas’ space opera. Character development, semi-sequels, the validity of CGI, you name it – there’s always something to talk about,…
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Star Wars’ High Republic Enters Its Second Saga
When Star Wars’s High Republic saga began, it was a breath of fresh air. Happier, less uptight Jedi; new, interesting villains; and nary a Skywalker to be seen. But while the first “chapter” of the overall saga is coming to a close in a few months, the High Republic itself isn’t going anywhere — Lucasfilm…
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One of the Most Timely Novels of the Year Is About Black Women in the 1880s Hunting Zombies
The world can be utterly bleak nowadays. A government that seems to actively hate health and science, an economy ruled by a handful of lying billionaires, and continued state-sanctioned violence against Black people have ushered in a modern dystopia. But as I finished Deathless Divide, Justina Ireland’s stellar follow up to her 2018 novel, Dread…