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“The Mandalorian” season finale gets us in our feelings

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Season 2 ends with a fanservice-y bang, as the show breaks our hearts while straining under the weight of all its cameos and references.

Megan Sunday Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

“The Mandalorian” Chapter 14 Recap: the Empire strikes back

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Boba Fett returns, the Child is kidnapped, and Robert Rodriguez throws us into the action-packed midpoint of the season.

Megan Sunday Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

“The Mandalorian” Recap: “The Jedi” gets Ahsoka Tano on our screens

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We meet an honest-to-god Jedi, and Baby Yoda finally gets a name, in an episode that links The Mandalorian even further to the rest of the Star Wars universe.

Megan Sunday Posted on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020

“The Siege” is another lore & action-packed episode of “The Mandalorian”

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Some season 1 faces return & we get an idea of why the Child is such a highly coveted bounty.

Megan Sunday Posted on November 21, 2020November 21, 2020

“LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special” can’t put much life into Life Day

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Disney+ tries to replicate the giddy anarchy of Star Wars‘ most infamous work of media, but it doesn’t […]

Clint Worthington Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

“The Heiress” puts the ‘lore’ in “Mandalorian”

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Mando hooks up with more of his people, and we get wigs and jetpacks galore.

Megan Sunday Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

“The Mandalorian”: “The Passenger” is filled with chills and critters

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Season 2 continues to lay the groundwork for its broader story, as the show takes another detour to a snowy creature feature.

Megan Sunday Posted on November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

“The Mandalorian” returns to team up with “The Marshal”

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Timothy Olyphant smolders his way to a top-tier guest spot on Disney+’s flagship space adventure series.

Megan Sunday Posted on October 30, 2020November 3, 2020

Box Office Report: “Star Wars” Slips, “Jumanji” Hangs Tight

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Falling stars, grudges & impressive women abound over the first box office weekend of 2020.

Douglas Laman Posted on January 6, 2020January 5, 2020

Box Office Report: “Star Wars” Stays On Top With $72 Million

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The closing chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy maintains a steady second-weekend box office haul.

Douglas Laman Posted on December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Every Episode of “The Mandalorian”, Ranked

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From the first time we meet Baby Yoda to the final trek of the Razor Crest, we look back at the highs and lows of The Mandalorian’s first season.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 29, 2019December 29, 2019

Box Office Report: “Star Wars” Rises to a $175.5 Million Opener

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker rises to a forceful $175.5 million opening weekend at the box office, but it falters compared to previous episodes.

Douglas Laman Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

In “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, the Emperor Has No Clothes

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J.J. Abrams closes out the Star Wars saga by walking back its more interesting middle chapter and drowning itself in fanservice.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 18, 2019December 17, 2019

The Mandalorian Recap: Star Wars Goes West With “Chapter One”

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Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series shakes off its fan-film cobwebs and shows glimmers of space Western intrigue.

Clint Worthington Posted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

With “Blockbuster”, Matt Schrader Builds a Podcast Biopic of Lucas and Spielberg’s Game-Changing Origins

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We chat with the creator of the podcast series Blockbuster about dramatizing the early creative partnership of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas

Clint Worthington Posted on May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Solo: A Star Wars Story Review: Never Tell Disney the Odds

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It’s messy and more than a little overlong, but Disney’s latest Star Wars prequel manages to coast by […]

Clint Worthington Posted on May 21, 2018July 30, 2020
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