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Corrupted Bloodlines and the Gothic Ancestry of The Empire Strikes Back

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Corrupted Bloodlines and the Gothic Ancestry of The Empire Strikes Back

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Yoda Was My First Rabbi

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The Rise of Skywalker Wants You to Know That Consent Is Necessary (and Also Very Sexy)

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A Star Wars Newbie Watches The Empire Strikes Back for the First Time

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Defining Heroism as Vulnerability: How Star Wars Created a New Kind of Action Movie

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Luke in RotJ
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Heroic Vulnerability, Not Action, Defines the Star Wars Series

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Star Wars James Bond opener mashup, Kurt Rauffer
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This Gorgeous Star Wars Opening Sequence Was Done in the Style of James Bond

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Star Wars is an Action Series Defined By Heroic Vulnerability

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Sounds of Star Wars: The Audio Dramas

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The Original Trilogy Strikes Back. Watching Empire Strikes Back for the First Time

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Six Things I Learned from The Empire Strikes Back

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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