Welcome back to The Women of Star Wars. Now that we’ve discussed the character of Ahsoka Tano, an all-around badass and leading lady of The Clone Wars, I’d like to take a look at the female characters of Star Wars Rebels. While Rebels isn’t quite the masterpiece that Dave Fioni and co. achieve...
Read More*SPOILERS* In “A Distant Echo,” Rex discusses the possibility that Echo is alive with Anakin and Hunter. Anakin cuts the conversation short so he can contact Padmé, with Rex guarding the door. Anakin confides in Padmé that he believes Rex is being guided too much by his emotions. She replies t...
Read MoreIt took exactly one week for The Flash to squander the goodwill it generated with its first post-Crisis episode. “Love is a Battlefield” is a tedious, corny, poorly acted (not by everybody), stupidly plotted, momentum-killing waste that is only slightly redeemed by some good laughs in the first ...
Read MoreThe Clone Wars series, which ran from 2008 to 2014 (and is being revived on Disney+ later this month), lent itself to the expansion of characters and concepts introduced in the prequel trilogy. Naturally, this included the trilogy’s lead female character, Padmé Amidala, as well as those who were ...
Read MoreJanuary 31st marked the release of Netflix’s final batch of Bojack Horseman episodes. These last eight episodes had a lot of pressure riding on them; they would need to finish the stories and character arcs set up in the first half of season 6 while also satisfying the expectations of viewers who ...
Read MoreContrary to what Disney might have you believe, they didn’t create the concept of female Star Wars characters, or even female leads in the franchise. Of course, Princess Leia is one of the franchise’s most iconic characters and a beloved cinematic heroine in general. But there were others after ...
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