How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Star Wars Archive

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    Deus Ex Buffyverse

    “Does he exist? Is there word on that, by the way?” “Nothing solid.” —Holden Webster and Buffy Summers, “Conversations with Dead People” This may be scaring away my audience before I even begin, but I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school from third grade...

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    Better Late Than Never: Battlestar Galactica (2003 reboot)

    It’s been my mission the past year or so to seek out the cool, geeky things that I have inadvertently passed over. It’s what brought me to watch all seven seasons of Buffy last fall, because enough of my friends had seen it and liked...

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  • New Season of Clone Wars

    New Season of Clone Wars

    After a long wait, Season 2 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has started up again, and I could not be happier. Season 1 ended on a high note as the animation advanced and the stories took on more dramatic heft, so I’ve been eagerly...

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  • Better Late Than Never – Buffy Seasons 1-3

    Better Late Than Never – Buffy Seasons 1-3

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer only ever held a passing interest for me. I watched it briefly during my high school days in reruns, the end of Season 3 and start of Season 4, but I had a hard time reconciling the soap opera elements with...

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  • Clone Wars Season Two

    Clone Wars Season Two

    If you consider yourself a Star Wars fan and you haven’t been watching The Clone Wars, now is a good time to get back on board. The first season is about to be available on DVD and Blu-ray in November. While the show often seems...

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  • Happy Life Day from Kashyyyk

    Happy Life Day from Kashyyyk

    by Benton Sartore The holiday season is often an unfortunate time of year for the Star Wars franchise, because it’s a time of year that the marketing ambitions of the Lucas empire are nakedly laid for all to see. It’s a season that marks some...

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