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The Rise of Star Wars Animation: The Tartakovsky Clone Wars

When discussing Star Wars and its evolving history with animation, the best starting point would be with Genndy Tartakovky’s Clone Wars.

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Animation Editorial Star Wars TV and Film

The Problem with Converting Animated Characters into Live-Action

Bringing an animated character to live-action has always been a challenge, but not impossible. More thought and care should be taken to re-capture the look and feel of the original character while not undermining the writing that made fans care for them in the first place.

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Editorial Media Star Wars

Has Boba Fett Really Gone Soft? A Deconstruction of Boba Fett

This is our in-depth deconstruction of Boba Fett’s character arc as it is told in the current canon. The issue people take is that a mercenary crime lord and a man who prides on honor and respect as incompatible. Some believe that this damages Boba’s character and were quick to blame Disney for softening the Star Wars brand.

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Media Review Star Wars TV and Film

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett [REVIEW]

While maybe not as strong as The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett does manage to have a unique enough concept to stand on its own. Still, it does suffer from a weak overall story that’s overly dependent on flashbacks and Mando scenes.

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Star Wars: Visions – Episode Ranking

There were many elements that inspired George Lucas in Star Wars, from westerns to gangster flicks to Flash Gordon. Of course, what truly inspired Lucas was Japanese cinema, most notably citing Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo as influences. Jedi, essentially being Samurai with lasers, his universe was built for anime. Independent animators have delved into this possibility before but never had any major backing from any studio, until now. What amazes me about this series is that is does a great job treading the line from canon and non canon, as many of their stories cleverly tie into the overall history

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Media Pitch Meeting Star Wars

Darth Plagueis: Episode Synopsis

You’re reading part 3 of our Darth Plagueis adaptation series. Read part 1 here! Now that we have the format and the cast laid down it is now time for an to discuss the events in the book that will take place in each episode. This consists of ten ~40m episodes selectively covering a roughly 40-year period. However, since this is an adaptation some changes ought to be made for the sake of simplicity and dramatic brevity. Changes One minor change revolves around Naboo’s reformist king Bon Tapalo and his ambassador/successor Veruna – I decided to merge them into one

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