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December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Force Awakens obliterated all of the box office records it was supposed to obliterate.
December 21, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
With all the Star Wars hype, it’s easy to forget real people are doing their actual jobs in space.
December 20, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Hillary Clinton closes the third Democratic debate by saying, “May the Force be with you.”
December 18, 2015
Alex Shephard
Politicians are trying to co-opt Star Wars and the results are super lame.
December 18, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ken Burns’s Star Wars would be Empire apologia.
December 18, 2015
Patti McCarthy
Why Do So Many People Find Meaning in Star Wars?
December 18, 2015
Alex Shephard
How much money is Star Wars going to make this weekend?
December 17, 2015
Alex Shephard
So what don’t people like about the new Star Wars movie?
December 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Stars Wars nostalgia also seems to include arguing about racism in Star Wars nostalgia.
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Everything is going to be about Star Wars until at least Christmas. Or maybe the New Year. Or maybe forever.
December 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
The story of a boy, a girl, and a universe ... Star Wars?!?
December 16, 2015
Will Leitch
The Force Awakens: The Gang’s All Here!
And just like that we're back in the world of the first three ‘Star Wars’ films—as if nothing happened along the way.
December 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Conservatives Are Rewriting Star Wars as a Battle Against Terrorism
Is Luke Skywalker a jihadi?
December 14, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
There was a time when movie critics could complain about the childishness of Star Wars.
December 9, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Watch the rambling, self-obsessed, lunatic despot, Darth Trump.
December 1, 2015
Alex Shephard
Lin-Manuel Miranda offered to write music for the new Star Wars movie as a joke. J.J. Abrams took him up on it.
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
This is the first word of the new Star Wars movie.
November 19, 2015
Alex Shephard
George Lucas is being too hard on himself.
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Jonathan Chait
Lucas Sues Man For Stealing Idea Lucas Stole From Hitler
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Chris Mooney
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