1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1413+ words) How Philosophies can affect Genre Expectations In the previous review, I referred to Maz Kanata as the Anti-Yoda. This was somewhat hyperbolic, but I didn’t just make the comparison because she is clearly a knock-off of Yoda. The reason I…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (896+ words) Ethical Dualism and the Anti-Yoda As painful as it might’ve been, in the previous review, I defended the notorious compressor scene. I didn’t say it was good, but I did say it was fair. That’s the last compliment I’m going…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (943+ words) While travelling in hyperspace, a warning goes off, and Han says they need to fix the hyperdrive. After Han and Rey struggle for a minute, Rey rips something out of the wall, and the beeping stops. Han asks Rey what…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (840+ words) The Regression of Han Solo Three films’ worth of character development has been undone. Only it’s much worse. Abrams seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding about Han’s original character from A New Hope. Han and Chewie enter the ship, find…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (817+ words) Rey and Finn run to the Millennium Falcon. While running, Rey declared that she is a pilot, so Rey takes the cockpit and Finn takes the turret. As they are preparing, both Rey and Finn try to reassure themselves, muttering…...