Jedi Mix Video - Now in widescreen A montage of every lightsaber battle from the Star Wars saga - now in widescreen.

Video - Bawitdaba Jedi Mix A montage of every lightsaber battle from the Star Wars saga.

Have the protocol droid's mind wiped. Further thoughts on why only Threepio has his mind wiped.

Force Choke - Addendum Continued thoughts on Padme's death.

The Force Choke - A Journey Rethinking Padme's death after reflecting on the breadth of the saga and our experience with the Force.

A Reflection on the Droids A few thoughts about Artoo and Threepio

Theatrical Viewings Fans love to boast about how many times we've seen the films, but home video is responsible for that with many of us. I want to tally how man times I've seen each film in the theater.

Do you have a straw, Chief Chirpa? What if Anakin-who-was-Vader survived after throwing the Emperor down the elevator shaft?

Yoda, the Jedi Master Yoda. He was an innovation in 1980. Watching Empire today, he still is. Frank Oz injected so much life, vitality, humor, wisdom, pain, hesitancy, and nobility into that little muppet, that you simply cease to think of him as artificial. It's revealing

The Duel in The Empire Strikes Back My favorite description of Ben and Vader's "duel" in ANH is that they were playing "lightsaber pattycake." The duel in Return of the Jedi was the perfect anti-duel. The son did not want to fight the father, and only at the end did the spark of