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December 28, 2016
Watch: this hilarious Carrie Fisher interview is why we will always love Carrie Fisher
Fisher will always be known for playing Leia. But offscreen, she showed why she was a legend.
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December 27, 2016
To Carrie Fisher, a woman who knew the power of accepting yourself without apology
Carrie Fisher’s biggest legacy may be the unapologetic life she led.
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December 27, 2016
Watch: Carrie Fisher’s 2005 speech honoring George Lucas was vicious and perfect
The late actress thanked the Star Wars director for ruining her life in characteristically barbed fashion.
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December 27, 2016
The obituary Carrie Fisher would've written for herself
"Carrie Fisher found in the moonlight, strangled to death by her own bra…"
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December 27, 2016
Carrie Fisher dies at 60, leaving behind a legacy of performance, writing, and advocacy
The actress and writer became famous for Star Wars, then used her fame to speak up about mental illness.
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December 20, 2016
Rogue One is an unfulfilled promise of a new, more expansive Star Wars story
The new standalone film could have built out the Star Wars movie universe. Instead, it just reinforced what was already there.
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December 18, 2016
Rogue One is the first Star Wars movie to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war
It’s often incoherent and messy. But it’s also beautiful and has a strong central theme.
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December 13, 2016
The suggestion that Rogue One needs a “strong and vigorous” male lead is ridiculous
Rogue One stars a pivotal, female Star Wars rebel. One critic wishes she had manlier men to help.
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October 13, 2016
The new Star Wars: Rogue One trailer has arrived. Jyn Erso is ready to lead.
"Rebellions are built on hope."
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July 15, 2016
New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story teaser reveals gorgeous new footage
Insert muffled screams of happiness here.
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May 4, 2016
"I'm a Star Wars newbie. Here's what I figured out based only on The Force Awakens."
Here's my attempt to make sense of the new film, along with an assessment from a collective of my more well-versed colleagues regarding how well I did.
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May 4, 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens only seems better in the wake of so many crummy reboots
2016 has shown how hard it is to make a popcorn film this effortlessly fun.
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January 2, 2016
Harrison Ford spoiled Star Wars: the Force Awakens before it opened, and nobody noticed
Just look at J.J. Abrams's face.
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December 29, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is on pace to become the biggest film of all time
It only needs a little over $200 million to pass up Avatar in the US and Canada. It should get it.
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December 28, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: One key takeaway from the film's $1 billion haul
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now the fastest film to reach the $1 billion box office mark. It has yet to open in China.
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December 28, 2015
Is Star Wars' Rey a Mary Sue? And what does that mean, anyway?
The short answer: no, Rey isn't "too perfect" for Star Wars.
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December 26, 2015
Critics are going too easy on Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Being derivative is not some clever pomo statement — it's just derivative.
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December 22, 2015
What Star Wars: The Force Awakens learned from comic books
The best thing about the new Star Wars is that it’s really just the old Star Wars.
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December 21, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — what’s up with the Republic and the Resistance?
Here's how the "war" in Star Wars actually works.
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December 21, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens beat every box office record
There are 247 million reasons to keep making Star Wars movies.
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December 21, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a prime example of Hollywood’s nostalgia problem
The movie proves why sequels should expand worlds instead of just revisiting them.
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December 21, 2015
5 ways Star Wars: The Force Awakens outright copies the original film
Rey is basically Luke Skywalker, for one.