Tag: Star Wars

The Last Jedi should be exciting to Star Wars fans, not only because Luke is on a journey to break the cycle of dogmatic war between Sith and Jedi that has roiled the galaxy, but because the series might be trying to tell us something about ourselves once again.(Film Frames Industrial Light & Magic/Lucasfilm/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Is balance soon to come to Star Wars, and politics?

Stephen Kent · April 27, 2017 12:00 am

The Substandard on Star Wars: The Last Jedi Teaser Trailer

TWS Podcast · April 17, 2017 8:30 pm

A top Senate Democrat's office late Thursday compared the GOP move to end the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees to the dissolving of the Imperial Senate in "Star Wars."

Democrats compare ‘nuclear option’ to end of Imperial Senate in ‘Star Wars’

Pete Kasperowicz · April 7, 2017 1:05 pm

A few keen-eyed Twitter users pointed out that in the photo Trump's head appears next to Vader on the screen. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Trump meets Darth Vader on Air Force One

Daniel Chaitin · April 6, 2017 8:26 pm

"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill is back to reading President-elect Trump's tweets in the voice of Batman archnemesis, the Joker. (Photo by Steve Cohn/Invision for Lionsgate Home Ent./AP Images)

Mark Hamill reads Trump’s Meryl Streep tweets as the Joker

Daniel Chaitin · January 14, 2017 8:55 pm

Actor Mark Hamill, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" films, has also made a career off voicing the DC Comics supervillain the Joker. (Photo by Steve Cohn/Invision for Lionsgate Home Ent./AP Images)

‘The Trumpster’: Mark Hamill reads Trump tweet in Joker’s voice

Daniel Chaitin · January 8, 2017 6:03 pm

On Star Wars and Conversations

William Kristol · January 3, 2017 11:00 am

"Star Wars" Actress Carrie Fisher died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack on a flight Friday. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Politicians react to Carrie Fisher’s death

Meghana Kurup · December 27, 2016 7:59 pm

Actress Carrie Fisher, known worldwide for her role as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" series, died Monday, but her biting tweets against Republican Donald Trump during the 2016 election will live on as perhaps one of the campaign's more entertaining features. (AP Photos)

The late Carrie Fisher’s Twitter war against Trump

Eddie Scarry · December 27, 2016 7:52 pm

The Big Picture of ‘Star Wars’

John Podhoretz · December 26, 2016 8:30 pm

The Rockettes were thrust into the national news on Friday after one dancer posted on social media that she was not allowed to boycott performing at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration despite wanting to. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Mark Hamill zings Trump over Rockettes performance

Kelly Cohen · December 24, 2016 3:23 pm

Forward to the Past

John Podhoretz · December 23, 2016 5:38 am