Fans writing on the continuing Star Wars mythos with a focus on analysis and speculation.
The following post was sent as a message by reddit user quietansible and we were so impressed we asked to post it. It lays out a very cogent argument for why whether Rey’s father is Luke matters in The Last Jedi.
Continue reading Guest Post: The Importance of Rey’s Parents
Written by HypersonicHarpist, Needs_More_Sprinkles, Josey, robotical712, Pale and ravenclawmind
In our final post we examine several possibilities for the idea ‘Fishing the Deluge’ reveals the origins of Rey’s mother.
Part of the Finding SkyMom series Continue reading How I Met Your Mother: Rey Skywalker Edition – Wrap Up and Theories
Written by Josey, robotical712, HypersonicHarpist, Pale, ravenclawmind and Needs_More_Sprinkles
In ‘The Tide and Its Significance’ we laid out why the Tide philosophy is important to both the setting and Luke in particular. Now, we get into the narrative and symbolic reasons we believe Legends of Luke Skywalker strongly suggests the origins of Rey’s mother.
Part of the Finding SkyMom series
Continue reading How I Met Your Mother: Rey Skywalker Edition – Symbolism and Narrative
With Episode IX starting filming shortly, the Star Wars Shadow Council is pleased to give you our absurdly early predictions for the film.
Continue reading Way Too Early Predictions for Star Wars: Episode IX
We’ve spoken before of Finn’s role specifically in the Skywalker family arc, and how his future is heavily foreshadowed to interweave with them as Han Solo’s did before him–but what about where he came from before the beginning of The Force Awakens? In this article, I make a case for a backstory for Finn that both adds depth to his past, and gives meaning to his future.
Continue reading The Lost Son of Mandalore: An Origin Story for Finn in Episode IX
By HypersonicHarpist, robotical712, Sprinkles, Pale and JoseyFish
The Legends of Luke Skywalker is structured as a series of stories being told within another story, known as a framing story. The framing story is entirely canon, the stories that the characters tell however exist as in universe legends. Like legends that exist in our world they are subject to error from exaggeration, romanticization, being altered slightly with each telling, or could be fabricated entirely. While their canonicity is questionable, the stories are worth examining because there is often a bit of truth in Legends.
Part of our Finding SkyMom series
Continue reading Finding SkyMom: Reading Between the Legends
