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  • One Mandalorian Season 3 Character Has Big 'Sam Neill In The Hunt For Red October' Energy

    11 days ago - By Slash Film

    This post contains spoilers for "The Mandalorian" season 3, episode 3, "The Convert." The "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian" is usually a bit more concerned with how the people on the fringes of the galaxy survive, but the latest episode gave us a peek at how former Imperial officers are enduring in the era of the New Republic. Dr. Pershing and Elia Kane both formerly worked together under the terrifying Moff Gideon , but now they're a part of the New Republic Amnesty program. They've been through reconditioning and live in basic, brutalist Amnesty Housing, but as Pershing points out...
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  • The Mandalorian's New Republic Has A Disturbing Real-Life Parallel

    The Mandalorian's New Republic Has A Disturbing Real-Life Parallel

    11 days ago - By Slash Film

    This post contains spoilers for "The Mandalorian" season 3, episode 3, "The Convert." "Star Wars" can't help but serve as a mirror for the world. Sometimes it's deliberate, like when George Lucas wrote "A New Hope" as a response to Richard Nixon's presidency and the Vietnam War. Other times, a galaxy far, far away is ahead of the curve, like when Lucas was writing his prequel trilogy about the rise of the Galactic Empire, unaware that 9/11, the War on Terror, and the Patriot Act were all right around the corner. More recently, the Disney+ TV shows "Andor" and "The Bad Batch" have picked up...
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