Din Djarin (AKA The Mandalorian) is the latest in a long line of positive parental figures in Star Wars. Okay, so a gun-toting bounty hunter is hardly what you’d call conventional dad material, but his love, affection and need to protect Grogu is obvious a lightyear away. I’ve […]
Star Wars is often thought of as the story of fathers and their sons. But as the franchise has developed, father and daughter relationships have become increasingly visible and important. Few of them last, though, and most are mired in heartbreak and tragedy. The trend began with Princess […]
Since I’ve been through the doubt and fear, the thrill and the hope of pregnancy for myself, Padmé’s tears and unfulfilled promises to Anakin in Revenge of the Sith have taken on something more of a potency. What I believed to be a ridiculous vow that she would […]
