Luke Skywalker's rather nonchalant reaction to R2-D2's battle damage in Star Wars is uncomfortably similar to how most people treat the people in their lives who are dealing with pain
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In a feature looking at recurring themes in pop culture, Brian spotlights five movie characters who went undercover using their real names
In a spotlight on pop culture retcons that 'overturn' past stories, see how Leia's memories of her birth mother didn't make any sense after the events of Revenge of the Sith.
In a spotlight on pop culture retcons that 'overturn' past stories, see Luke Skywalker becoming Darth Vader's son changed the Star Wars mythology and became one of the great movie retcons ever.
In a column on pop culture "pet peeves" of his, Brian explains why he thinks it's reasonable enough to want Cad Ban to look like he does in the cartoons.
There is a spectrum of how much scrutiny should be paid to changes in popular culture and in the case of Boba Fett's ship's name, who cares?
When movies and shows are set at a certain scale, there's only so many people that can die for it to still have a 'happy' ending.