Our Hatred Towards The Star Wars Holiday Special Unites Us All

Confession time: this morning, I did something I may never be able to forgive myself for. Something so horrible and absurd that I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. I was cooking a late breakfast, with late in this case meaning I was attempting to prepare pancakes in the early afternoon. Now, this was only my second time ever trying to make them (they are something my mother is normally in charge of), so maybe that serves as an excuse for my behavior. But it probably doesn’t. In any case, as I was mixing up the batter with … Continue reading Our Hatred Towards The Star Wars Holiday Special Unites Us All

The Incompetence of Evil

I have often heard complaints about how villainous plots make no sense, and this is attributed to plot holes or the shortsightedness of the writers of a book, comic book, or screenplay.  Star Wars in particular gets some (possibly well deserved) shit for how idiotic some of the Empire’s methods and plans are, be it the bumbling nature of Stormtroopers, or the machinations of the Emperor and his minions. At the heart of it though, I think the failure of evil in fiction is built into the resources and execution of evil. Take, for example, Mad Max: Fury Road.  Immortan … Continue reading The Incompetence of Evil

Expanded Galaxy: The Clone Wars

Hello there! Welcome to my first post here on The Avocado. Naturally, it’s about Star Wars, in particular, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I thought I’d start this feature for anyone, not just me, to post sort of primers/guides to the various bits of the Star Wars universe that they love that aren’t in the live-action movies. I’m doing this particular post as more of an overview of why I think The Clone Wars is worth watching so there aren’t going to be any big spoilers in this but if someone wants to post an in-depth spoiler-iffic … Continue reading Expanded Galaxy: The Clone Wars

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