The Banality of Evil (Origin Stories)
On The Wicked Witch, Darth Vader, and why their evil origin stories completely miss the roots of true evil.
Star Wars on Overthinking It
The Clone Wars: Asking Geopolitical Questions to Pre-Teens
Onderon as a test case for Jedi exceptionalism.
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Systems, Not Sith: How Inter-service Rivalries Doomed the Galactic Empire
The soldiers and Officers of the Imperial Military will each have their own interests and loyalties. The Galactic Empire never had a chance.
Open Thread for February 10, 2012
The Hindustan Times carries the news of the Brand/Perry divorce settlement.
Open Thread for January 13, 2012
It’s Friday the 13th! Don’t fall asleep, or Freddy Kruger gets inside your thread.
Episode 178: Mah-na-mah-na-logy
The Overthinkers tackle Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Muppets.
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Episode 173: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog of The Will
The Overthinkers tackle listener feedback from Poland, Texas, and Georgia. The former SSR, not the state.
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NY Comic-Con 2011: Interview with OTI Reader and Author Daniel Wallace
A video interview with sci-fi and comics author Daniel Wallace
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Open Thread for September 2, 2011
Dispose of this thread carefully after opening to avoid mercury contamination. Be grateful for its added lumens! In movie news, we’ve got sci-fi historical revisionist faux horror-documentary Apollo 18 (as if that genre didn’t have enough entries already), flashback-laden espionage … Continued
The Bioethics of The Clone Wars
If Yoda says it’s okay, how unethical can it be?