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The House of Mouse is walling off its content and asking you to add Disney to your growing list of monthly bills on top of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and cable. (AP)

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Is Disney’s break from Netflix a bug or feature of capitalism?

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August 9, 2017 5:47 pm

In politics, it makes sense to invoke Palpatine every so often. George Lucas originally conceived Palpatine in the shadow of President Richard Nixon, and the Sith lord's machinations are characteristic of a seasoned political professional like

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No one in politics is actually like Star Wars’ Emperor Palpatine, except Roger Stone

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June 2, 2017 10:00 am

May 4 is Star Wars Day. The puns are strong with Star Wars fans, and every May going back as far as 1979, the much-beloved space opera gets yet another injection into the public consciousness.

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Star Wars Day: May the Fourth be with you, with these 4 lessons Star Wars has taught us

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May 4, 2017 1:12 pm

The Last Jedi should be exciting to Star Wars fans, not only because Luke is on a journey to break the cycle of dogmatic war between Sith and Jedi that has roiled the galaxy, but because the series might be trying to tell us something about ourselves once again.(Film Frames Industrial Light & Magic/Lucasfilm/AP)

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Is balance soon to come to Star Wars, and politics?

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April 27, 2017 12:00 am

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