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Obi-Wan almost didn’t have the high ground at all in an earlier version of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’s climactic duel on Mustafar… Photo: Lucasfilm One of the most famous scenes in the Star Wars film saga almost didn’t happen at all. Although the movie was always going to end with Anakin Skywalker losing a few … Read more

FX’s Shōgun seems to be scratching an itch left by the ending of Game of Thrones. It is a spectacular sight. Five armies, each serving one of the great clans and regents of feudal Japan at the end of the Sengoku period, gather on a field at Sekigahara. Nothing less than the fate of the realm … Read more

There are many stellar samurai games out there, but there is only one that can truly cure your post-Shōgun blues. Photo: Sony Interactive Entertainment Shōgun season 1 is in the books, and the historical epic has garnered both critical and commercial success, with its premiere pulling in 9 million views (the most ever for an FX … Read more

Want to learn more about the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japan as seen on Shogun? These documentaries can help out. “Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?” Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) asks at one point in FX’s Shōgun. It’s a question that resonates … Read more

HBO’s former parent company AT&T apparently had some unusual plans for the Game of Thrones ending. Photo: HBO The Game of Thrones finale, and really the entire final season, are still incredibly divisive among fans. From controversial character arcs to the infamous dark episode, there has been plenty for people to complain about for the last five years. … Read more

George R.R. Martin learned many lessons from J.R.R. Tolkien and the similarities between Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones reflect that. It is pretty well known among fans that George R. R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire books upon which Game of Thrones is based, has a double-edged relationship with J.R.R. Tolkien … Read more

Anya Taylor-Joy’s Alia will presumably have a much bigger role in Dune: Part Three, but adapting this Frank Herbert character won’t be easy. You are not prepared for what is to come. These are the words of promise, or prophecy, in Anya Taylor-Joy’s lone scene in Dune: Part Two. Whether the sequence is a kind of psychic chat … Read more

Fallout’s second season will explore a familiar location but don’t expect to find things just as you left them. In an interview with GQ, Fallout showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet broke down the first season of the acclaimed series and shared some of the first details about Fallout: Season 2. It’s a fascinating interview highlighted by some of the first … Read more