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Nigel Harden

The Star Wars You Grew Up With Is Gone, And It’s Not Coming Back

Rather than build on its mythic foundations, Disney’s Star Wars has devolved into a soulless brand exercise cannibalizing nostalgia

3 min readMar 24, 2024

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The Star Wars You Grew Up With Is Gone, And It’s Not Coming Back

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Nigel Harden

The last Straw: Episode 2 Blockbusters: The Art of Beating a Dead Horse

“The Diminishing Returns of Franchise Films”

3 min readJan 10, 2024

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The last Straw: Episode 2 Blockbusters: The Art of Beating a Dead Horse

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Nigel Harden

“Rediscovering Cinema’s Soul: A First Encounter with Polanski’s Macbeth”

In today’s era, where movies are often overloaded with excessive special effects and shallow plots, discovering Roman Polanski’s version of…

3 min readJan 8, 2024

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“Rediscovering Cinema’s Soul: A First Encounter with Polanski’s Macbeth”

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Nigel Harden

Shamim Obaid-Chinoy and Star Wars: A Misaligned Vision

The recent announcement that Shamim Obaid-Chinoy, a filmmaker known for her feminist activist documentaries, is set to lead a Star Wars…

3 min readJan 4, 2024

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Nigel Harden

The Last Crusade:Lucasfilm’s Legacy From Innovation to Mediocrity

Lucasfilm: Transforming your childhood heroes into underwhelming paternal figures since 2023

3 min readMay 26, 2023

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The Last Crusade:Lucasfilm’s Legacy From Innovation to Mediocrity

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Nigel Harden

Sam Rami you beautiful Devil-Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review

As a comic book gatekeeper I got to give credit where credit is due…this shit delivers

5 min readMay 10, 2022

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Sam Rami you beautiful Devil-Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review

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Nigel Harden

Disney’s Plans for Obi-Wan Kenobi — Will they Destroy or Honor the Character?

Since Disney announced that they will be making the next Star Wars movie, fans have been concerned about what the animation giant will do…

4 min readMay 5, 2022

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Disney’s Plans for Obi-Wan Kenobi — Will they Destroy or Honor the Character?

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Nigel Harden

MIKE ZEROH: STAR WARS fandom’s false prophet

The hunger for Star Wars news created it’s worse “news” outlet

5 min readAug 1, 2020

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MIKE ZEROH: STAR WARS fandom’s false prophet

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Nigel Harden

The Last Straw: episode 1 : Kathleen Kennedy Needs to be Stopped

April 19th, 2005. You are blasting Metallica ST. Anger album while your high school-crush holding hands being all over each other in a…

4 min readJul 25, 2020

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Nigel Harden

Nigel Harden

Started to realize that writers talk about nerd culture but have no idea what they are talking about. Im here for the culture. Let the gatekeeping begin. Again.

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