Tag: movies

  • Stoicism in Star Wars

    Stoicism in Star Wars

    Star Wars is an interesting franchise. Though wildly popular, it is one of the most ideologically and thematically fragmented franchises out there, partly because of its origin history. The original three films were not based on a book or literature of any sort. While the prequels came from the same creative mind as the OT…

  • Virtue in LOTR Part III: Aragorn

    Virtue in LOTR Part III: Aragorn

    (Originally published on the MythicMind Substack) In the last two posts I talked about how even though many of us love The Lord of the Rings, there is a growing gap between our admiration of the characters, and our understanding of them. Specifically, I showed that LOTR is founded on a more classical understanding of…