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For everything that the Star Wars franchise has become in the past few years, none of it would have been possible without the Skywalker Saga, which ran on and off for more than four decades. Each of the three trilogies had its ups and downs from movie to movie, a trend that first started with Episode I through Episode III at the turn of the millennium.Coming as a much darker set of films than its original predecessor, the Prequel Trilogy detailed Anakin Skywalker’s journey from raw youngling to powerful Sith Lord....

A popular theory regarding the fan-favorite clone trooper, Captain Rex, and a background character from Return of the Jedi might not hold as much water as it used to.In the Star Wars Original Trilogy capper Return of the Jedi, the heroes venture to the forest moon of Endor to disable the Empire’s shield generator and help to obliterate the second Death Star.The Rebel Alliance dispatches a team to Endor, consisting of Luke, Leia, and the other main characters, as well as a squad of ground troops....

Warner Bros. is currently hard at work preparing its planned slate for the DC Extended Universe as fans continue to take in every moment of Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max. The streaming service will also host the franchise’s other major release later in the year in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. After his marvelous run with the MCU bringing Guardians of the Galaxy to life on the big screen, DCEU fans are hopeful that he can breathe new life into this series’ lovable team of misfits and villains....

Sometimes, I’m a little slow to pick up on cause and effect. Let me give you an example. My husband’s family loves deviled eggs, and for years, I’ve been making them by the dozens for different events. A few years ago, I noticed that I was having trouble peeling them. The shells were sticking to the insides, ripping the hard-boiled eggs apart and creating a not-so-attractive side dish for parties....

Spider-Man: No Way Home is nearly ready for its in-home digital and Blu-ray release after becoming the biggest blockbuster movie in recent memory. Featuring a villain team-up with five classic antagonists and all three cinematic Spider-Men coming together, this threequel has had fans talking up a storm for most of the last two years. No Way Home did what no other MCU movie in history had done before by introducing viewers to the Multiverse for the first time on the big screen, all thanks to Doctor Strange’s botched spell....

If it is even remotely possible that any man-made item on Earth is more ubiquitous than plastic bags, it would have to be aluminum cans. But unlike plastic bags, which endanger marine life and trash the planet, aluminum cans are actually good for the environment. At least, they are if people like you and me take the time to recycle them. So why recycle aluminum? Well, as a starting point for answering that question, how about this: Aluminum recycling provides many environmental, economic and community benefits; it saves energy, time, money and precious natural resources; and it generates jobs and helps to pay for community services that make life better for millions of people....

Millions of us have dogs as household companions or have working dogs that we depend on to get tasks done. But how much do we really know about these faithful companions? How much do we really understand about how they take in information and view the world, about why they react the way they do to other people or animals, or even about which training methods work best and why?...

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is possibly the most emotional MCU entry to date, but it still managed to tastefully include some of Marvel’s classic surprises and Easter eggs. One appearance that was certainly unexpected was that of Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who was revealed to be the MCU’s latest Director of the CIA. Another character audiences were likely surprised to see was Michael B....

Assassin. Spy. Avenger. Through films like Iron Man 2 and The Avengers to Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff has lived a lot of lives throughout her time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but now, it’s her time to properly show them off. On July 9, 2021, Marvel Studios’ first Phase 4 film, Black Widow, will release in theaters and on Disney+ via Premier Access. After having faced numerous delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Scarlett Johansson’s first solo outing as in the infamous assassin-turned-Avenger will be available for fans to witness worldwide....

Marvel Studios is back in the swing of releasing content on a regular basis, which appears to be the case for the rest of 2021 after recent scheduling announcements. Even with the franchise set to bring en new entries into the MCU by the end of the year, none of it would be possible without the early MCU pioneers that built the series from the ground up. Specifically, fans look at somebody like Chris Evans, who took on the role of Captain America and made appearances in ten of the MCU’s first 23 movies before seemingly retiring from the shield for good....

Disney+ will host the highly-anticipated Marvel Studios series Daredevil: Born Again, which reportedly just cast two new actresses as love interests.Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are deep in preparations for their exciting returns as Daredevil and Kingpin in Daredevil: Born Again, the first Daredevil-centric project since leaving Netflix. And as filming looks to span throughout almost all of 2023, having the MCU’s biggest one-season episode count by a wide margin, Marvel is also moving forward with signing new cast members for the new series....

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe expands and its roster of heroes continues to grow, so do the various ways fans can experience the MCU. In addition to Marvel Studios venturing into television with its Disney+ shows, Disney has opened several MCU-based lands and attractions in its theme parks, including Avengers Campus at Disneyland, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Walt Disney World, and now Worlds of Marvel’s Avengers: Quantum Encounter aboard Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wish....

What began as a rumor of a Hispanic actress being cast as a supporting lead over a year ago in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness quickly became more credible. Many had assumed that the role was for America Chavez, but the young age of the actress being cast had instilled doubt in some fans. The Doctor Strange sequel’s working title, “Stellar Vortex,” further pointed to the character’s inclusion in the film....

The MCU has always been a PG-13 fun for the whole family franchise, on the big screen at least. With TV series such as Daredevil and Agents of SHIELD having taken the MCU outside its comfort zone into violent and more mature content, fans have become increasingly enamored with bringing R-ratings to the universe, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is no exception. Ever since its announcement, the Multiverse-hopping sequel has been promised to be the MCU’s first horror film, and the trailers have certainly lived up to that....

Hawkeye Episode 5 provided major revelations that the show’s season finale will need to unravel before it wraps. The Disney+ series is nearing its endgame, with fans anxious to find out if Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton will make it home for Christmas. Before the (former?) Avenger gets to spend time with his family though, Clint needs to help Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop with her newfound problem with her mother, Eleanor, and the looming threats of Echo, the Tracksuit Mafia, and now, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin from Netflix’s Daredevil....

There is a lot that can be said about the DC Extended Universe, but with recent projects garnering mostly positive sentiment, it seems Warner’s super-powered ventures may be back on the right track after a bit of a rough patch. The studio has had a few critical successes in the past couple of years with titles like The Suicide Squad, Shazam!, and Aquaman. One other movie that felt like a breath of fresh air for the studio was the Suicide Squad follow-up Birds of Prey....

It goes beyond farmers’ markets and CSA shares. Before we had ‘local food,’ we just had food. Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and customers. It was unheard of to truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U.S. Over the past half-century, however, a more nationalized food production system has developed....

Dogs love to use their noses. They’re always sniffing for dropped table scraps or checking out which dogs have visited the front yard. And dogs have amazing noses. To help them pick up scents, they have about 300 million olfactory receptor cells, while we have a measly 5 million. Dogs also love to eat. Dinnertime is their favorite time, second only to maybe breakfast. Or anytime there’s a treat involved....

Golden rain-tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, grows 30 to 40 feet tall with an equal spread in a broad vase or globe shape. Rain-trees are sparingly branched, but with a perfectly-balanced and beautiful density. Golden rain-tree tolerates dryness and casts little shade because of its open growth habit. It makes a good street or parking lot tree, particularly where overhead or soil space is limited. Although it has a reputation for being weak-wooded, rain-tree is rarely attacked by pests and grows in a wide range of soils....

Jason Momoa remains a power player in the DCU thanks to his role as Aquaman, and recently, he teased that one of his “dream” projects is in development for release.Momoa is currently waiting for the release of his second DCU solo movie, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which was recently delayed until the 2023 holiday season. But after that film marks the end of DC’s surprisingly packed slate next year, the future is wide open for this franchise’s new era of storytelling....