A history of the dark times When Palpatine declared the birth of his new Empire, he expected it would stand for 10,000 years. Instead, [...]
The Death Star Stratagem
Chris Kempshall2023-12-11T17:18:06+00:00The Death Star Strategem This article for Star Wars Insider #223 asks: what made Emperor Palpatine's cunning plan to crush the Rebel Alliance [...]
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Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend
Chris Kempshall2022-06-06T12:58:20+00:00Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend Terence Davies’ Benediction, a biopic of Siegfried Sassoon, portrays two iterations of the [...]
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Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles
Chris Kempshall2022-06-06T12:54:06+00:00Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles This article for The Companion website focuses on the ways in which the Galactic [...]
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The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy
Chris Kempshall2023-05-31T14:25:42+00:00The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the [...]
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1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War – Life and Death of Soldiers
Chris Kempshall2022-02-08T14:02:09+00:001914-1918-online – International Encyclopedia of the First World War is an English-language online reference work on World War One. Launched in October 2014, the [...]
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Star Wars: Battles That Changed the Galaxy
Chris Kempshall2022-05-12T10:30:50+00:00Explore the "Wars" in Star Wars as never before! Enter a galaxy ravaged by conflict and discover the complete story of the epic struggles [...]
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Multilingual Environments in the Great War
Chris Kempshall2021-11-01T10:52:12+00:00This book explores the differing ways in which language has been used to try to make sense of the First World War. Offering further [...]
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War Collaborators: Documentary and Historical Sources in First World War Computer Games
Chris Kempshall2020-06-08T09:12:48+00:00War collaborators: documentary and historical sources in First World War computer games With the emergence of computer games focused on the First World War, [...]
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1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War – Centenary (Computer Games)
Chris Kempshall2020-06-07T12:57:56+00:001914-1918-online – International Encyclopedia of the First World War is an English-language online reference work on World War One. Launched in October 2014, the multi-perspective, [...]