The Dangerous Politics of Violence in 'Star Wars'

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [View in browser] [Vulture] December 14, 2016 [Follow Vulture on Facebook] What to Read Today [Be Wary of Star Wars’ Politics of Violence It's not right-wing or left-wing, but it's still political.] [Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Writing Music for Another Animated Movie Like He’s Running Out of Time Vivo is being made by Sony Animation.] [John Legend Calls Kanye’s Meeting With Trump a Publicity Stunt He's disappointed.] [The 10 Best Video Games of 2016 It was a fine year for big-budget blockbusters, e-sports entries, and indie games alike.] [Vulture Pick: Alternative Movie Posters Coffee Table Book The beloved second volume of artists reinterpreting famous movie posters makes a great last-minute gift.] [The Academy Jolts the Oscar Race by Ruling Moonlight and Loving Are Adapted Screenplays Both films had been campaigning as original works.] [Taran Killam Is Making His Broadway Debut As Hamilton’s King George When push comes to shove, he'll send a fully armed battalion to remind you of his love.] [Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge Turns ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ Into a Story of the Boyfriend From Hell "At this point, I've lost count of how many people and animals are in my house."] [TV Is So Hot Right Now That Facebook Is Getting Into Scripted Content The company is aiming to build an "ecosystem" of programming.] [It Looks Like Emmy Rossum Won Her Pay Dispute With Shameless "Back to work in May!"] [Martin Scorsese’s Giant Eyebrows Can’t Stop Rachel Dratch From Escaping Billy on the Street’s Margot Robbie Obstacle Course "Fire your Australian management!"] [Embrace Your Inner Liar by Playing the New Pretty Little Liars Mobile Game Got a secret, can you (virtually) keep it?] [The Despicable Me 3 Trailer Takes on the ’80s Trey Parker stars as Balthazar Bratt.] [The Grand Tour Is Already the Most Pirated British TV Show Ever It's not close to Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead, though.] [Kanye Really Wants You (and Himself) to Believe He’s Good Friends With Donald Trump Though there's little evidence they even know each other.] [Half of Back to the Future Was Shot Without Michael J. Fox Another Marty McFly once roamed the Earth.] [Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui Reportedly Arrested for Marijuana Possession at Airport She got caught with weed in her carry-on bag at Washington Dulles.] [America’s Next Top Model’s Rita Ora–Hosted Premiere Reached a Five-Year Ratings High Last night's show drew 1.7 million viewers.] [America’s Got Talent’s Jackie Evancho to Sing the National Anthem at Trump’s Inauguration The 16-year-old was the runner-up on the show's fifth season.] [Half of This Interview With Rogue One’s Ben Mendelsohn Is Just About His Outfit "That cape is, and you'll pardon my language, a motherf**king movie star."] [Jennifer Lawrence Is a Menace Who Pees During Family Photos She can do it all!] [Here Are the 2017 SAG Awards Nominations See who made SAG's short list.] [Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk Trailer Features the Horrors of War, and Also Harry Styles Coming to theaters July 21, 2017.] [National Film Registry Adds The Lion King, Breakfast Club, and More The Lion King, Breakfast Club, and East of Eden made the list.] [E! Renews Rob & Chyna for a Second Season; the Great American Love Story Continues The docuseries will return next year.] [Read More on Vulture »] REACH THE RIGHT ONLINE AUDIENCE WITH US For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact [Giorgia.Rosenbluth@nymag.com] This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [subscribe] | [vulture.com] | [unsubscribe] | [privacy policy] | [nymag.com] | Copyright © 2016, All rights reserved New York Media LLC 75 Varick St. New York, NY 10013