Meg Dowell

Meg Dowell

Meg Dowell is the Site Expert at Culturess, a FanSided contributor, Star Wars enthusiast, and professional journalist. She hosts Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Books Podcast, where she interviews publishing professionals and facilitates book discussions. Meg also writes for Star Wars Insider and Dork Side of the Force. She can be reached at megdowell21@gmail.com. Meg has conducted dozens of interviews with authors, editors, audiobook narrators, and more. She has served as a Senior Editor for multiple online media companies and the Managing Editor of several online publications. She earned her Master of Science in Health Communications from Boston University and specializes in covering TV, Movies, Books, and Music.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones). Image Credit: StarWars.com

Jyn Erso, everyone's favorite headcanon Star Wars bisexual

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Cal Kestis looks on as the Nightsister Merrin performs Force magic in Star Wars: Jedi Survivor. Image credit: StarWars.com

Why Cal and Merrin's Jedi: Survivor kiss is actually a win for bi representation

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Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) and the Stranger Qimir (Manny Jacinto) in Lucasfilm's Star Wars: THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

How The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland made the show 'feel' like Star Wars

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Star Wars: Andor Season 2, episode 9, "Welcome to the Rebellion" with Mon Mothma. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Tony Gilroy on Andor's 'effortless' use of the word genocide

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(L-R): Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) in Lucasfilm's THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, exclusively on Disney+. © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

The Mandalorian & Grogu: Ming-Na Wen says she's 'not in' the movie

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Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm's Star Wars ANDOR Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. ©2025 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

In Andor's series finale, Bix's story ends with healing

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Star Wars: Andor Season 2 with Luthen Rael speaking to Kleya Marki. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Andor season 2, episodes 10-12 review: A haunting end to a near-perfect finale

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Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm's Star Wars ANDOR Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. ©2025 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Bix Caleen, sacrifice, and the greatest Star Wars love story ever told

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Star Wars: Andor Season 2, episode 9, "Welcome to the Rebellion" with Mon Mothma. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Andor Season 2, episodes 7-9 review: Welcome to Andor's rebellion

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Star Wars (L-R) Perrin Fertha (Allistair Mackenzie), Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) and Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) in Lucasfilm's ANDOR Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. ©2025 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Genevieve O’Reilly has always known exactly who Mon Mothma is

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Photo: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode 710 “The Phantom Apprentice” - Image Courtesy Disney+

The Siege of Mandalore was the end of an era in more ways than one

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Star Wars: A New Hope. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Image Credit: StarWars.com

Making the MOST of a Star Wars Day weekend with A New Hope

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Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld with Asajj Ventress. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Review: Tales of the Underworld finally masters the art of the Star Wars vignette

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Star Wars (Second from Left - R) Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) and Grymish (Kurt Egyiawan) in Lucasfilm's ANDOR Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. ©2025 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Andor: Dedra Meero's season 2 tactics are just as shady as you thought

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Asajj Ventress. Image courtesy StarWars.com

Give Asajj Ventress her own Tales of the Jedi shorts

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Tales of the Jedi. Image courtesy StarWars.com

When does Tales of the Jedi take place in the Star Wars timeline?

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