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.

"Deep Cover" Premiere - 2025 Tribeca Festival

3 Star Wars directors who could direct revolutionary film trilogies in a galaxy far, far away

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(Center): Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) with Covert Mandalorians in Lucasfilm's THE MANDALORIAN, season three, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

The Mandalorian bringing Bo-Katan into live-action was a terrible idea

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Revan image courtesy of Starwars.com

5 most overrated Star Wars characters of all time

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(Center): Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

New Star Wars book set to bring 2 amazing characters from The Acolyte back for new adventure

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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens with Han Solo and Kylo Ren.

5 most misunderstood Star Wars characters of all time

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Celebrities Visit SiriusXM - March 10, 2020

Star Wars designer reveals inspiration behind one of franchise’s most iconic planets

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith Opening Day At Arclight Cinema

This is actually the best movie of the Star Wars prequels

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Bail Organa, and Padme Amidala watch Chancellor's Palpatine take over the government and become Emperor. Image Credit: StarWars.com

The Star Wars prequels are way better than they get credit for

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) ..Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. ..© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

The Last Jedi is actually the best Star Wars movie since the original trilogy

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)..Photo: John Wilson..©2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

3 things Star Wars: The Last Jedi got right about Luke Skywalker

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Star Wars: Andor Season 2 ISB Agent Dedra Meero waiting for interrogation. Image Credit: StarWars.com

The next Star Wars show after Andor season 2 is coming soon

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Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Cassian Andor on Yavin IV. Image Credit: StarWars.com

Rogue One and Andor are the most important Star Wars projects since A New Hope

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Grogu and Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) in Lucasfilm's Star Wars THE MANDALORIAN, season two, exclusively on Disney+. © 2020 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

A cut scene gives hope we'll see Pedro Pascal's face in The Mandalorian & Grogu

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Star Wars Hyperspace Stories Covers Grievous and Mace Windu. Image Credit: StarWars.com

General Grievous is the next Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories star

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)..Photo: John Wilson..©2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Mark Hamill's The Last Jedi head canon is much different from ours

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

Rogue One director Gareth Edwards 'grateful' for Star Wars film, even if it isn't the best one

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