Since The Force Awakens was released on December 18th, 2015, this review is far overdue. However, I have to write this one before I can share my thoughts about Rogue One, which I thought was even better than The Force Awakens, which is saying something, because this film was, in my opinion, one of the best Star Wars films…
Happy New Year! Finally, we can put 2016 behind us and hope for a better year. As I sift through the “#worstyearever” hashtag, I feel as though I need to remind myself of the good things that were given us in 2016. Certainly, this doesn’t make up for all those that we’ve lost this year—Alan…
Halloween. The favorite holiday of witches and wizards, of ghosts and ghouls, of vampires and werewolves. The favorite holiday for anyone who wants to pretend to be someone else for a day. To live in a fictional character’s clothes. To walk in a fictional character’s shoes. As I sit here, periodically getting up to hand…
Mind the gap! Between the train and the platform? No, between the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy. While George Lucas may have bridged the three-year gap between Episode II and Episode III with two Clone Wars TV shows and a Clone Wars movie, the eighteen-year gap between Episodes III and IV remains relatively untouched. That’s where…
A few years ago, I had a student whose ultimate fandom of choice was Star Wars. Sure, I like Star Wars too, but Lucasverse does fall behind Rowlingverse and Tolkienverse for me. This kid… he’s read all the books, whereas I’ve read a total of, well, none. He explained to me that (SPOILER ALERT), in those books, Luke…
This month I’ve been writing article after article saying how emotional the last Middle-Earth movie was going to be for me. I even came up with metaphors for how many tears were going to be shed. (Filling the River Anduin? I mean, come on.) Except that I did not cry tonight. This could be because, throughout the film,…
Almost a year ago, I shared my thoughts on the whole “originals vs prequels” debate. (I would highly suggest reading that article before reading this one. One, because I’m actually quite proud of that article, and two, because some things in this article won’t make sense unless you read that one first.) Now, finally, I…
A fan of many things, I am. A great love for Star Wars, I have. However, finding enjoyment from watching the movies doesn’t in any way make me an expert. I don’t spend hours reading about the many star systems of the galaxy on Wookiepedia (except in preparation to write this article). I haven’t read the…