When the 2016 smash hit Rogue One ended with the entire principle cast being killed one-by-one, it seemed like it the book was pretty definitively closed on these characters, yet two years later Lucasfilm announced that Diego Luna would be returning to the role of Cassian Andor for a prequel series leading up to the … Continue reading ANDOR – On Location in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Seventeen years after Star Wars: Episode III hit theaters, Ewan McGregor returns to the role of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, now cut off from the Force and hiding from the Empire after the fall of the Jedi Order. An urgent message pulls him out of his exile when the young Princess Leia is kidnapped by … Continue reading OBI-WAN KENOBI – Old Ben, New Tricks
How do you describe something that has never existed before and how do you assess the value of what it’s worth? These are the two interlocking problems one runs up against while trying to talk about Disney’s new Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser immersive experience. Even that, “immersive experience”, what does that even mean? For people like myself … Continue reading STAR WARS: GALACTIC STARCRUISER – Weighing the Cost of a Miracle
These Star Wars Rebels Primers are designed to dig through the vast history of Star Wars stories – both good and bad – to pick out the pertinent pieces of information for the new TV series. Here there be spoilers. Previous entries: Ahsoka Tano ~ Captain Rex ~ Hondo Ohnaka The Star Wars: Knights of the … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Primer – Malachor
Wow! That was something, wasn’t it? It’s as if Christmas came early and the folks at Lucasfilm decided to give us all of our presents at once. This episode of Star Wars Rebels was stuffed to the gills with the kind of reveals and big character moments that feel specifically designed to send us dorks at home … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Shroud of Darkness”
This review contains spoilers. When it comes right down to it, 22 minutes is not a lot of time to tell a story. If you’re splitting said story up into three acts, and you want to, say, show a character having a major change of heart during the second act, you’d have at best ten … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Honorable Ones”
This review contains spoilers. I have never been particularly fond of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This is something I’ve written about extensively in the past, but now that I’m writing here at Heroic Hollywood, I think it’s important to restate this bit of context. Because, you see, as much as I’m not fond of The Clone Wars, I … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Homecoming”
NOTE: This review was written for Heroic Hollywood, but due to some unforeseen timing issues they were unable to run it today. Starting next week my Rebels reviews will be posted at Heroic Hollywood. This review contains spoilers Long seasons of TV are a drag. Everyone recognizes this on some level; it’s why premium cable shows are only ten … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Call”
This review contains spoilers One of my major beefs with Star Wars: The Clone Wars was the way in which that series espoused a bizarre pro-war sentiment. For any of their flaws, it’s clear that the Star Wars prequels are about the failures of politics and organized religion – the entire point of which being that by … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Legends of the Lasat”
I apologize for the delay in posting this review. It seems Disney has decided to split this season into two separate volumes on Amazon, iTunes, etc. and seeing as I’m not inclined to buy this season at full price twice in a row, I reached out to Disney. They have since reduced the price of both Vol. 2 and … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Protector of Concord Dawn”
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