Star Wars’ Forgotten Women #5: Kreia

Kreia is a character you will not find in any of the films or animation series but in the computer game Knights of the Old Republic II. Nevertheless she deserves to be discussed and mentioned along side the most beloved female characters of the Star Wars Saga. The game managed to create a tantalizing female character such as we have not encountered since, elsewhere in the Galaxy.

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Rebels Review #2.12: A Princess on Lothal

The second half of the second season of Star Wars: Rebels is finally here! After the trailer teased the web-world into ecstasy less than a week ago, it was the 12th episode of Season 2 that was going to kick off what is ramping up to be an epic run! So how did A Princess on Lothal get us going? It was good! Very Good! This post contains Spoilers!

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Star Wars: Rebels trailer review (Spoilers)

The trailer for the second half of Season two dropped earlier tonight and I will give a full-spoiler review here. If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read on and don’t watch the trailer … but oh my … it is so worth the watch! You are in for a treat in the rest of this season. If you haven’t caught up with Rebels yet you better plan some binge watching this weekend! Continue reading “Star Wars: Rebels trailer review (Spoilers)”

The Force Awakens score review (Spoiler-free!)

John Williams composed the score for Episode VII just as he did for all other previous Episodes. The score came out the very same day as the movie and hence it is about time that we review this score on its own merits and not just in conjunction with the movie’s imagery. To get the main comment out of the way right at the start: I like this score that however is far from perfect.  Continue reading “The Force Awakens score review (Spoiler-free!)”

The Force Awakens fits to the Star Wars Hexalogy despite its script (Contains spoilers)

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has seen an incredibly positive reception in the critical press for which one can only congratulate Abrams, Kasdan and Kennedy as well as the actors and all others involved. Several reviews and discussions on fan-sites however also reveal there is a lot of criticism on the lacklustre treatment of some of the deeper themes of the Star Wars hexalogy. Continue reading “The Force Awakens fits to the Star Wars Hexalogy despite its script (Contains spoilers)”

Spoiler-Free First Review of The Force Awakens

It is 04h00 am here in London and I just arrived after a first viewing of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Before I get some sleep prior to our second viewing tomorrow afternoon I want to share with you a first, entirely spoiler-free, review. Continue reading “Spoiler-Free First Review of The Force Awakens”

UCL’s Star Wars Class #9: The Female Core of Star Wars: Shmi, Padme, Leia & Rey

The female characters in Star Wars have always been the subject of discussion and sometimes controversy. Whether it was Leia’s ‘metal bikini slave outfit’ or Padme’s ‘death by losing the will to live’, there are plenty of fans and outsiders … Continue reading UCL’s Star Wars Class #9: The Female Core of Star Wars: Shmi, Padme, Leia & Rey

Episode 8

Spoiler Warning: Episode VIII set sightings & fresh cast rumour

We want to share some tidbits of Episode VIII with you that reached us through our Bothan Spy Network. Please do not read on if you don’t want to run any risk of hearing anything unofficial or anything of spoilerish nature regarding Episode VIII. We consider the source that brought us this information very reliable, although not a ‘deep insider’. Let’s say, Clone Corridor just happened to have an ear in the right place at the right time and was coincidentally looking down the right alley. We would like to make clear that we received this information across several sources, however none of them involving Lucasfilm staff or staff working on the sets or with the named actors. Liek we said, we just happened to have a pair of ears & eyes at the right place at the right time, by pure coincidence. We hope you will enjoy our small report on what we were told!

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