And we are back with another more in depth look into one of the characters in The Last Jedi. Warning this will contain spoilers so if you still haven’t seen TLJ yet, now would be the time to click away … Continue reading TLJ Character Studies #2: Finn
In the next few days we’ll produce a number of posts about the character arcs of key characters in Star Wars The Last Jedi. These will contains severe spoilers! We start off with Luke Skywalker! If you want to avoid spoilers, check our non-spoiler review.
We had the absolute incredible opportunity this Christmas to go and visit The Void in Westfield London to try out their immersive, hyper-reality Star Wars experience. I have to say this has been one of the best experiences of my life. I am someone that has always wanted to try out virtual reality of any sort and to have a complete full body experience and have it all set in the Star Wars universe….it was just amazing. Continue reading “Star Wars – Secrets of the Empire”
The trailer of The Last Jedi has been released less than 48 hours ago and is widely discussed. More like any trailer before however, almost every shot echoes previous films. We’ll take you through some and Spoiler-Speculate what they might say about the story. Continue reading “Echoes of The Last Jedi”
What better way to return to production on this blog than with a brand spanking new The Last Jedi trailer, released in the early hours of Tuesday (UK time). There is so much to unpack here and I am still amazed by … Continue reading ‘The Last Jedi’s Second Trailer is here!
It is one of the few gut-wrenching scenes of The Force Awakens and it resonates across the six previous films … the fateful meeting of a Parent, a Child and Death.
The beginning of this month saw not only the slow ramping up of publicity for Rogue One, but also the release of Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel, a prequel-novel, by James Luceno. This post will be hald review, half discussion and although … Continue reading Catalyst, Oppenheimer and the Necessity for Choice
When we compare two trailers, one of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens and another of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story we can find some striking similarities and differences that tell us something about the new era of Star Wars.
Of course lines of dialogue that are used in a trailer aren’t chosen by accident. But it is fun to explore which character arc they reveal. Let’s look at the most recent Rogue One trailer. Continue reading “Poetry of Star Wars Trailers: Rogue One trailer #2”
We live in troubled times where facts are increasingly irrelevant in societal and political discourse while the stories we tell about ourselves become ever more powerful. In a world polarised between authoritarianism and the defence of diversity, democracy and reason … where do our cinematic fantasies stand? I present my view, you judge for yourselves. Continue reading “Super-Hero Fascism and the Rebel’s taste for Hope and Freedom”
Clone Corridor 