I recently read Ursula K. Le Guin’s No Time to Spare, a collection of short essays. One of them, ‘Utopiyin, Utopiyang’, was about dystopian literature and its exploration of that balance, of yin and yang. Some of the essay’s quotes hit … Continue reading Rey and Kylo, Yin and Yang
And we are back with another deeper look into one of our beloved characters of the new trilogy. Warning that this of course will contain spoilers (so we can really get into the juicy details of the story) so if you haven’t seen the film yet read our non-spoiler review here. This is number five in our series of character studies. Links to the others can be found at the bottom of the article or simply go back to the homepage. Now without further ado, let’s have a closer look at Poe Dameron.
The 8 Star Wars Episode films so far have contained three depictions of genocide; Star Wars touches upon many uncomfortable themes … and this surely is one of them. But it also always seeks to express in music what sometimes pictures and dialogue cannot. What do these soundtracks tell us of such horrors?
We were amused by the Creatures that were introduced to in TLJ and we can’t wait to share our thoughts with you! We loved the funny moments loaded with them, the turning moments filled with them and just enjoyed the … Continue reading The Creatures of TLJ
We need to talk about Armitage Hux! In our fourth instalment of this series after Luke, Finn and Rey it is time we face the question: who is the Red General? This will contains massive spoilers for The Last Jedi if you haven’t seen it yet!
I came out of The Force Awakens with Rey having solidly become one of my favourite STar Wars characters ever. She was up there with Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme and Ahsoka for me. So I begged my family to let me write this … Continue reading TLJ Character Studies #3: Rey
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.
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 seems like we simply can’t help ourselves so let’s get the panic out of the way first: Is the Han Solo spin-off doomed? Is Disney trying to ruin Star Wars? Will Trevorrow ruin Star Wars FOREVER?! Feel better now that we got … Continue reading Why Star Wars Fans Will Always Worry
Clone Corridor 