What a week! With the start of the second half of Star Wars Rebels, which you could not miss, unless you were frozen in carbonite, we can’t find rest because we still can’t come to terms with all that has … Continue reading Weekly Round-Up
I took my sweet time gathering my thoughts about this movie. In fact, I watched it three times before I decided I was indeed ready to write this post. My review of The Last Jedi will contain, as the title suggests, … Continue reading ‘The Last Jedi’ Spoiler Review
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
Carrie Fisher’s depiction of Leia Organa has been central to much of Star Wars. She put so much of herself into that role. Clone Corridor posted about Leia frequently, here are some of the stories we ran.
I have coloured my ‘Facebook cover’ pitch black today as an expression of the darkness that Aleppo’s fall exudes. As my profile picture there I have taken this shot of Darth vader, the tragic villain, because of the story this picture tells us. Continue reading “Picture This 1. The Tragic Darth Vader”
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”
So the Official Rogue One trailer just dropped and I think it is fair to say the internet is losing its shit. It’s clear that the producers and editors are doing another fantastic job at teasing the hell out of … Continue reading Rogue One, an Awakening
Last night (UK time) I had a most delightful re-watch of the ‘Umbara Arc’ of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series during the live-tweet fest #UmbaraLive called by the Fan Girls Going Rogue (@FGGoingRogue). Re-watching the arc like this made me spot many things that I originally missed. It felt fresh again. But it also made me think about ‘what Star Wars is’ at the moment … on the cusp of the first ‘Star Wars Story’ film being released. Continue reading “#UmbaraLive and Reflections on ‘Clone Wars’”
We had an absolutely brilliant time at Star Wars Celebration Europe although I don’t think I have ever queued that much in my entire life. But everyone in the queues was great, all the fans were brilliant, the cosplay beautiful and … Continue reading My Star Wars Moment #15: Thomas at SWCE
Today we celebrate the birthday of the person who started all of this. Who made it possible for all of us to have an awesome childhood – George Lucas! Today I thought why not take a few steps back to … Continue reading From Lucas to Lucasfilms
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