It has stories of sorcerers, super soldiers, rag-tag alien teams and the adventures of a billionaire play-boy philanthropist. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has pulled off the unlikely feat of adding a witch-propelled era-traversing sitcom to the roster of bizarrely brilliant concepts that all somehow seamlessly slot into the same universe. For all the spells cast…
Author: Kyran Gibbons
Kyran’s (Entirely Emblematic) 2020 Movie Awards
It’s time for the awards announcement that nobody asked for and that has got nobody talking – well, except me, and to anyone who will listen. My entirely emblematic movie awards for 2020 – a bizarre year, but one in which film continued to wow audiences albeit in unfamiliar ways. The COVID-19 pandemic might have…
The Return of the Jedi
Luke Skywalker’s surprise Mandalorian appearance Onhiho Zaya, a street urchin tasked with caring for captive Fathiers on the planet Cantonica, would tell his friends a legendary tale about Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. The heroic story of Luke’s final stand – to face down the entire First Order on Crait in an effort to save the…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 15 (S2, E7) Reaction
Bill Burrilliant Following last night’s Disney Investor Call, in which hundreds of thousands of Star Wars fans sat at the back of the metaphorical boardroom, losing their minds over a news dump that laid out the roadmap for the future of the franchise, there was a risk that this week’s new episode of The Mandalorian…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 14 (S2, E6) Reaction
Temura Morrison, stand-up special, when? “The Tragedy” – ominous title card to see at the start of the latest chapter of The Mandalorian. But what did it mean? While us fans were thrilled by last week’s Ahsoka appearance, it was a largely telegraphed treat. Bo-Katan had set us en route to the former Jedi, Dave…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 13 (S2, E5) Reaction
You’ve Grogu be kidding me… What a day to be a Star Wars fan. The Mandalorian’s second season is the gift that keeps on giving for canon-junkies who crave every morsel of the cartoons, comics and books. First Cobb Vanth, then Bo-Katan, and now, the most eagerly anticipated live-action debut of the bunch. An unlikely…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 12 (S2, E4) Reaction
Mythrollicking Action Adventure The Mandalorian could justifiably be accused of serving ‘filler’ episodes in season one, with weeks in which we totally diverged from the central story arc in favour of an unrelated side-quest. However, Chapter 12, otherwise known as Carl Weathers’ directorial debut, was anything but ‘filler.’ Sure, at first glace it would be…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 11 (S2, E3) Reaction
Never Trust a Quarren Was it the greatest Twitter slip-catch of all time, or is Friday really Katee Sackhoff’s cheat day? Ever since Moff Gideon carved his way out of his trashed TIE-fighter with the Darksaber in hand to create the now famous final shot of The Mandalorian season one, we knew that we were…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 10 (S2, E2) Reaction
Running from the nearly-Kryknas Presidential election turmoil is gripping the USA. The world nervously waits for the final votes to be counted, refreshing social media feeds every few seconds while pundits on every station shout at touchscreen maps that haven’t changed in what feels like an eternity. Yeah, nightmare fuel. The second episode of The…
Mandalorian Musings: Chapter 9 (S2, E1) Reaction
Halloween ’83 Boba Fett Costume Champion The term “fan service” is so often used as a slander in pop culture. Too much heavy handed, narratively meagre, fan service is usually damaging to a film or TV show. However, with obviously passionate Star Wars fans at the helm of The Mandalorian, fan service is undoubtedly well…
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