Jedi face Dooku Attack of the Clones I’m going to be honest here folks. I was really torn over which scene to post as my number 37 and in the end, the following 500 words or so are going to be the product of a cop out – I’ve basically clubbed two together as deciding…
Author: Kyran Gibbons
#38 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
“A Legend” The Last Jedi Throughout the saga, actors have brought their a-game to the galaxy far, far away. However, two performances and two scenes, stand out to me as being particularly exceptional for the emotion they store. One is courtesy of Felicity Jones and her portrayal of Jyn Erso in Rogue One. Being an…
#39 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
“The garbage will do” The Force Awakens Fan service is a concept that is typically treated as a negative. Hardly surprising as a lot of the nods, winks and references to the previously popular are ham-handed and out of place. Star Wars usually avoids this trap. Fan service in a galaxy far, far away is…
#40 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Detention Level A New Hope Cliche dodging against impossible odds. If I told you that the first entry in my favourite movie franchise involves one lovable rouge, one scruffy looking underdog and a wookie breaking into a detention block to save a captive princess from a tyrannical empire, I’d forgive you for eye-rolling. It’s a…
#41 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
“You’re no Vader” The Last Jedi It’s a credit to Rian Johnson as a filmaker that in a movie with so much action, some of the best moments in The Last Jedi come in the form of dialogue heavy scenes. It’s also a credit, in this case, to actors Adam Driver and Andy Serkis who…
Disney promotes Endgame actors for Oscar nods
And there’s 13 of them… When Disney announced the list of Oscar categories in which it would promote Avengers: Endgame, there was a wave of surprise regarding the absence of a best actor pitch. Robert Downey Jr’s final outing as Iron Man, at least in the context of the timeline, would seemingly not be propelled…
#42 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Sarlacc Tussle Return of the Jedi A plan is about to come to fruition – or perhaps, just the backup plan. Whatever Luke Skywalker’s strategy was to free his friend Han Solo from Jabba The Hutt’s clutches, the course of events had ultimately led to a final battle over The Great Pit of Carkoon –…
#43 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Petranaki Arena Attack of the Clones Every Star Wars fan has at some point been asked to rank the movies. It’s all part of the fandom gig and I always love to answer the question, even though, just like the force, the answer is always in motion. I’ll give you a different order every week….
Le Mans ’66 Review
Capturing the magic of Le Mans The Le Mans 24 Hours is a jewel of the motorsport crown. It’s the most gruelling race in the game and while the weight of an overall victory has been diminished in recent years, there is still a magic that envelops the event. It will come as no surprise…
#44 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Rey’s Vision The Force Awakens JJ Abrams loves a mystery box. His trailers rarely give the game away – just take a look at the veiled plot in the final The Rise of Skywalker trailer for proof – and with The Force Awakens mysteries only thickened as we dived deeper. When a curious Rey takes…
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