“No, Try Not” The Empire Strikes Back Despite being set in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars teaches us a lot that we can apply to our everyday lives. I remember flicking through an annual planner that was provided to me in school, as I embarked on year one of secondary education. At the…
Category: Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
#22 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Battle of the Heroes Revenge of the Sith One of my biggest criticisms of the prequels is the choreography and staging of the lightsaber fights. Sometimes, it feels as though the words ‘fight’ and ‘duel’ in these instances should be replaced by Star-Lord’s more appropriate Dance-Off (To Save The Universe.) Now, I obviously love Revenge…
#23 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Meeting Lando The Empire Strikes Back Solo: A Star Wars Story is a criminally underrated movie. Poor business decisions led to poor box office numbers and as a result, the word ‘failure’ was banded around and attached to a movie that simply too few people went to see. It unquestionably impaired public perception of the…
#24 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
The Podrace The Phantom Menace It’s taken 26 days, but it’s finally time for the first entry to the list from The Phantom Menace – a movie where the high notes make for some of the most memorable and distinctive Star Wars moments. And it doesn’t get much more distinctive than the Boonta Eve Classic…
#25 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Luke Confronts Vader Return of the Jedi It’s the calm before the storm. The eve of the Battle of Endor which will ultimately bring the Empire to it’s knees. And amid the impending drama that will put the ‘War’ in Star Wars, we have a moment of reflection and our best window yet into Darth…
#26 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Lesson One The Last Jedi I will never forget the first time I watched The Last Jedi. Myself and two friends grabbed some food before dashing across to the theatre for the midnight screening – my first ever launch night cinema experience. Event cinema is a different animal. Several scenes in the movie caught me…
#27 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Rey’s Interrogation The Force Awakens When the team behind The Force Awakens scouted Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver from relative obscurity, they discovered a pair of top tier actors. Ridley’s been incredible as Rey at every turn, and Driver has brought immersive physicality to the role of Kylo Ren, as well as building quite the…
#28 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Obi-Wan Faces Vader A New Hope It’s easy to be cynical about the first ever lightsaber duel. We’ve got plenty of examples in the bank for comparisons now and, without doubt, the action in the tussle between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader doesn’t exactly stand up against the rest from a physicality standpoint. Earlier this…
#29 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
“Chewie, We’re Home” The Force Awakens Most people go to the cinema and complain about having to sit through trailers. Some patrons will deliberately turn up fashionably late as to avoid having to watch them. Well, I absolutely love movie trailers. It’s short form cinema. A well crafted trailer is captivating viewing, be it via…
#30 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Kenobi v. Grevious Revenge of the Sith Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars animated micro-series, not to be confused with the George Lucas and Dave Filoni helmed The Clone Wars of 2008, (you know, the one with Snips), is part of the large library of Star Wars ‘legends’ material. And for the most part, that’s a good…
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