Palps, why didn’t you tell me? The Rise of Skywalker was a lot of movie. J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio treated Star Wars fans to a real feast with the finale of the Skywalker saga rich in… well… a big galaxy defining plot and similarly seismic character moments. To do justice to all of the…
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Rey, Kylo and Sequel Trilogy Cohesion
The dyad at the centre of a fundamentally cohesive story *TROS spoilers ahead* Social media’s been an interesting place since The Rise of Skywalker hit cinema screens around the world, and considering the polarising effect of The Last Jedi, avoiding a degree of discourse was always an impossibility. It seems to me, a fan of…
First Impressions of The Rise of Skywalker
Non-Spoiler Thoughts Maybe it was spending nine hours in the cinema for the sequel trilogy triple bill, or the fact that it was 3am. Regardless, when the credits rolled after the midnight screening of The Rise of Skywalker, I knew I liked it but the question was to what extent. After all, this was a…
#1 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Rey, Kylo, Snoke and a Twist in the Throne Room The Last Jedi Well, the biggest blogging project I’ve ever taken on is at an end. 49 articles over 49 days, 19,600 words and a whole lot of Star Wars memories along the way, it’s time for me to write about my favourite scene in…
#3 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Rey’s Catch The Force Awakens J.J Abrams knocked it out of the park with The Force Awakens – a reboot of the classic themes that made me fall in love with Star Wars in the first place. In the process, the team also effectively rebooted lightsaber combat. The duel between Rey and Kylo Ren on…
#17 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Falcon’s Arrival The Last Jedi “Rose, you’ve got three behind you.” Rose is in trouble as she pilots a dilapidated ski speeder over the salty surface of Crait with three screaming First Order ties bearing down on her. The odds are stacked against the Resistance. Several of the speeders in what started off as a…
#19 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Luke Found The Force Awakens It’s not often that I’ll accurately predict a movie plot or twist. It could be staring me in the face, but I’ll rarely be able to call what trials, tribulations, successes and defeats a film will pose until I’m sitting in the theatre with it all unravelling in front of…
#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…
#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…
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