“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…
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#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…
#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….
#45 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
“Fly Casual” Return of the Jedi For all of the swashbuckling, edge of your seat action, some of my favourite Star Wars moments are smaller details. Innocuous lines of dialogue and witty quips can sometimes be just as memorable, quotable and memeable as the big set pieces. And my 45th favourite moment of the Skywalker…
#46 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
March of the Resistance The Force Awakens Our heroes have been disarmed. Maz Kanata’s castle is in ruins. The First Order has descended upon Takodana and cast a wave of destruction. Just as hope fades, John Williams’ score begins to stir once again. Looking to the horizon, Han Solo spots what we all hoped to…
#47 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Meeting Rey The Force Awakens Movie soundtracks are my jam. The majority of the albums that populate my Spotify feed are film scores and John Williams brilliance is never far from my recently played. It’s often suggested that without Williams’ music, Star Wars would not have risen to being the cultural phenomenon that it is….
#49 – Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
Padme’s Ruminations Revenge of the Sith Genie pops out of a bottle and grants me three wishes. One of them is for me to be as witty as the dude who does the Screen Junkies Honest Trailers voiceover – or at least, the team of writers that pitch that comedy gold. As much as I…
My Top 50 Skywalker Saga Moments
The Rise of Skywalker approaches. Just as Rey and Kylo’s journey nears its end – at least according to our favourite croaky old fossil Papa Palpatine – our journey through the Skywalker saga is also reaching its end. This silly story about space wizards, weird aliens and a moisture farmer desperate for a life of…
The Mandalorian second trailer reaction
So beautiful it hurts…. The Mandalorian promises to be ground-breaking Star Wars content. The first live action TV show set in a galaxy far, far away and on a box-fresh streaming platform in Disney Plus. Star Wars in a decidedly 2019 flavour. The second trailer for the series dropped overnight and it had all of…
The Rise of Skywalker final trailer reaction
“Taking one last look, sir, at my friends” I have a love/hate relationship with trailers. There is nothing quite like going into a movie on opening night with the lid firmly on the mystery box. Since the Sequel Trilogy began, and the plot thick Revenge of the Sith trailer all but a distant memory, Lucasfilm…
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