I’ve waxed poetic and nostalgic over Star Wars during the course of the blog. I’ve shared how much it means to me, and how much it has impacted me. How much it has been such a part of my life, and continues to help define it. To say that I love Star Wars is like…
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Ultimate Star War: New Edition (2019) – Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones
A journey’s end is on the horizon, as the final installment of the Skywalker Saga comes to theaters this holiday season with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. I get wonderfully nostalgic with every Star Wars film, and I can reconnect with the inner six year old who first had his little, but expanding, mind…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009) – Defenders of Peace, Trespass, and Blue Shadow Virus
“When surrounded by way, one must eventually choose a side.” Bill Canterbury pens this episode alongside Henry Gilroy and Scott Murphy, it first debuted on 23 January, 2009. On the planet of Maridun, we rejoin the still injured Jedi Knight Anakin (Matt Lanter), his Padawan, Ahsoka (Ashley Eckstein), Jedi Master, Aayla Secura (Jennifer Hale) and…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) – Bombad Jedi, Cloak of Darkness, and Lair of Grievous
“Heroes are made by the times” For the first time, we see Rodia depicted onscreen as Padme Amidala (Catherine Taber) is headed there on a diplomatic mission with Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels). The episode, Bombad Jedi, was written by Steven Melching, Henry Gilroy and and Kevin Rubio. It debuted on…
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2008) – Rising Malevolence, Shadow of Malevolence, and Destroy Malevolence
“Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction.” Rising Malevolence was written by Steven Melching with additional moments penned by show runner Dave Filoni and debuted on 3 October, 2008. General Grievous (Matthew Wood) has a new cruiser, with a powerful weapon, the Malevolence. In one brutal attack, he wipes out almost all…
Fan Expo 2017
Dichotomy. Juxtaposition. Privilege. Hope. One wouldn’t necessarily associate all of these words with a gathering of groups of people who are coming together to celebrate their fandoms. But as Toronto’s Fan Expo 2017 came to its conclusion, these are the words that leapt to mind unbidden. Privilege springs to mind, because my co-host and I…
Star Wars: Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi (1983) – Richard Marquand
This, of course, is yet another one of those movies that stays with me, I can remember where I was when I saw it, who I saw it with, and all the excitement that sprung up around it, filling my young life with, to that point, unparalleled excitement! George Lucas’ original trilogy comes to an end…
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Irvin Kershner
Oh yeah, the 101 Sci-Fi Movies is kicking into high gear now, with lots of familiar titles (heck I own a good percentage of them from here on out) so this should be a lot of fun! 1980, I was still living in Borden, Ontario and that was where I first saw The Empire Strikes…
Star Wars (1977) – George Lucas
The 101 Sci-Fi movies from this point on will, for the majority be movies I’ve seen, and in a lot of cases probably own, but I’m looking forward to revisiting them as the list brings them to me. I’ve spoken about Star Wars on these pages before, the first time i saw it, my…
