“Strength in character can defeat strength in numbers.” Revival opens our trio of episodes this week, coming where it should chronologically within the Clone Wars timeline, but after it was produced it was used to open the fifth season on 29 September, 2012. Written by Chris Collins, the story follows the united Maul (Sam Witwer)…
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Star Wars: Extraordinary Droids (2020) – Simon Beecroft
This week sees another release from DK Canada’s Star Wars library, focusing on those wonderful, amazing and Extraordinary Droids. This entry in the DK Books Star Wars series is definitely aimed at the younger readers, filled with big full page pictures of droids, and a descriptive paragraph for characters both familiar and new. The book…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012/2013) – A Sunny Day in the Void, Missing In Action, and Point of No Return
“When all seems hopeless, a true hero gives hope.” Brent V. Friedman pens the next episode in the D-Squad arc. This story first debuted on 8 December, 2012, and sees R2-D2 and the rest of the squad crash landing on a desolate planet following the completion of their mission in the previous episode. Unfortunately both…
Moonraker (1979) – Lewis Gilbert
Oh Moonraker. Sigh. When I was first getting into Bond films, at the age of twelve, I thought Moonraker was great – I didn’t see it during its original release in ’79, but I remember seeing images, and some of the toys and cards – because space, and lasers, gadgets and James Bond! Coming to…
Lego Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia: New Edition (2020) – Elizabeth Dowsett
Lego… Star Wars… DK Canada… What’s not to love? Maybe it’s the self-isolation that I’m going through right now, maybe it’s allowing my inner child to surface more dominantly (who am I kidding my inner child RULES!), but I love me some Lego, and I love me some Star Wars. But the only thing I…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Bound For Rescue, A Necessary Bond, and Secret Weapons
“When we rescue others, we rescue ourselves.” Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) and the Jedi Younglings have all sorts of trouble to handle in Bound For Rescue. Written by Christian Taylor this episode debuted on 17 November, 2012 and continues the Youngling story arc that began with their journey to Ilum to find kyber crystals for…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Tipping Points, The Gathering, and A Test of Strength
“Disobedience is a demand for change.” The Onderon arc which opened the storyline for the fifth season of The Clone Wars comes to its conclusion this week in an episode written by Chris Collins. It first debuted on 27 October, 2012. A full scale battle erupts on Onderon as the people elect to fight back…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – A War On Two Fronts, Front Runners, and The Soft War
“Fear is a malleable weapon.” Season Five of The Clone Wars got underway with Revival, which actually comes later in the chronology, so first up for us is A War on Two Fronts. Written by Chris Collins, this episode launched on 6 October, 2012. Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), Ahsoka Tano…
Be More Star Wars (2020) – Christian Blauvelt
Over the past couple of years, author and Star Wars scholar Christian Blauvelt has released a series of books, which culls quotes from the entire cinematic Star Wars saga that you can apply to your everyday life, whether, work, building your self-confidence or decision-making there is a quote applicable for every facet of your life….
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Massacre, Bounty, Brothers, and Revenge
“One must let go of the past to hold onto the future.” We close out season four of The Clone Wars this week, and the first episode up is Massacre. Written by Katie Lucas, it first debuted on 24 February, 2012. Asajj Ventress (Nika Futterman) returns to Dathomir to complete her training as a Nightsister….
The Mind Reels 