1977 will forever be a pivotal year in cinematic history, thanks solely to the imagination of one George Lucas. It was in May of that year that fans world-wide saw Star Wars for the very first time. Now, forty-three years later, the franchise continues to grow and thrive despite whatever missteps
[Contains Spoilers of Star Wars: The Clones Wars Season 7 episode "Shattered."] Darth Revan is arguably still one of the most popular Star Wars characters outside of the feature films. So much so the he's been featured in everything from video games, to books, to action figure form. Granted, most
The entire world has changed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not easy living in a time of a health crisis that effects so many and has taken so many lives. How we each cope with what’s happening, however, is a very personal choice. While we certainly shouldn’t make light of it,
We got our first, live-action introduction to Mandalorian armor when Boba Fett appeared on screen in The Empire Strikes Back. The faceless, helmeted, battle-worn soldier became an instant fan favorite. But, as we'd come to learn, neither Boba, nor Jango from whom he was cloned, were actually born
Have you ever wondered how Yoda survived Order 66 and avoided detection? Or, you've perhaps questioned why he chose the swamp world of Dagobah, of all places, to exile himself from the rest of the galaxy. The Star Wars original trilogy never particularly answered these questions… but The Clone
The Jedi Council must have lied to the Republic Leadership about the miraculous readiness of 200,000 clone troopers. Their decision to lie instead of telling the truth and revealing their blindness resulted in their ultimate destruction. In Star Wars Episode II - Attack Of The Clones Obi-wan Kenobi
Star Wars Celebration has now come and gone. The five-day event was a delight for fans that finally learned the title to Star Wars: Episode IX and got to see its first footage. In addition to the trailer for The Rise of Skywalker and everything it presented (Palpatine!), fans also got to see scenes
A young Anakin Skywalker once said that no one could kill a Jedi. Obviously his childhood naiveté was mistaken. Anakin himself would go on to kill dozens of Jedi himself. Likewise, others throughout the galaxy managed to slay Jedi from time to time. Among the notable Jedi-killers is fabled bounty
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
