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So J.J. Abrams was doing press for the 10th anniversary of Super 8, and he was asked whether planning out all three movies of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy would […]
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Before we get to the second half of the second season of The Mandalorian (Ahsoka, anyone?), we dig into the two big reveals from Chapter 12: The Siege. Punch it!
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After seeing Christopher Nolan’s Tenet at a drive-in, I’ve been thinking about another of his movies, Inception. If you haven’t seen the movies, don’t worry, none of them are spoiled […]
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This is it! The final episode in our “winners” and “losers” series covering the Skywalker Saga, looking at the fortunes of the characters (and groups of characters) in those movies, […]
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We’re in the final stretch of our look at the winners and losers of the various Star Wars Skywalker Saga movies! Following a series we had done for the Original […]
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Imagine with me, if you will, a different Return of the Jedi. The primary protagonist/antagonist conflict is not with Luke and Palpatine, it’s with Luke and Vader. And yet they […]
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When we looked at The Force Awakens, it was remarkable how much it lined up with the events of A New Hope. Then we looked at The Last Jedi, and […]
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Return of the Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker start their bad guys in similar places. No one walking into Return of the Jedi ever thought that redemption was in […]
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As we dive deeper into our examination of The Rise of Skywalker, and the comparison of it to Return of the Jedi, structure is where we want to head next. […]
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Last week, we spent time talking about The Last Jedi, and comparing it to The Empire Strikes Back – which is similar to what we did a while ago when […]