From AP News: A new ‘Star Wars’ movie is coming to theaters: ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu.’ There hasn’t been a Star Wars film in theaters since 2019’s “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker,” which received mixed reviews at best (personally, I thought it wasn’t too bad, despite some issues), which means this announcement…
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Disney+’s “Ahsoka” (2023) gives a popular Star Wars character her own spinoff…
*****STAR DESTROYER-SIZED SPOILERS!***** The character of “Ahsoka Tano” first appeared in the animated Star Wars TV series “The Clone Wars,” the pilot of which was released theatrically in 2008. Having seen that feature-length pilot, I can tell you it was abysmal, and it put me off any chance of watching the series for most of…
San Diego Comic Con 2023 soldiered on, despite some new challenges…
Comic Con Returns Once again, my wife and I returned to San Diego Comic Con, as we have almost every year for nearly the last two decades. The last time the event was cancelled outright came in 2020, the year the COVID pandemic changed everything, and prematurely ended millions of lives around the world. That’s…
Disneyland’s “Rise of the Resistance” takes Star Wars fans on a ‘captivating’ ride…
Disneyland, 2023 Well, it’d been over three years since I last visited Disneyland, which is not far from where I live. But the ticket price is high, and the recent COVID pandemic put a damper on my personal comfort level with crowd situations. However, my wife (who’s far braver than I am) had the idea…
“Starcrash” (1978) is a Star Wars knockoff minus the wit, the charm, or the spaceballs…
*****SPACE SPOILERS AHEAD!****** When “Star Wars” came out 46 years ago, it was a paradigm shift in cinematic entertainment. Visual effects, sound and even editing were never the same, and movies have been forever chasing its tail ever since. This dramatic revolution occurred when I was all of ten years old in the summer of…
Comic Con Revolution 2023: The Inland Empire’s ‘little Comic Con’ is well-established…
Welcome Back Since the Southern California Inland Empire’s first Comic Con Revolution (CCR) in 2017, my wife and I have attended nearly each one, save for 2022, when we attended the COVID-delayed “Star Wars Celebration 2022,” which unfortunately, landed on the same weekend. While my wife and I have attended many big ticket conventions, including…
Teaser trailer for “Ahsoka” is unveiled at Star Wars Celebration 2023…
*****DEATH STAR-SIZED SPOILERS!***** As of this writing, “Star Wars Celebration Europe” is currently underway (April 7-10th) at ExCel London. While I’m not there personally, I’ve been lucky enough to have attended two Star Wars Celebrations here in California over the past decade, and they are wonderful. I hope every Star Wars fan attending in London…
Cosplay, Quantum Leap, and the Walking Dead: WonderCon 2023 wraps…
Welcome Back. Once again, WonderCon has returned to Anaheim, California and with COVID restrictions pretty much gone now (though I still wear masks), things feel a bit more back to normal. This year also saw a surprising championing of smaller or lesser-known movies and TV projects than in years’ past. Instead of a DC or…
A Movie Lover’s Dream; the Academy Museum…
The Academy Museum This week, my wife and I finally went where I’ve wanted to go since the place opened in September of 2021 (at the height of COVID, sadly); the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The museum is by-appointment only, via their website or app, and parking is across the street…
“Tales of the Jedi” sheds more light and color on the Star Wars prequels…
*****STAR DESTROYER-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!***** “A Long Time Ago…” As I may have said once or twice in this column, I make no secret of the fact that the Star Wars prequels are not really my cup of blue milk. Don’t get me wrong; seeing “Star Wars” at age 10 in 1977 was a transformative cinematic…
San Diego Comic Con 2022 returns at full-strength…
Welcome Back, San Diego Comic Con. With the cancellation of San Diego Comic Con 2020 and the much smaller capacity San Diego Comic Con ‘Special Edition’ over last year’s Thanksgiving weekend, SDCC returned in all of its 130,000 attendee glory this past week (July 20th-July 24th), and it was both good and a little terrifying…
Disney’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is more about making pieces fit than bold storytelling…
*****STAR DESTROYER-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Debuting with a lot of fanfare at the recent Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” miniseries has concluded with a finale that pulls out all the stops and throws in every cameo that it can, perhaps to make it seem more impactful than it actually was. Produced/directed by “Mandalorian” veteran…