The Last Jedi

  • The Ahsoka Finale is Dave Filoni’s Remix of The Last Jedi

    10/10/2023
    Not only does Ahsoka harken back to The Clone Wars and Rebels, but also the most controversial instalment of the franchise...

  • 3 Star Wars Characters Who Should, Somehow, Return (And 1 Who Shouldn’t)

    14/09/2021
    “Somehow, Palpatine returned”. That infamous, memefied line from The Rise of Skywalker has come to symbolise the increasingly thin veil between life and death in Star Wars. The explanation given for the Emperor’s resurrection is brief and unspecific, at least in the confines of the film, but it doesn’t...

  • Silence in Star Wars

    26/01/2021
    The Star Wars franchise has some of the most famous sound effects and music ever produced, so it’s a bold choice whenever it instead embraces silence. It’s surprising how often John Williams’ iconic music disappears from the films to allow the sound design to tell the story, whether the...

  • Ranking Every Star Wars Opening Shot

    24/03/2020
    Everyone knows the now iconic opening to the Star Wars movies, with John Williams’ incredible score accompanying three paragraphs of crawling text designed to set up the following couple of hours of space-set action and adventure. Watching the films constantly since a young age, these crawls are seared into...

  • More Hopes For Star Wars Episode IX

    09/01/2018
    Last week I wrote about my hopes for Star Wars Episode IX and this week I’ve got even more. The Last Jedi has been playing on my mind, it’s hard for it not to be with the constant barrage of opinions on the Internet, and now that I’ve seen...

  • Hopes for Star Wars Episode IX

    01/01/2018
    If you didn’t know, The Last Jedi, the 8th film in the Star Wars saga (Rogue One and The Clone Wars not withstanding) has been released. It’s proved controversial with some fans not accepting the versions of the characters and events explored in the film, which are different from...

  • What Rian Johnson’s New Star Wars Trilogy Could Be

    13/11/2017
    Star Wars is here to stay. Sure, the franchise has lasted 4 decades but the following few years will cement the uncomfortable and existential fact that we will all die before seeing the franchise conclude as Disney keep us hooked on their unique blend of space opera. But hey,...