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Oceanside International Film Festival – Honours Alan Roderick-Jones

July 28, 2017 by The jEditor Leave a Comment

Original Star Wars set designer, Alan Roderick-Jones to be honored at Oceanside International Film Festival. Oceanside International Film Festival-August 2017. The Oceanside International Film Festival will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of “Star Wars” this year by honoring the designer, Alan Roderick-Jones, who helped bring the film to life. At the event’s closing ceremony on […]

Star Wars This Week – 7 April 2017

March 9, 2017 by Pariah Burke Leave a Comment

The week’s newest Star Wars-related news and most entertaining content–curated by a Star Wars fan, for the Star Wars fan…

THE LAST JEDI Eight’s title is The Last Jedi. Let’s break it down. “The.” I was hoping there would be a little more variation; there are two movies in a row that begin with the definite article. Not that I’m truly disappointed. If the worst thing about a movie is its title then that’s a […]

He is at the center of history’s most controversial Star Wars moment. He was beat up by Anakin Skywalker. He is a legendary failure. He is Greedo the Young.

The template for Poe Dameron. The galaxy’s greatest buddy. The galaxy’s greatest fighter ace. Rogue Leader. Commando. The only Rebel pilot to fly against and survive both Death Stars.

Who in the Galaxy is That? – Mara Jade Skywalker Luke Skywalker’s wife. Mother of his child. Jedi Master. Former Emperor’s Hand and Vader rival. Trained to assassinate Luke Skywalker. And… Rey’s mother? She is the single most popular Star Wars character who has never been in a film. Despite that, Mara Jade, later Mara […]

The Untold Star Wars: Biggs Darklighter For many Star Wars fans, each moment from the movies is ingrained in memory and it is inconceivable that the films were ever another way. Of course it isn’t that way, and part of the film making process is footage that was shot ending up on the cutting room […]

Muppets and Star Wars The magic and mystery of special effects – a description that these days refers exclusively to practical, on set effects but back in pre-digital days meant any kind of physical or optical effect – was opened to the world with the arrival of Star Wars in 1977. Never before had the […]

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