May 24, 2018 I wrote this article six months ago but did not publish it because it seemed that everything to say about Solo : a Star Wars Story had already been said. However, I will finally see this film tomorrow and realized that if I post the article, I can say “I told you […]
Episode VIII -Title Announced- The Last Jedi
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 […]
TFA part 2: Rey and Her Family
January 15, 2017 Part one of my The Force Awakens review is here: http://jedinet.com/tfa-part-1-history As mentioned in part one, Rey was a partial replacement for Luke but quickly became her own character. During the screenwriting process it was decided to give Luke an extremely low amount of screen time partly so that he doesn’t upstage […]
Kenny Baker
November 1, 2016 A sad beep. As you all know, English actor Kenny Baker died August 13 this year. I figured the first Día de Muertos after his passing would be a good time to remember. I was sad to hear this but as always, I learn a lot more from reading articles and tributes […]
Rogue One characters
October 11, 2016 Mild spoilers for Rogue One: a Star Wars Story in this update. I have been sent some links about the essay by British actor and musician Riz Ahmed, about typecasting, that The Guardian posted last month and that will appear in a book about immigrants in the UK. I have little interest […]
TFA part 1: History
May 1, 2016 I wrote this after viewing the very last showing of The Force Awakens (TFA) in my area and re-wrote it now for everyone who recently received it on home video. This is because, of all of TFA‘s similarities with the Original Trilogy (or OT, particularly with Episode IV: A New Hope), the […]
Rogue One nine-month update
March 16, 2016 Towards the end of 2015 I began to withdraw from much of the Internet to avoid Episode VII spoilers (a good decision), the side effect being that I also ignored the various Rogue One tidbits coming my way. This update serves to rectify that on one hand, on the other there’s very […]
NEW LITERATURE REVIEW
To celebrate the release of The Force Awakens (TFA) in China, here is some information on supplementary literature. On April 5, fans will be get to read about the events of TFA from Rey’s point of view in this short novel for young readers, called Star Wars The Force Awakens Chapter Book: Rey’s story, by […]
TFA AT THE OSCARS!
The Force Awakens has been nominated for five Academy Awards related to sound and visuals — in other words, for its awesome TIE fighter noises and BB-8. Episode 7 is now the second-most Oscar nominated Star Wars movie after the original A New Hope. Here’s a list of the full categories and specific people nominated: […]
The Voice of Boba Fett
Jason Wingreen passed away on December 25, 2015 at the age of 95. In lending his voice to just four lines of dialogue in Empire Strikes Back, Wingreen helped make bounty hunter Boba Fett one of the most enduringly popular minor characters in the Star Wars movies. I remember when we learned only in 2000, […]