The time has come. This will be a different kind of review. I won’t be able to write about specific point in the film, partly because I don’t want to spoil if for those who haven’t seen it yet, but also because the emotions it left me with are still raw. I was born three days after the premiere of
Read moreLet me start my review of The Last Jedi with this: I really like it. To me as a life long Star Wars fan, a film enthusiast and a fandom researcher, this is one of the better in the franchise. With three years of film school and too many years as a freelancer in the film and television industry behind
Read moreStar Wars: The Force Awakens (aka Star Wars Episode VII) is the seventh chapter in the Skywalker Saga, and the first part of the newest trilogy. It might be getting complicated for some, but here starts the so-called “sequel trilogy” of Star Wars movies, and the first produced by a Disney-owned Lucasfilm. Directed by one of my favorite directors, JJ
Read moreStar Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi is the sixth chapter in the Skywalker saga, and is one of those Star Wars films that seems to divide parts of the fandom. Regardless of what you might think of Ewoks, or Jedi Rock musical numbers, of the Star Wars films, this one might be the one that most profoundly affected…
Read moreStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, is widely held as the best film in the franchise, and while I’m not entirely sure if I feel the same way, it is absolutely up there among the best. Directed by Irwin Kerschner, under the watchful gaze of George Lucas, Empire Strikes Back (Empire, for short), is the second part of
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