Author: Virginia Kublawi
The Phantom Menace Revisited 25 Years Later
As we all know, The Phantom Menace was screened this weekend for its 25th anniversary and Star Wars Day. I was four years old when this movie originally came out, and I *believe* it was my first cinematic experience. But I jumped at the chance to see The Phantom Menace on the big screen again. I ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Tales of the Empire Season 1 (2024)
I loved Tales of the Jedi. More accurately, I loved half of it, the Dooku half, and I enjoyed the Ahsoka half. The animation style is to die for, and I liked learning more about an under-utilized character. In short, that’s why the Count Dooku episodes were so much more compelling. I was all in w...
Read MoreTRAILER: The Acolyte (2024)
Today, Saturday, May the Fourth, the official Star Wars YouTube released a new Acolyte trailer. This clip runs almost two minutes and features a lot of new footage from the upcoming Disney+ series. We see Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) seek to recruit his former Padawan Mae (Amandla Stenberg), Jodie Turn...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 3, Episodes 14 and 15, “Flash Strike” and “The Calvary Has Arrived”
It has been an incredible season of The Bad Batch this year, making it equally exciting and sad to see the show go. This is my favorite season of The Bad Batch, a show that has gradually gotten better and more laser-focused on its overarching story. To think we went from a relatively filler-y seas...
Read MoreTales of the Empire Clip: “Revenge”
Yesterday, Disney and Lucasfilm released another trailer for the upcoming animated Star Wars series Tales of the Empire. This is another of the 30-second clips they love to put out, this one called “Revenge.” This clip focuses mainly on Barriss’ recruitment into the Empire, although at the end...
Read MoreJeff Bridges Will Return in Tron: Ares
Jeff Bridges, who starred in the 1982 sci-fi film Tron, spoke with the Film Comment podcast about reprising his role of Kevin Flynn in the upcoming sequel Tron: Ares. This is the third installment in the Tron saga (not including the animated series Tron: Uprising) after 2010’s Tron: Legacy...
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