Five Things Independence Day: Resurgence Does Better Than The Force Awakens
When I saw Independence Day: Resurgence last week, I was struck by how just how competent it is. That sounds like faint praise, but this a sequel that kind of has no right existing from a creative standpoint, so it could easily have coasted on nostalgia for the original (like, say, Jurassic World), but instead […]
Star Wars Fans Accused of Hating Mace Windu and Finn
Every so often, someone kicks the hornet’s nest just to see what happens; that’s what I assume this is, at least. Today, a content creator called Okiro posted about racist sci-fi fans on X in response to another post about asking what fictional character “that it’s hate is forced.” Oiko posted four pictures about black […]
John Boyega to Reprise Finn in Rey Movie?
Following John Boyega’s softening towards Star Wars and the announcement of a new film starring Rey, John Rocha, host of the podcast The Hot Mic, has heard from sources that Boyega may be the male lead of the movie. On this week’s episode of the entertainment podcast, Jeff Sneider filled in some details about the […]
Star Wars Celebrates Black History Month with New Marvel Comic Covers
Even though Star Wars is set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Disney still believes that they need to insert modern-day politics into the franchise… as if the IP wasn’t already in the ICU. The franchise decided to create Black History Month covers for Marvel’s Star Wars comics for the month […]
John Boyega “At Peace” With Disney
John Boyega recently appeared on SiriusXM’s Tell Me Everything With John Fugelsang, and the topic of racism in the Star Wars fandom came up. Boyega expressed relief at how Disney/Lucasfilm handled the harassment Moses Ingram received but ultimately doesn’t want to appear in further Star Wars projects. Check out his comments here: “That’s the peace […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker D23 Footage Arrives Online
We finally have a new glimpse at the final chapter in the Skywalker saga thanks to some footage from D23. I had been hearing about the Rise of Skywalker D23 footage all weekend, but I didn’t think we would get to see it, as is often the case with footage screened at events like this, […]