Everything in here is SPOILERS, because we’ve reached that reality in Star Wars movies. The guys at Red Letter Media have been saying since Rogue One that there are only so many things that can happen in Star Wars, so even if you technically haven’t seen the ninth (and final?) episode, you’ve seen most of… Read More Quick Review: The Rise of Skywalker
So suggests Variety. This explains what I’ve been wondering about, both here on the blog and on my podcast: Disney’s current strategy of “nothing but live-action reboots and Frozen 2.” It also jibes with the news that they’re done making Star Wars films for the time being (and with the rumors that the test screening for Episode 9… Read More It Appears Disney Is Going All-In on Streaming
First, the rumor mill: reshoots, secret cameos, six different endings, a bunch of “sources say” folderol. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not. There’s really no way to know. Even after the movie’s out, we don’t get a lot of facts about what actually goes on in a movie shoot. Until the last Blu-Ray sale, no one… Read More And Now, More Mindlessly Speculative Guff about Star Wars
This post by Captain Capitalism falls under the category of Interesting, With Caveat. In essence, he calculates Box Office As a Percentage of GDP, to evaluate the relative success of the Star Wars Movies in 1977 vs. today. Naturally, A New Hope tops the list, bringing in .035% of the US GDP. Solo does the… Read More Economist Crunches Numbers, Makes Box Office Condemn “The Last Jedi”
Get obsessed over product, swine! Actually, this article at Digital Spy hews very close to verifiable fact, and leaves the theoretical where it belongs. A few pertinent facts: Mark Hamill will be back. Previously shot footage of Carrie Fisher will be used, rather than CGI. We’ll also see Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian Most of… Read More And Now For Some Mindlessly Speculative Guff About Star Wars Episode 9
Predictions are usually wrong. If Game of Thrones has taught us nothing else, it’s that what we expect to happen is not what’s going to happen at all. I was convinced that all of Snowcean’s Seven was going to die in the Land of Always Winter except Jon Snow. I had a whole theory posted… Read More A Series of Predictions on Upcoming Star Wars Films
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