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Impressive. Most impressive.
Just finished watching the original Star Wars again. I never thought anything could make it better, but after last night… wow. The tie-ins and the backstory (yeah, yeah, I’m sure they didn’t know the whole story they were acting out … Continue reading Continue reading
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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Well, we made it. Complete, the circle is. What we thought was as the tale of a young boy, Luke Skywalker, learning to use a mysterious Force to rid the galaxy of the evil Empire and its dark lord, Darth … Continue reading Continue reading
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Use the Force on you do not make me!
I don’t know how I missed it, but as the world’s biggest Star Wars fan* pointed out, Darth is not the only one with a blog… Master Yoda has a blog at http://masterjediyoda.blogspot.com/ Even Chewie has a blog called hbrrrrrrrrrrrrhhrrbawwwrr. Continue reading
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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
In case you haven’t quite gone overboard enough, I’d like you to study the tenets of the Star Wars Religion, then take the quiz on beliefnet.com. I scored 100-percent on the test, but it was a toughie. Damn, that “GE … Continue reading Continue reading
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Longest. Two Days. Ever.
Is it Friday, yet? Here’s a nifty link: The first mention of a Star Wars film (directly) on Usenet (or at least the oldest one I could find in Google Groups). Newsgroups: net.movies From: ucbvax!upstill Date: Wed Jun 9 01:35:39 … Continue reading Continue reading
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The End of the Darth Side
While Lucas may or may not capture all of the nuances of his own creations on film, at least we have the inspired writings of Star Wars fans. I’m not big on fan fiction, usually. However, this has been one … Continue reading Continue reading
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Never tell me the odds.
I have purchased the tickets. And while I am too old and responsible to wait in line to see it the second it comes out, our seats are reserved for Friday night at 8:30. I have a feeling it might … Continue reading Continue reading
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Coming Soon…
I could post something of great import. Or I could just take another swig of coffee and watch more movie trailers… Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Batman Begins … Continue reading Continue reading
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Cinderella Man
Went to a free preview of Ron Howard’s new movie Cinderella Man. It was pretty good. My review is at Blogcritics. Continue reading
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