Category Archives: Star Wars

6 Thoughts on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Review)

More than a week has passed since the final episode of Skeleton Crew, and it’s sad how little of an impact this show has had on pop culture. I guess not a lot of people were watching? Which is a damn shame, because Skeleton Crew is a great show that had a lot of fun in the Star Wars universe! I had a blast!

TV Show Rating: 9/10 – Great

Like everyone else, I find Star Wars TV to be hit and miss. I haven’t outright hated any show, but wasn’t too impressed with Ahsoka or Obi-Wan Kenobi. I had no idea what to expect with Skeleton Crew when it was announced and teased for years; I barely paid any attention. But that first trailer piqued my interest and I’m happy to have watched every episode week-by-week. This is one of the good ones!

Join me after the jump for my full thoughts/review of Skeleton Crew. Expect FULL SPOILERS for the whole season. And feel free to share your own in the comments below!

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Let’s Start the Week with a Fun TV Show Trailer Montage From Disney Again

A week or two ago, Disney+ put out a trailer for a bunch of upcoming Marvel shows. It was a fun watch. Late last week, they put out another trailer for upcoming Disney+ shows that aren’t Marvel…but with some Marvel? I don’t know the rules of this trailer, but we’ve got looks at Ironheart and Andor season 2, and a bunch of other stuff. Whatever the case may be, this is a good enough video to start a Monday.

And that’s our Monday, folks! Andor season 2 looks good. Ironheart still looks good to me. I’ve enjoyed everything there is to see about Skeleton Crew, also from Star Wars. And I have yet to even watch the third season of The Bear, so I’m behind there. But I’m a man who enjoys having new content to watch. It really keeps me going in these dark, horrible days.

Too bad we have to wait until 2025 for all this stuff. No, wait, Skeleton Crew comes out at the start of December. So that should be fun.

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How About Another Look at Star Wars: Skeleton Crew?

What a couple of weeks. Election anxiety and life anxiety are eating me alive, or at least they’re eating at the parts of me that can focus on blogging. So I haven’t posted much. But it’s Monday, I’ve got to get to work, I’m cold, and I’m finally posting this Star Wars: Skeleton Crew trailer from late last week. This show definitely looks fun, as far as I’m concerned.

This looks fun. A 1980’s style kids adventure flick set in the Star Wars universe? That sounds neat! Star Wars is definitely transitioning into something similar to the superhero genre, where they explore other genres within the existing framework. Sounds fine to me! We’re always going to get new Star Wars stuff, so they might as well be experimental and interesting, and, of course, good.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is coming to Disney+ starting on Dec. 3.

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6 Things I Want to See in a Star Wars: Outlaws Sequel

We’re probably not going to get a Star Wars: Outlaws sequel. The game has reportedly underperformed, and Ubisoft is having all sorts of problems. The whole AAA gaming industry is having all sorts of problems, but I’m not here to talk about that. I finally got around to beating Outlaws this past weekend, so I’m here to just ramble about my thoughts on the game, while daydreaming about what a sequel might hold.

Video Game Rating: 7/10 – Good

I liked Star Wars: Outlaws, for the most part. The game delivered pretty much what I expected it to deliver, and it delivered it well enough for my liking. Granted, I’m not hard to impress. It’s not Grand Theft Auto: Star Wars, but then it never promised to be. It’s a solid 7/10 game set in the Star Wars universe, providing a different style of game from the Star Wars Jedi series. I bought the game for full price on launch day because I really needed a new and fun game at the time. But I would definitely recommend waiting for Star Wars: Outlaws to be heavily discounted on Black Friday before you buy and try it out.

Join me after the jump for my thoughts on the game and what I’d like to see in a sequel.

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Jedi Power Battles is Coming Back

Holy guacamole, people! This news arrived yesterday and I’m quite giddy. They’re going to remaster Jedi Power Battles, arguably the greatest Star Wars video game of all time. At least that was the case when my brother and I couch co-oped the heck out of this game on our original Playstation back in the day. This game was a hoot, and the remaster should be a blast!

Not only is the game getting a remaster, but it’s correctly some ancient wrongs. Way back in the day, you could unlock Darth Maul as a playable character…but in the original Playstation version, he only had a single-bladed lightsaber. A travesty, I tell you. That will be fixed in this new version.

And for me, personally, I’m excited about playing as Ki-Adi-Mundi. For some random reason, I really glommed onto that big-headed Jedi Master in Phantom Menace, and was hugely disappointed that they didn’t pick him as a playable character in the Playstation version.

I have since learned — yesterday, in fact — that Ki-Adi-Mundi was playable in the Dreamcast version of the game. Man, young me really missed out. But he’ll be back in the remaster version!

They’re also adding a bunch of other unlockable characters, but the only ones they show in the trailer are existing game enemies turned playable. And that’s a shame. They can’t create some new sprites to give us a whole bunch of new Jedi to play as? No Yoda? No Saesee Tiin? No Oppo Rancisis?

I suppose we’ll find out everything when Jedi Power Battles comes back into our lives in January!

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