Category Archives: Star Wars
What If the Star Wars Prequels Were Good?
Some of you have probably seen these videos before, but I’ve been wanting to share them, because they’re a lot of fun. Basically, a rather creative chap named Michael at Belated Media has re-imagined the Star Wars prequels into a better, more entertaining movie trilogy. He keeps the same characters, general plot and themes, but does a much better job with the storytelling. He’s backed up by some great artwork by Jackie Whisler.
These are just one guy’s ideas, but creativity respects creativity.
I especially like what he has planned for Uncle Owen and Darth Maul. That’s some good thinking right there.
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Waste a Couple Hours of Your Day By Designing Your Own Lightsaber!
So I randomly came upon a website yesterday that lets you design your own lightsaber. We all know how deep the Internet rabbit hole goes when you’re just randomly surfing, and yesterday, I discovered Saber Parts!
Behold, my masterpiece!
Yes, I know it’s a double-bladed purple lightsaber. Don’t judge me!
Anyway, it’s just another silly, fun thing that geniuses on the Internet have invented. I say go nuts!
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Next Up, A Few More Bad Lip Readings of Star Wars
Bad Lip Reading is one of the greats. And they are not immune from the Star Wars bug.
At least all of these are pretty hilarious. There are worse ways to spend a Monday. Speaking of which, we’re not done yet!
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We’re Gonna Just Burn Off the Rest of This Star Wars Stuff
The arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens caused every single Youtube parody channel that I watch go into Star Wars overdrive. I tried my best to keep up and post the videos, in case you henchies come here to get your funny video fix. But I didn’t get around to everything.
So today sounds like a great day to get around to everything! Let’s start with Cinema Sins, and Everything Wrong with both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith!
Stay tuned throughout the day for even more videos! Prepare yourself for the marathon gauntlet of Star Wars mockery!
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Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Fair warning, there will be SPOILERS later on in this review. Everything before the jump will be spoiler-free, and everything after the jump will have spoilers. I’ll make the distinction clear.
This is not the movie you’re looking for. Or maybe it is. Honestly, I think opinions are going to be all over the map for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For some, it might be a glorious return to that wonderful galaxy far, far away. For me, it was a fine and enjoyable film, but it wasn’t the be-all, end-all cinematic second coming that it was hyped up to be. Instead, The Force Awakens is a fun adventure full of familiar characters that easily entertains.
But if this really is the start of several decades worth of new Star Wars films, one after another, I’m no longer as excited as I was yesterday.
Movie Rating: 6/10 – Pretty Good.
There is definitely a lot to enjoy about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s definitely worth going to see, especially if you’re a Star Wars fan. The new cast all acquit themselves well, meshing splendidly together and with the old, returning cast. Harrison Ford’s aged Han Solo steals the show, with ample support from the legendary Chewbacca. The two of them on screen again is worth the price of admission alone. Lightsabers blaze with iconic glory, the Millennium Falcon is as great as we’ve always know it to be, and this galaxy looks like the lived in, wildly varied galaxy of yore.
But the movie is far from perfect. There are numerous plot contrivances that seem to exist solely to bait the fans’ love for the franchise. Several seemingly important characters barely get any screen time, making you wonder why they seemed like such a big deal in all the advertising. And worst of all, what really took me out of the movie, was the inexhaustible desire to callback to and remember the original trilogy.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens does not take the franchise anywhere new. It revels in the old ways, while presenting just enough new material to guarantee the endless supply of new movies we’re going to get over the next several years (decades?).
But at the very least, Han Solo and Chewbacca are pretty awesome.
Join me after the jump for my full review. Be warned, I really get to rambling a bit. And this is the SPOILER cut off. Read the rest at your own risk.
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