The Last Jedi takes the right approach in answering the question of Rey’s parents

The Last Jedi takes the right approach in answering the question of Rey’s parents

(*** major spoilers for The Last Jedi are ahead ***) The Force Awakens introduced us to many new heroes, but at the forefront was Daisy Ridley's Rey, a lonely scavenger from Jakku who almost by accident got caught up in the wider galactic conflict, and by the end of the film she was wielding the [...]

The Last Jedi’s decision regarding Supreme Leader Snoke was bold but tremendous

The Last Jedi’s decision regarding Supreme Leader Snoke was bold but tremendous

(*** major spoilers for The Last Jedi are ahead ***) In 2015, The Force Awakens introduced us to the mysterious leader of the First Order, Supreme Leader Snoke. For the next two years, fans spent countless hours theorizing who he might actually be.  Some said he was Darth Plagueis reincarnate, though Lucasfilm (particularly Pablo Hidalgo) [...]

The Last Jedi review: A terrific story that challenges expectations and changes things for good

The Last Jedi review: A terrific story that challenges expectations and changes things for good

(*** Spoilers ahead ***) In an interview before The Last Jedi premiered, Mark Hamill said that the most important line was one shown in trailers, said by Luke Skywalker: "This is not going to go the way you think." In the movie, he's talking to Rey, but he may as well have been talking to [...]

New The Last Jedi TV spots tease a huge scene, plus other interesting shots

New The Last Jedi TV spots tease a huge scene, plus other interesting shots

We're a week away now from the U.S. release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and I can hardly wait! We've been following all of the TV spots that have been released for the movie, and while many of them are interesting, they're interesting in the way of giving a new shot or a new [...]

New The Last Jedi TV spots give us a look at the battle of Crait, Fathiers, and much more!

New The Last Jedi TV spots give us a look at the battle of Crait, Fathiers, and much more!

The wait is almost over... The Last Jedi comes out NEXT WEEK! That's super exciting, and it's hard to contain my excitement for this movie.  We'll soon be able to watch it in full, but for now we're still being inundated with a ton of promotional material, which is awesome!  We've been looking at any [...]

J.J. Abrams views Star Wars: Episode IX as the final film in the Skywalker saga

J.J. Abrams views Star Wars: Episode IX as the final film in the Skywalker saga

We're just two weeks away from the release of the heavily-anticipated The Last Jedi, which will be the second film of the sequel Star Wars trilogy.  The third Skywalker trilogy undertaken by Lucasfilm, the first movie dropped in 2015 with the very successful The Force Awakens, and the director of that film, J.J. Abrams, is [...]

New The Last Jedi TV spots show new shots of Rey, Phasma, DJ, and more!

New The Last Jedi TV spots show new shots of Rey, Phasma, DJ, and more!

The countdown is under twenty days until The Last Jedi, and as expected, there have been a lot of TV spots and teasers and similar promotional material being released recently. We've been looking at several of them already, but more keep coming out and giving us a few new shots each time.  So it's a [...]

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser features intriguing new footage: “Resist it Rey!”

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser features intriguing new footage: “Resist it Rey!”

We're only a couple of weeks away from the premiere of The Last Jedi, and the excitement I feel for the movie is impossible to quantify.  I absolutely cannot wait for this film, and I think it's going to be tremendous. The footage we've seen of the movie so far hasn't given away a ton [...]