A Rebel by Any Other Name… –shazbazzar Since the inception of Star Wars, names have been significant to the saga’s story lines. From subtle hints about origins to conveying more obvious character qualities, the names, and changes in names, are selected to expedite the audience’s understanding of the storyteller’s vision. For example, Deak Starkiller from […]
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Star Wars: The Next Generation “Star Wars on TV”
Star Wars: The Next Generation Star Wars on TV For those of my generation (what JimmyMac often calls, “The Star Wars Generation”), between the Star Wars films and after the original trilogy had finished, virtually the only way a fan could get his fix was to watch one of the specials or cartoon series on […]
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Jedi Visions: Insights or Opportunities?
Jedi Visions: Mere Insights into the Future or Opportunities to Change Course? In the most recent episode of Star Wars Rebels, “Vision of Hope”, Ezra Bridger has visions of fighting alongside Gall Trayvis, the self-styled “Senator in Exile” who has been the source of information (or misinformation) for the Ghost’s small band of rebels. Despite […]
Star Wars Scrapbook: My First Star Wars Action Figure
Star Wars Scrapbook My First Star Wars Action Figure Even thirty-seven years later, I can remember my first glimpse of a Kenner Star Wars action figure. It was at my house in the spring of 1978, with the sun streaming in the kitchen windows. The lawn outside finally a vibrant green after a cold and […]
Before & After the Special Editions: Blast It Biggs! Who Are You?
Star Wars: Before and After the Special Editions Blast It, Biggs! Who Are You? When we first saw Star Wars in 1977, we heard about Biggs in a discussion around the dinner table in the Lars’ home, but we didn’t actually see him until he was revealed as “Red Three” during the Rebels’ attack on […]
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Star Wars: The Next Generation “Teasing Your Kids”
Star Wars: The Next Generation Teasing Your Kids My father loved movies and science fiction. He was a Star Trek fan in the sixties, though he sometimes missed seeing it on television because his in-laws tended to visit on nights when the program aired. (This may have been a contributing factor to our family being […]