This week on Star Wars Rebels, veteran of The Clone Wars (the show, not the many, many battles – though that too), Hondo Ohnaka, turns up and I literally cannot remember anything else except Hondo. Seriously, that man crops up and takes over everything, the show, your brain; it’s like a disease. This episode was […]
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A Rebel by Any Other Name…
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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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 […]
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Review: Droids In Distress by Michael Kogge
Review: Droids In Distress by Michael Kogge (or, Something Meta This Way Comes) Droids In Distress, by Michael Kogge, is an odd one. For me, that is, as a reviewer. The book itself is good, don’t worry about it. Droids In Distress is a direct translation – from the perspective of Ezra – of the TV […]
Review: Ezra’s Gamble by Ryder Windham
Review: Ezra’s Gamble by Ryder Windham (or, The Bossk Show feat. Ezra Bridger) Ezra’s Gamble by Ryder Windham sees the very first appearance of one of our new characters, Ezra Bridger, from Star Wars: Rebels. As such, I went into the reading of this book thinking it would be a sort of coming-of-age story. One […]
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Dragon Con 2014: Goodbye Clone Wars, Hello Rebels
This past weekend saw Dragon Con come and go. Fans of everything from Doctor Who to Harry Potter met in Atlanta to costume, hang with friends, and generally geek-out over all their favorite things. For us Star Wars fans though, there was one place at the con we just had to congregate. The Star Wars […]