Snoke: “When I found you… Kylo overlooking an assembly of First Order troops and vehicles. With the size of the space and the sparks raining down, this makes me think this is inside Snoke’s Mega-class Star Destroyer, The Supremacy. The Supremacy is Snoke’s mobile command ship, large enough to create, repair, and store the First […]
Force Awakens
The Last Jedi Teaser Trailer Breakdown
WARNING: Possible spoilers by way of speculation and analysis ahead. Much like the “Official Trailer” of The Force Awakens, the Teaser Trailer for The Last Jedi opens with what looks to be a starfield before morphing into a shot of rocky ground and…
Is Snoke in the Aftermath Series?
As others have pointed out since the release of the novel Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig, the book may contain our strongest canon evidence for the identity of Supreme Leader Snoke. And with the upcoming release of the third book in the series, Empire’s End, on February 21, we may get a more definitive […]
REY: ON THE HERO’S PATH – PART 3
Click HERE for Part 1, HERE for Part 2, and HERE for a History and Introduction to the Hero’s Journey. Stage 3: Rey’s Return “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back […]
REY: ON THE HERO’S PATH – PART 2
Click here for Part 1 and here for a history and introduction to the Hero’s Journey. Stage 2: Rey’s Initiation “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure […]
REY: ON THE HERO’S PATH – PART 1
NOTE: For a history and breakdown of the Hero’s Journey concept see my prologue article, The Hero’s Path. This examination of Rey’s Journey will mainly follow Christopher Vogler’s outline of the Hero’s Journey—with several of Campbell’s steps mentioned. It will also follow the chronological plot of the film, rather than a strictly linear outline of […]