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…
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The Last Jedi Trailer — Bringing Balance to the Force
If you are like me, then you have probably already watched the first teaser trailer of The Last Jedi about 100 times. I just can’t get enough. This is exactly the trailer I was hoping for, and alludes to a resolution in the next two movies that I’ve been waiting for my entire life. Are […]
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 […]
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Should The Canon Focus On Its New Big Three Going Forward?
As much fun as the old Expanded Universe, now called Legends, was and as much as I loved it it’s fair to say that it had its fair share of problems. Among these were an over-saturation of stories that took place in a small time frame as well as a tendency to rely on the […]
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 […]