Tag Archives: Star Wars

Something for Thursday

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back! I have a longer piece in the works for The Geekiverse, but for now, here is John Williams leading a pretty good music … Continue reading →

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May the Fourth, and so on and so on….

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

It’s May 4, otherwise known as Star Wars Day! Because “May the Fourth be with you!” I don’t have any major new thoughts to offer today, but here’s a bit of music.

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Of Cackling Emperors and other things….

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Kelly Sedinger

OK, so now that I’m done cranking out the words every day in a final push to complete a novel draft, what should we talk about? Why…how about the teaser trailer to Star Wars Episode IX that dropped a few … Continue reading →

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“Happy beeps, buddy. Happy beeps.” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, conclusion)

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9 So here we are, at long last: the last installment of my longform review of The Last Jedi! Huzzah!! We have now … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Screw-ups (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 9)

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 Ye Gods, there’s a lot of failure in this movie, on all sides. Nearly everybody fails in this movie at least once. I don’t … Continue reading →

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“Are you the fellow who designed St. Paul’s?” “No, that’s Christopher WREN. I’m….” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 8)

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 Hey! Hey guys! If Kylo gets together with a bunch of his buddies, is that a Ren-fest? OK, fine. But let’s talk about Kylo Ren anyway. … Continue reading →

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Snokin’ in the Boys Room (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 7)

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 If the main heroes were underdrawn in TFA, the villains were doubly so. The First Order’s origins were completely unexplained, as was its power differential: was it the … Continue reading →

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“People will come, Rey!” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 6)

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 I was never bothered by Rey’s abilities in TFA, the way some fans were. What bothered me was that there was no acknowledgment that she was aware of her nature, … Continue reading →

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“A Rose is what Moses supposes his toeses!” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 5)

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 FINN: Look, this whole place is beautiful. I mean, come on–why do you hate it so much? ROSE: Look closer. My sister and I grew up in a poor mining system. The … Continue reading →

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A Flyboy, A Mechanic, and a Janitor walk into a bar…. (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 4)

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 Original TFA screenwriter Michael Arndt has said in interviews that a big problem he faced in drafting that movie was that no matter how hard he worked on making the new characters compelling, as … Continue reading →

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