Star Wars: Episode IX -The Rise of Skywalker */**** starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Billy Dee Williams written by J.J. Abrams & Chris Terrio directed by J.J. Abrams by Walter Chaw J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker (hereafter The Rise of Skywalker) is a breakneck, National Treasure-style quest flick so intent on the prize that it takes its eyes off the goal. It’s slick and frictionless, offering nothing to hold on to and holding on to nothing in return. In it, our heroes rattle off facile one-liners and play around with childish surface emotions as…
Rise of the Empire expands Star Wars: Rebellion in all the right ways
Review: A new hope for the 3-hour board game.
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The years from 1991 to 1998 were special ones in which to be a Star Wars fan. For during these years, more so than during any other time in the franchise’s existence, Star Wars truly belonged to its fans.
What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas
If Lucas had directed nothing but “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith,” he’d still have a place in my personal pantheon.
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises is a camp masterpiece
The dark conclusion to Nolan’s Bat-verse gets ... campy?
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
"I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic
"I’m just really unimpressed with it."
Notable & Quotable: George Lucas and Soviet Cinema
In The Wall Street Journal’s Notable & Quotable: “Star Wars” creator George Lucas on Soviet cinema.
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Kelly Marie Tran: I Won’t Be Marginalized by Online Harassment (Published 2018)
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Project 4K77
This is not how Star Wars is supposed to look (shot as it appears on the official Lucasfilm Bluray Edition of Star Wars):
New NoClip Documentary Dives Into The Star Wars Galaxies Jedi Problem | MMORPG.com
Noclip, the video game documentary channel run by Danny O'Dwyer, has released its latest video, breaking down the Star Wars Galaxies Jedi problem.
Amy Schumer, Star Wars, and Minions: a 2015 pop culture time capsule
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Star Script Doctor Damon Lindelof Explains the New Rules of Blockbuster Screenwriting
“We live in a commercial world, where you’ve gotta come up with ‘trailer moments.’”
‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release
While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.
Fanhackers – Your guide to research on fans.
Matt Hills is a fan studies and media scholar of really wide breadth, expertise, and versatility, author of the classic fan studies text Fan Cultures (2002) as well as a number of subsequent monographs: How To Do Things With Cultural Theory (2005),The Pleasures of Horror (2005), Triumph of a time lord (2010), Blade Runner (2011) Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event (2015) – he’s also one of the editors of Transatlantic Television Drama (2019), the Doctor Who reader Adventures Across Space and Time (2023), and Theatre Fandom (2025) as well as a prolific writer of essays and book chapters on a broad swath of fandoms, practices, and cult classics: Star Wars, Veronica Mars, Torchwood, Sherlock, Buffy, Lord of the Rings, and more.
Spielberg’s ‘A.I.’ Divided Critics, but It’s the Ultimate Coming-of-Age Story 20 Years Later
Movies don't change, we do. And where you are in life may affect how you receive the heartbreaking vision of this film.
