May 8th, 20163129 If you’ve been on social media any time during the first couple weeks of November, you've probably have seen the name Daniel Fleetwood, a die-hard Star Wars fan who was diagnosed with terminal cancer whose dying wish was to see The Force Awakens before he died. You probably also saw the fan campaign #forcefordaniel which was started...
February 7th, 2016484 Important dates referenced in blog entry • Star Trek the original TV series debuted 1966 • Star Wars debuted 1977, The Empire Strikes Back debuted 1980, Return of the Jedi debuted 1983 • Battlestar Galactica debuted 1978 • Buck Rogers debuted 1979 • Star Trek: The Motion Picture release date 12-7-79, 13 years after...
October 7th, 20152118 Hey Coffee With Kenobi readers, Joe2-D2 here. Sorry for such a long time between blogs. I’ve spent the last seven months recovering from a stroke that I suffered in February. So for my first blog back, I decided to pull something from the archives. A few years ago, a group of bloggers, including a few of our very own here at...
December 13th, 20141182 *This review contains mild spoilers* The latest chapter book in Disney’s Star Wars Rebels series is Droids in Distress by Michael Kogge. The book follows some of the events of “Spark of Rebellion,” “Droids in Distress” and “Rise of the Old Masters” in the Star Wars Rebels cartoon series on DisneyXD. Ezra is the primary...
December 7th, 2014370This year I got to experience a Comic Con for the first time. Now while it wasn’t San Diego Comic-Con, which is still on my geek bucket list, being able to attend Reno Comic Con was a treat. This year marked the first year that Wizard World was going to have a Comic Con in my home town of Reno, so the fact that I didn’t have to...
November 7th, 2014272 Unless you've been living on the moon or under a rock, you’ve probably heard of the new cartoon series, Star Wars Rebels. At the time that this is being written, there have been 4 regular episodes along with the 1-hour premier episode. With the absence of concrete plot details for Episode VII, Rebels is fulfilling the...
October 8th, 2014366 In my last blog, I wrote about some of the more popular themes and songs from the Original Trilogy soundtracks. However, maligned as the Prequel Trilogy is, there are some pieces that stand apart from the crowd, some may even stand alongside the Original Trilogy. These are the pieces that I enjoy the most. I’ve included my thoughts...
EDIT: I fixed the embed code for the videos. They should be working correctly now. Sorry for the confusion. Joe2 Contrary to what the title says, this blog is not going to be about the potential lack of the 20th Century Fox Fanfare that opened every Star Wars movie from the original in 1977 to the Clone Wars Movie in 2008....
August 7th, 2014686 “You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” Shmi Skywalker Oh if Shmi only knew! Shmi is talking to her son, just after Anakin comes running back to her arms before he leaves with Qui-Gon to become a Jedi, a big change. Like Anakin, change happens to all of us, whether we like it or not. ...