May 15th, 2016098There we stood: Two gladiators mustering all the bravado we could. He, ruby red and black -- a steely look in his beady eyes; me, in a flaming shirt I hoped would accentuate the fiery darts shooting from my hard-set eyes. The only thing separating us: A double-paned sheet of glass. We were set to do battle. Let the contest...
April 30th, 2016058Welcome Back! Thanks for coming back for Round 2 of my favorite memories from my quest to see The Force Awakens at least 13 times in the theater . When we met earlier this month, I recounted two of my most memorable viewings, and if you're ready, I'm set to jump right into the fray to continue where I left off. Here we...
April 15th, 2016052Star Wars The Force Awakens has been out on Blu-ray/DVD for 10 days now, and I have yet to pop one of the discs into our Blu-ray player. Oh, I’ve removed the cellophane wrapping from the package, but I have not had the time to watch even one of the special features. Busy, busy, busy have I been! I know I’ll get around to watching...
March 15th, 20166133Have you ever been engaged in a conversation in which someone is trying to convince you of something? You are listening with an open mind, maybe even being slightly swayed ... that is, until the individual doing the talking says the wrong thing. S/He has sealed her/his fate, and there is absolutely nothing s/he can do to turn the...
February 15th, 2016460When I first met Poe Dameron back on December 17, 2015, I didn't much care for him. That surprised me. It really did. Why? Because I expected to take an instant liking to the hot shot pilot. You see, I have a "thing" for flyboys. ;-) From the few images of Poe to which we were treated in the trailers leading up to Episode VII's release,...
January 30th, 20166270 And now the end is here; The last letters of the alphabet have appeared; My friends, I’ll say it clear; For me this has been quite the year; I’ve had such fun; I hope you have, too; Oh what a run; From A to Z we made it through... Quite the undertaking I set in store for myself when 2015 dawned. I thought it would be...
December 15th, 2015084A simple explanation would be in order, wouldn't you think? But as many of you probably could surmise - because you find yourselves in the same boat -- the answer can be rather complex. Sure, I get swept away on an adventure every time the intro scrawls across a darkened backdrop, and fades into oblivion. I always am up for an...
November 30th, 20153176Quite the journey this has been. When I posted my first "The ABCs of Star Wars" blog back in January, I felt like Luke must have felt when he took his first steps into the larger, unknown world of the Force. Ben gave our favorite farm boy a slight introduction in A New Hope -- "The Force is what gives the Jedi his power. It's an energy...
November 16th, 2015373Sometimes it can be ... a bit challenging ... to come up with information about a lesser-known Star Wars character to share with you in my march through The ABCs of Star Wars. That leaves the door wide open for me to speculate, of course. You see me doing a lot of that this time around . My musings let my imagination take flight – and...
