November 12th, 20182452To celebrate No Shave November I thought it would be a good time to honor the best beards in Star Wars. Like the Star Wars movies, it is too hard to rank the beards of these characters, so let’s just appreciate them as a group. George Lucas: Did George Lucas create the beard? Probably not. Did he perfect it? Absolutely....
October 11th, 2018081Fan X 2018 (Salt Lake Comic Convention) was a Star Wars-studded affair with Star Wars actors, panels, and even a Star Wars-themed wedding. This year I was able to meet two of the nicest and most talented actors in Star Wars and I even got to host a panel, making this Fan X one of my favorites. On the first night of Fan X 2018,...
August 11th, 201871211With the start of filming of Episode IX on August 1st and the recent casting announcement, I am once again getting excited about a Star Wars movie. Since 2015, I have gotten used to seeing a new Star Wars movie at least every 12 months so it will be nice to have at 16 months to let the anticipation build to the conclusion of the...
July 11th, 20182201This past week my family was out of town and while they were gone I thought about how important families are in general and in Star Wars. Of course in Star Wars there are the families that are biologically related (Anakin and Shmi Skywalker; Beru and Owen Lars and Luke Skywalker; Han, Leia, and Ben Solo), but there are also the...
June 11th, 20181171I have liked Chewbacca since I first saw him speaking with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Mos Eisley cantina in A New Hope. I liked how big yet gentle he seemed to be, how he stood out in a cantina full of amazing looking aliens, and how he seemed to have a quiet confidence. Throughout the saga I have admired his loyalty to his friends, his...
May 11th, 20182313With the upcoming release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, I thought it would be fun to re-visit some of my favorite quotes from Han Solo in the Star Wars movies and also provide a guide for how these quotes can be used in our daily lives. I’ve got a really good feeling about this, and we haven’t got time for anything else...
March 11th, 20180296With awards show season coming to a close soon and St. Patrick’s day coming up, I thought it would be a good time to announce the nominees for Star Wars March Awards, which recognize fandom’s favorite characters, quotes, and other things that pertain to green, gold, luck, and other categories related to the month of March and St....
February 11th, 20181187Since today is my wedding anniversary I thought it would be a good time to finally interview my favorite Star Wars fan: my wife Jana. Before we met, Jana had never seen a Star Wars movie. She didn’t know a Solo from a Skywalker or an astromech from a protocol droid, but since marrying me she hasn't been able to escape the saga. Now she...
January 11th, 20184408Star Wars movies have always been strong with religious motifs, and The Last Jedi is no different. Whether the viewer sees the Force as a deity-like power, the Jedi as monks or priests, or Emperor Palpatine as the embodiment of Satan, Star Wars is great at using religious symbolism. One of the religious themes I really enjoyed in The...
