May 22nd, 20181321This past weekend saw a television and historical event that will be remembered for a generation or so -- The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel, now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. And in our modern echo chamber, you either loved it, had disdain for it, or did not even notice that it happened. I would like to offer that...
February 21st, 20172420By now, there has been so much coverage in ways of analysis on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Honestly, what’s left to talk about? The media, from news-sites to fan-sites, and every corner of the internet has turned this first Star Wars standalone film inside-out, and dissected it from every angle possible. But here, at Coffee with...
October 11th, 20162761 E.K. Johnston’s Star Wars: Ahsoka, on sale today, begins following the adventures of the Togrutan Force user exactly one year after the establishment of the Galactic Empire. This Young Adult novel is intended for ages 12-18 and grades 7-12. However, this 40-year-old reviewer loved the book, mainly due to my unashamed love of Ahsoka...
January 30th, 20166232 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...
January 23rd, 20164273 A long time ago, when I was a small child in a small town, my father took me to see Star Wars shortly after it had opened in theaters across the country. As my father likes to tell it, I feel asleep about half way through. So, I don’t remember a lot about that showing or much about any of the showings I went to as a kid. One thing I...
January 11th, 2016283 New Video and Images Available for “A Princess on Lothal” - the next episode of Star Wars Rebels, returning January 20 at 9pm ET/PT on Disney XD! --Young Princess Leia to make her first appearance on the series-- Princess Leia, the unstoppable Rebel hero featured in both the original Star Wars trilogy as well as the recent...
September 30th, 20155198Call me silly , but I've always been ... entranced ... by Alfred Hitchcock's decision to make a cameo appearance in his films. They always are unobtrusive roles -- an every-day man riding the bus , a customer leaving a pet shop , a passenger lugging a double bass trying to board the train . In some instances, the director had to be...
February 21st, 20155261 “Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me.” – Darth Vader Note: The Following Features Heavy Speculation and Possible Spoilers: I have often thought about the similarities between Chancellor Palpatine and Princess Leia’s secret identities. Let’s face it … it’s no real conspiracy that both were hidden in plain sight...
January 28th, 2015488 We are now 10 episodes into Star Wars Rebels and it has yet to let me down. The work of the writers and actors is not in vain, they have successfully kept me, as well as a lot of you, tuning in each week. I have to admit, after meeting a lot of the cast at Star Wars Weekends last year, it has been a blast to see the fruit of their...
