July 7th, 2022055Some exciting news from our friends at Disney and Lucasfilm: Today, Disney+ released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic,” an immersive series that chronicles the untold history of world-renowned Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the special visual effects, animation, and virtual...
Some exciting news from our friends at Disney and Lucasfilm: Today, Disney+ released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic,” an immersive series that chronicles the untold history of world-renowned Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the special visual effects, animation, and virtual...
April 29th, 20181137A new featurette looking at Solo: A Star Wars Story has been released. It contains a fair amount of new footage and dialogue not previously seen or heard, so be warned if you're avoiding anything new, and any possible spoilers! If you're good to go, check out "Becoming Solo" below: Join director Ron Howard, screenwriter...
April 18th, 20180128In this installment of The Star Wars Show, Solo: A Star Wars Story writers Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan discuss their love of Han Solo and crafting their story, students visit Lucasfilm, we check out new TV spots for Solo: A Star Wars Story, and more! Subscribe to The Star Wars Show here....
February 9th, 20180136It's always been understood that Han Solo traveled in some shady circles prior to the events of Star Wars: A New Hope. Now, in Solo: A Star Wars Story, we get to meet some of the characters who inhabited those circles. Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, and Paul Bettany play three individuals who end up shaping Han into the man we...
February 8th, 20180115In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Donald Glover's Lando Calrissian will have a droid companion named L3-37, brought to life via motion capture by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Director Ron Howard and screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan talked a bit to Entertainment Weekly about what to expect from the latest in the long line of droids...
June 23rd, 201711571Recently, I was home from work without anything planned. I decided to watch Return of the Jedi because it had been a while since I just sat down and watched it. One of the thing that always impressed me about Star Wars films was how much detail and story inhabits each scene. One example of this is the briefing room scene for the attack...
January 24th, 20161184 Even though we never heard it in the movie, I wonder if some Star Wars fans never forgot a certain line from the last trailer for The Force Awakens - "I'm no one." We heard Rey say that right after Maz Kanata asked her, "Who are you?" Despite those lines never being said in the movie, we're still trying to figure out more details...
January 8th, 2016055 The Case for New Canon: Why It's Just Better This Way -- A Guest Blog by Mike Harris While we were all speeding along on our "Journey to The Force Awakens," I found myself thinking back to the day everything changed -- October 30th, 2012. A day that will be long remembered. After the dust settled, I (and I'm sure many like me) was...
January 6th, 20166576 Missing the Point: An Analysis of Star Wars: The Force Awakens Part II - A Star Wars Story By Daniel Noa In Part I, I discussed some structural filmmaking issues in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, much of which has to do with filmmaking intent, and while I believe they keep the film from measuring up to previous Star Wars...