July 25th, 20192172*This review of Thrawn: Treason may contain minor spoilers.* Grand Admiral Thrawn returns in Timothy Zahn's latest, Thrawn: Treason, which is set during the events of the fourth season of Star Wars Rebels. Thrawn is drawn away from his dealings with the rebels on Lothal when he's informed by Grand Moff Tarkin that funding for his TIE...
September 27th, 20181136When he first appeared on-screen in 1977, Grand Moff Tarkin created and cultivated an air of superiority as the secondary villain behind Darth Vader. Tarkin met his end when Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star. It has taken the Legends expanded universe and the new canon format to expand his backstory. Written by James Luceno, Tarkin...
July 27th, 20181348"For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi Since Obi-Wan's famous line in the original Star Wars, fans have been wondering what these "dark times" actually were. Since the Lucasfilm purchase by Disney...
April 23rd, 20181221Last month, I began exploring the concept of evil in Star Wars. This series began by examining how evil was portrayed in the prequels. In the prequels, “evil” is fluid. The galaxy is split between the Republic and the Separatists, but the movies made clear that “evil was everywhere.” When all factors were balanced, the...
July 18th, 2017556Jay's Galactic Expressions Warning: Major Spoilers ahead for Spiderman: Homecoming! Everywhere I look in our society today, I am bombarded by messages of “girl power.” Some are very positive, encouraging and empowering. Others leave me – a grown woman – with the proverbial “very bad feeling” about what my younger female...
February 21st, 20172303By 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...
December 27th, 20161119 **SPOILERS** for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The release of Rogue One has the world buzzing. The first ever live-action standalone Star Wars film has proved to be a hit. While the film doesn't tie directly to the Skywalker Story that permeates the main saga films, it isn't without some connections to those films. Most notably being...
September 20th, 20162129This past week I spent two days in Baton Rouge, Louisiana helping with flood relief in the Livingston Parish. My time there was memorable, not only because of the wonderful people I met and impactful work I participated in, but also because I have never been into the “Deep South” before. The people in the parish I was working in had...
August 27th, 20164147 The one thing that seems to be on the minds of everyone this summer is Netflix's hit show Stranger Things. I won't spoil the show here (CWK is anti-spoiler on all entertainment matters!), but I will highly recommend sitting down and watching it. It has plenty of Star Wars references throughout and blends a lot of different...
June 9th, 2016277 In 2012 I decided to start a Star Wars blog. My main motivation was to simply have a place I could send people if they wanted to see photos of my Star Wars room. I wasn't really interested in interacting with the Star Wars online community, which is strange since I was creating content - why create if you don't have a desire to share...
