I’m sure anyone who’s into Star Wars, and many people who aren’t, know of Kenny Baker’s passing. I am about as big a Star Wars fan as a person can be. What is now known as Episode IV was the first movie I ever saw. If you’d like, I can recite the originally trilogy word…
There’s a new Star Wars movie out. You might have heard about it. I saw it and I can say that it is easily one of the top ten best Star Wars films. But this post is not about the new film. Leading up to the new film, I re-watched all six of the old…
In the lead up to the new Star Wars movie, there has been a lot of talk about canon. Disney made a big deal out of the fact that the six movies and The Clone Wars are the only pre-Disney cannon. Everything from the Expanded Universe (Novels, comic books, etc.), all of the TV specials and…
I saw the final installment of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. Apparently (according to the credits), it is based on a novel by JRR Tolkien called The Hobbit. I have read a book called The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien many times, but I’m struggling to find the connection. I can only conclude that Peter Jackson and…
