• Star Wars: The Story So Far (Part 2, The Original Trilogy)

    Part 1 took you through the first three Star Wars films, making up the initial half of the saga. Now, before The Force Awakens, it’s time to get to grips with the original trilogy and the story of Luke Skywalker.  Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope (34 years before The Force...
  • Star Wars: The Story So Far (Part 1, The Prequels)

    Come December the 17th the Star Wars Saga will have spanned over 60 years in canonical history. So with the run into The Force Awakens well underway, it is worth taking some time to look back over the story so far… Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace...
  • Star Wars: Why the Prequels Matter

    The Star Wars prequel films have been notoriously labelled as terrible films, but are they? Well, lets break it down. The dialogue is laughable, any character development is non-existent and they suffer from a director who was far too reliant on technology. Yet it is that same director who...
  • “How Have You Never Seen… Star Wars?”

    Telling a Star Wars fan that you’ve never seen any of the films is akin to telling a devout Southern Baptist that you don’t believe in God – they will regard you with horror and disdain, and immediately start praying for your soul. Star Wars is one of the...
  • Trailer Watch – Dad’s Army

    Last week saw an influx of Back to the Future nostalgia and Star Wars hype. So it would be easy to have missed this great little trailer from Universal Pictures. “Don’t Panic!” Yes the second Dad’s Army trailer has been released! Based on the 70’s TV show of the...
  • Preview – Star Wars: Battlefront

    The Beta for EA’s new Star Wars: Battlefront title came out on 8th October and received a lot of praise. The game, which is set to be released in full on 17th November, has been on a rocky road since development began in 2013. Many people were upset that...
  • Trailer Watch – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Here it is: the trailer which made more people watch American Football than any other. This new trailer for the cinematic event of 2015 doesn’t feature too many new plot ideas, instead focusing on characterisation, a nice change from the usual spoon-feeding of the plot seen in most trailers...