I know these days that it seems like every day is a holiday of one sort of another but how could I let May the 4th go by without acknowledging it. Why do I love Star Wars? One reason is because of the fans.…

Today was the Episode VIII panel at Star Wars Celebration and it was pretty great. The corker was a 2 minute teaser that LucasFilm is calling a “trailer”. I don’t see how you can call this a trailer though. It’s just the barest of…

I remember being a teenager and talking to one of the older gents in my neighborhood. At the time I thought he was ancient but looking back I’m pretty sure he was younger than I am now. Anyway, he told me that the older…

Alexander Gustaveson wrote a great post at ILM.com about how much digital work they did after photography ended on Rogue One. They have things to such a science now that they can even replace a live action character’s live action gun with a digital…

I was very interested in the Rogue One soundtrack in that it is the first Star Wars film music not written by John Williams. Michael Giacchino did a great job. I didn’t realize exactly how great of a job he did until I listened…

The day after Rogue One released, I joined the Rebel Force Radio gang to debrief the movie. I actually didn’t join in until about half way through but it’s an excellent show, start to finish.

Disneyland has a display of some props from Rogue One. So of course I made the trek and shot pictures. Enjoy. Expect more Star Wars coverage than usual this week. Rogue One releases in a few days and I’m feeling it. View fullsize View…

Here’s a post that I look forward to reading this weekend the exact same way I used to look forward to opening my Christmas presents. I have a lot of complaints about the Star Wars prequels. One of them is that without the Falcon,…