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Director:  George Lucas Writer:  George Lucas Cast:  Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor By the time audiences went in to see Revenge of the Sith, a strange and strained relationship had developed between Star Wars fans and George Lucas. The first two films in the New Trilogy were a major disappointment.  Not only that, for any fan hoping to wash ...

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.

After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force.

The final trailer for Star Wars Force Awakens

I was having a chat via Skype with my brother this morning and we spent a bit of time discussing Star Wars as he was currently rewatching the prequel films.  By an unhappy coincidence, later in the afternoon I heard the news that one of the original concept artists, Ralph McQuarrie, passed away today. I wasn’t familar with McQuarrie until ...

Star Wars makes its long anticipated release on Blu Ray this week.  And has now become the tradition with the launch of Star Wars on a new format, George Lucas has tinkered with the film by adding a slew of new visual and audio effects to the original trilogy.  And once again, they are almost all universally terrible causing fans ...

Here I am in my Boba Fett costume.

It was 1986 and I was four years old, living in Brunei, when my mum gave me a Space Lego toy for Christmas. They were a lot plainer in their design back then and had quite a charming minimalist aethestic.  I loved that space Lego toy and can still remember it quite vividly.  It’s one of the only childhood Christmas ...