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A 20th Century Fox Picture, Written and Directed by George Lucas. This film was the start of a new era of cinema, and it will always be known as one of the most famous and influential films of all time. It is a perfect mix of fantasy, fairytale, romance, and sci-fi, creating one of the …
Continue reading “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) – Review”
A Walt Disney Picture, Written by Tony Gilroy, Chris Weitz, John Knoll, And Gary Whitta, Directed by Gareth Edwards. This is an important tale of heroism in the face of certain death, and it retroactively improves the already great Star Wars: A New Hope. The film is different to any previous Star Wars film at …
Continue reading “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) – Review”
A Walt Disney Picture, Written by Jonathan Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan, Directed by Ron Howard. This is an entirely solid but also entirely unnecessary movie. No one really wanted a prequel film about a young Han Solo, but there were no real burning questions to answer. If treated on it’s own as a low key …
A 20th Century Fox Picture, Written and Directed by George Lucas. This is the film we were always hoping for from the prequel trilogy, and it took until the final entry to deliver it. We got the rise of Vader, the battle between the Jedi and the Sith, and a darker and more grown up …
Continue reading “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) – Review”
A 20th Century Fox Picture, Written by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, Directed by George Lucas. It’s certainly a good job that the original trilogy had already happened, because the first two sequels are really poor, and this is the worst of them all. It is a mix of politics, romance, and fantasy action, but …
Continue reading “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) – Review”
A Fox Picture, Written and Directed by George Lucas. This isn’t a bad film necessarily, but what I would say is that if this was the first ever Star Wars film, there wouldn’t have been anymore. This was the launching pad for a trilogy of films that would act as prequels to the original Star …
Continue reading “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) – Review”
We have now finally been shown the new Star Wars trailer, and it is a piece of movie history as it is the final ever trailer we will get for a film within the Skywalker Saga, something that began over 40 years ago in 1977. That is because Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will …
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