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When life is broken and you’ve lost it all … or have you? Thoughts on Obi-Wan Kenobi (S1, E1-2)

Posted on May 28, 2022June 25, 2022 by aussiemoose

There’s a point in the opening episode of any new TV series where you discover whether you are going to be watching a pedal-to-the-metal affair, where things move fast and really stop to collect their breath, or whether you will be treated to a far more thoughtfully meditative affair, one Continue Reading

“That’s what a reckoning looks like”: Teaser trailer released for Star Wars: Andor

Posted on May 28, 2022May 27, 2022 by aussiemoose

SNAPSHOTThe Andor series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with Continue Reading

“You can’t escape him!” Obi-Wan Kenobi debuts first full trailer

Posted on May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 by aussiemoose

SNAPSHOTThe story in this new series begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as the evil Sith Lord Continue Reading

Graphic novel review: Star Wars – Doctor Aphra (Vol. 1-2, issues 1-9) #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Posted on May 4, 2022May 5, 2022 by aussiemoose

There is a lot going on in the Star Wars universe (unless, of course, you are on of those people still mourning the killing off of the Expanded Universe in which case it is no longer quite big enough). That is quite possibly because despite catching up with all the Continue Reading

How did the Star Wars Holiday Special come to be? Wonder no more #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Posted on May 4, 2022May 2, 2022 by aussiemoose

SNAPSHOTA long time ago in living rooms across the US, a bizarre 98-minute Star Wars-themed variety show aired on CBS to an estimated 13 million viewers. It wasn’t necessarily the first of its kind: hosts like Donny & Marie Osmond and Richard Pryor had done TV variety shows with Star Continue Reading

Where is he? The hunt is on for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (limited series teaser trailer)

Posted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by aussiemoose

SNAPSHOTStar Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Star Continue Reading

All that is old is new again on Tatooine: The Book of Boba Fett

Posted on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 by aussiemoose

Like any franchise reasonably long in the tooth, in the vanishingly brief, blink-and-you’ll miss it timeframe of pop culture anyway, Star Wars always has to approach any new storytelling vehicles with the mindset of whether they intend to stick to a tried-and-true formula or going sprinting boldly forth (yes, that’s Continue Reading

“I am not a bounty hunter”: First trailer lands for The Book of Boba Fett

Posted on November 3, 2021November 2, 2021 by aussiemoose

SNAPSHOTThe Book of Boba Fett, a thrilling Star Wars adventure, finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate. (official Continue Reading

Once more to the galactic underworld with Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Posted on October 3, 2021September 30, 2021 by aussiemoose

Retro movie review: The Empire Strikes Back #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Posted on May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by aussiemoose

Pity the sequel to a blockbuster first film. Like the second sibling in a family where the eldest born cured cancer, fed the world’s poor and made successful and beneficial contact with aliens, all before the age of five, a sequel to a massively successful movie has an almost crushing Continue Reading

“We act – or we lose.” The stakes couldn’t be higher as Foundation season 3 debuts its arresting first trailer

(courtesy First Showing (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTBased on the award-winning sci-fi novels by Isaac Asimov, Foundation chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilisation amid the fall of the Galactic Empire. The premise of the stories is that, in the waning days of a Continue Reading

Movie review: Long Story Short (Feste & Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns!)

(courtesy IMDb) Being part of a solid and constant group of mutually supportive, caring friends is undoubtedly one of life’s great and often enduring gifts. Far from having to navigate life alone, we can do it, with all of its challenges and opportunities, its highs and lows, triumphs and deplorable Continue Reading

Road to Eurovision 2025: Week 7 – The Big 6 – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK (Grand final)

What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading

The darkness and violence of absolute power made manifest: Thoughts on Andor S2, E7-9

(courtesy IMP Awards) There is a fearful moment when something known only in the abstract, but horrific even so, suddenly becomes real, takes manifest palpable form and you are unable to pretend even for a second that within humanity lies the kernel for great evil if so nurtured. (Thankfully, great Continue Reading

Movie review: Thunderbolts*

(courtesy IMP Awards) Once as close to a sure thing as any blockbuster can be, Marvel’s prodigious output of epic superhero storytelling has stumbled more often than not over the last few years, offering up films that felt they were mere Xeroxes of the studio’s previous glories which, if you Continue Reading

Book review: Letters to our Robot Son by Cadance Bell

(courtesy Ultimo Press) I know, I know, I KNOW that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover (unless you’re part of a publishing company’s marketing team in which case that’s all you want to do). BUT, and in the case of Letters to our Robot Son by Continue Reading

Graphic novel review: I Heart Skull-Crusher! by Campbell/Zonno/De Santiago

(courtesy BOOM! STUDIOS) SNAPSHOT18-year-old Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, aspiring to the heights of her longtime hero Skull-Crusher! But she can’t do it alone, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Continue Reading

“Let’s keep our distance… because someday, I’ll be flying off to space.” The push-and-pull of love in Lost in Starlight

(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOT“Don’t forget. Out here in space, there’s someone who’s always rooting for you.” In 2050 Seoul, astronaut Nan-young’s ultimate life goal is to visit Mars. ✨ But she fails the final test to onboard the fourth Mars Expedition Project. The musician Jay buries his dreams in a Continue Reading

Book review: Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells

(courtesy Tor Publishing Group) There have been more than a few stories of artificial lifeforms who have ended up being considerably more human than their creators. But is there anyone more human than the eponymous protagonist of this marvellous series by Martha Wells, a robot created to enforce, with extreme Continue Reading

“If it goes up in flames?” “It will burn”: Andor S2, E4-6 review

(courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor is a superlatively impressive show on all kinds of levels but where it is really excelling in this humble reviewer’s opinion is the way in which it is deconstructing a host of romantic myths about what it means to be standing in defiant opposition Continue Reading