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How It Should Have Ended: The Five Stages of Watching a Star Wars Movie

Posted on June 12, 2018June 1, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Leigh Lahav is a fan’s fan. She is as much a fan of a slew of franchises as the rest of us, and yet also has a rare, deeply-talented ability to poke fun at them in a way which is respectful but also hilariously insightful. Take her latest effort, Continue Reading

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Fascinated you will be: The puppetry of Star Wars

Posted on June 2, 2018June 1, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT [Puppeteer David Barclay], who adored puppetry since childhood, studied under the legendary Frank Oz and assisted with the Yoda character. When Oz needed to go work on another project, he gave the job to Barclay, who would go on to seamlessly recreate Yoda. Barclay also operated and voiced Continue Reading

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Wanna bleed-o with Greedo? Check out this rhyming remix in honour of Han Solo

Posted on May 25, 2018May 22, 2018 by aussiemoose

  In honour of the release this week of Solo: A Star Wars Story, I present to you, with poetic cadence in hand and a knack for spotting a catchy beat from less than 12 parsecs away, this gloriously good remix from Eclectic Method. Drawing from Star Wars films new Continue Reading

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Star Wars: A New Hope *is* the bright fun musical you’ve been looking for

Posted on May 2, 2018April 20, 2018 by aussiemoose

  It’s not a moon! Never were true words spoken – well okay they have been but admitting that severely lessens the dramatic impact of that opening statement thank you – but what were the musical moments woven in around those kinds of admissions? What were Leia and Grand Moff Continue Reading

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Solo: A Star Wars Story and the supercut trailer that reveals everything we know so far

Posted on May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty Continue Reading

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Star Wars: A New Hope ended in just 60 seconds? Totally could’ve happened

Posted on April 29, 2018April 28, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Don’t get wrong – I love Star Wars: A New Hope (or as it was known when I was kid and saw it in a one-screen cinema in Ballina, NSW, Australia, Star Wars). I could quite happily watch it again and again and again and have done just that Continue Reading

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Big risks and taxi fares: John Boyega interviewed on The Feed

Posted on April 22, 2018April 20, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Go hard or go home is a mantra beloved by many, a rallying cry to give something everything you’ve got or not bother at all. Pretty inspiring stuff right? Well yes, but as John Boyega, star of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Pacific Rim: Uprising explains with down Continue Reading

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“Is it revenge? Money? Or something else?” New Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer

Posted on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty Continue Reading

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“But it’s gooooood …” New Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer ramps up the galactic anticipation

Posted on October 13, 2017October 11, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Rey took her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga. “The Last Jedi” is written and directed by Rian Johnson and Continue Reading

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From Rogue One to A New Hope: Video seamlessly weaves one into the another #Maythe4thBeWithYou

Posted on May 4, 2017April 5, 2017 by aussiemoose

  If you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, and frankly even if you’re not – I fall somewhere into the nebulous spot between, having seen Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977 on first release, no less – you’ll be aware that Rogue One, which tells the story of the Continue Reading

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    (courtesy IMDb) Coming to a crossroads, especially an unexpected one, where you have to deal with the fact that something you believed in is no longer worth supporting or is not even remotely what you once believed it to be, is always a jarringly existential moment. It can absolutely knock Continue Reading
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