Science Fiction
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Star Wars Rewritten: How to Remake the Prequel Trilogy
Since writing this post, I have begun my own reworking of the trilogy. A mega thread of all the relevant articles is available here. I love the Star Wars prequel films. I will defend them to no end, and I’m thrilled about their resurgent popularity. But they’re not good. There has, subsequently, been an ongoing…
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The Acolyte Finale
Spoiler Alert for Star Wars: The Acolyte The final episode of The Acolyte was released last week and was the definite high point of the series. My previous critiques of the show do, I think, still stand. It still has some creaky dialogue and awkward plotting. Erasing Mae’s memory, for instance, so that she can’t…
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Mad Respect for The Acolyte Episode 5
After The Acolyte episode 5, I have a lot of respect for this show. Spoiler Alert In my previous post about Star Wars: The Acolyte, I essentially said that it was flawed but had potential. I was critical of the sometimes awkward dialogue and generally thought that the plotting/episode structures weren’t great. After another 2…
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Star Wars: The Acolyte So Far
It has interesting ideas but the execution could be better. There’s room to grow. Spoilers for episodes 1-3. I feel like we’ve been hearing about The Acolyte for years. I could swear I first heard about it during the Mandalorian season 1. Or around then, anyway. Sure enough, a quick Wikipedia search reveals that work…
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2003 Clone Wars should be re-canonised.
(A new re-edited version of this article is available here.) In 2003, after Attack of the Clones, Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Samurai Jack) was hired by Lucasfilm to produce an animated mini-series set during the clone wars. The episodes were short, just a few minutes long (though they got longer in the final season) and…
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May the 4th be with you.
Just a short post for Star Wars Day. I love Star Wars (a crazy and unusual sentiment I know), and I fully believe that it should have a day devoted to it – two days if you count Revenge of the 5th. But I’ve got to be honest with you. Star Wars Day tends to…
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Fallout Falls In: Season 2 Predictions
I don’t know what I mean by ‘Fallout falls in’, but I like how it sounds. Spoilers for season 1 of Fallout. The new Fallout show dropped on Amazon Prime a couple of weeks ago. I am a little late in discussing it – I had uni commitments – but I do want to talk…
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The Lost Clone Wars Arcs
The Clone Wars TV show is amazing. It took a little while to find its feet, I admit, but once it did (and often even before it did), incredible! But that’s hardly a new take, everyone knows and says that it’s great… because it is. I can’t emphasise that point enough! There’s also an added…
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Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 8 Theory
Hi all, Just a short post this week. I was working on another post, but whilst watching the most recent episode of the Bad Batch, I had a theory that I wanted to share before the next episode airs on Wednesday. Spoilers ahead. As part of an ongoing effort by Star Wars showrunners to explain…
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Star Wars: Why Walkers?
The tactics and vehicles used in Star Wars ground battles often look cool but don’t really make a lot of sense. The AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back, most notably, defy all logic. It’s imposing to see them approach, and it’s a great scene, but why are they so slow? All it does is…
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Restarting Terminator.
(There is a newer, edited, and more readable version of this article. Available here.) There’s been some talk recently about James Cameron writing a new Terminator script and I am, immediately, on board. I loved Terminator as a kid and the thought of a new one does really excite me. I know the franchise went…
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Star Wars: The Confederacy Doesn’t Make Sense.
I love Star Wars and I grew up watching Clone Wars, but what is the Confederacy? It’s bugging me. I might be missing something. Across the comics, books and video games, there are probably some good explanations. I don’t know. But based on what I’ve seen in the films and TV shows, and what I’ve…
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