Star Wars
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Posted by
Ali at 21:43 on 19 Jan 2010
Brace yourself for a whole new slew of Star Wars re-releases, complete with a whole new dimension. It's all Avatar's fault, apparently.
Posted by
Ali at 23:45 on 18 Dec 2009
Generally listening to a film nerd tell you in detail why they disliked a film is about as pleasurable as trying to extract a wisdom tooth. But this critique of The Phantom Menace is different. Why? Because it's correct.
Posted by
Ali at 12:53 on 20 Sep 2009
If you're going to list your religion as 'Jedi' on the census form, expect to be persecuted like everyone else, dickhead.
Posted by
Ali at 23:03 on 31 Aug 2009
There can be no doubt: this is the most awesome Star Wars picture ever drawn.
Posted by
Ali at 10:50 on 17 Aug 2008
There's a cold hard fact to consider when approaching this animated entry into the Star Wars canon: George Lucas has made far more money from merchandising the franchise than he has from box-office receipts. Given the child-friendly skew of the largely disappointing prequel trilogy (Episode III's Sith BBQ notwithstanding), you'd...
Posted by
Andy at 18:58 on 10 Sep 2006
Dear Mr Lucas,
Stop. Please just stop.
I can't take it anymore. A writer more talented than you (not including my 5 month-old nephew) once wrote: “Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them.” Well now is the time...
Posted by
at 15:30 on 04 Jul 2005
I’m going to put my hands up and admit from the get-go that I’m a huge fan of Star Wars. By that, I mean the original three we all know and love. Star Wars was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema aged 4 (apparently Bambi might have preceded that, but I choose to forget that because it’s shit), and I remember going to watch...
Posted by
at 16:30 on 22 May 2005
Having seen and loved Episode III (check the full review here), we can now get a more complete picture of the Star Wars universe and the insanity that resides within. Go back a few days and check out numbers 20-11 in the first part of the list, then come and tuck into the top ten alternative Star Wars moments - the maddest of t...
Posted by
Ali at 17:44 on 20 May 2005
Of all the emotions us rapidly ageing cinemagoers feel towards George Lucas, pity is not likely to be a popular one. But give the poor guy a break. Reviving the Star Wars series and going back to tell the origins of the characters we grew up with may never even have been a good idea in the first place, but it was one hell of a...
Posted by
at 13:06 on 19 May 2005
Don’t you just hate those bloody list programmes that Channel 4 keep squeezing out? 100 best movies, 100 best albums, 100 best artists – pretty soon we’ll be able to enjoy the Top 100 flavours of crisp, as voted for by rent-a-celebs Paul Ross, Vernon Kaye and Stuart fucking Maconie. Forget all that toss, we all know what the t...