Too Many Hands In The Cookie Jar… For the second time in my own existence, a conclusion to the Skywalker Saga (as it’s been recently touted) comes to silver-screen in all its sci-fi splendour once again; a finale of which a new and divisive trilogy has been crafted. It only …
Lucas’ Final Frontier… In similar vein to a three-act structure of a story book, a filmic trilogy equally represents three parts to a story as a collective whole. When done properly and to the highest degree, a trilogy can very much enhance a story/franchise and give it more depth than …
To Infinity And Beyond? As often discussed a great many times on this blog, in relation to films that have naturally proceeded another and have continued a story that many cinema-goers admired the first time around, one of the hardest feats a franchise has to uphold it terms of its …
A Revelation? Close your eyes, concentrate hard, what’s the first feature that you ever watched that truly captivated you to watch more of? For myself, this was George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; a science-fiction adventure feature that, while it did seem dated and didn’t possess …
Better Than The Rest? Despite not reviewing the original trilogy of Star Wars as of yet in our journey to Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, one paramount aspect that all three of those said films contained which made their respective stories so engrossing and memorable to …
CGIsm Why is the famed cinematic franchise of Star Wars so loved? This is a question which I believe possesses numerous answers and opinions all of which are appreciated. Whereas others love them because of their tuned affinity in deconstructing the values and noticeable aspects of stories – of which we’ll get …
The Beginning Of The End For any established film-franchise that has exhibited features of intrigue and critical acclaim, one aspect that these blockbuster series have to attain to is audience expectation and hype. It’s this very anticipation that can often be seen as a double-edged sword. As much as the …
Changing Of Th Guard Upon reflection, when Disney acquired Lucasfilms and the Star Wars franchise along with it in 2012 for an overwhelming sum of over $4 billion, no fan of the popular sci-fi film series or cinephile can deny their initial excitement for the saga’s return to the silver-screen. …
Return To The Unknown Escapism. This is something which avid cinema-goers and film-lovers strive to look for in features that bestow a sense of palpable grandeur. For sure, there are only a select few film franchises that grant us this opportunity; a freedom that makes us forget about our struggles …
A Dark Euphoria That Tickles Expectations Out of the many popular film franchises there have been in cinema history, there is no other film series other than the Star Wars pieces of films that have conjured up not only sci-fi classics that all demographics have and still connect with on …
