Fanfiction

Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Qui-Gon Jinn, “Hour that is mine” by randomalia (spilinski)

Looks like my sci-fi ships are all about the tragedy of surviving your beloved and living on a desert planet. Obi-Wan contemplates what he’s lost in exile, and I cry a thousand buckets.

Star Wars, “Hope’s Worth is Written with a Golden Quill” by ( Read more... )

Film

The Star Wars Prequels

I watched a fan edit of the prequels that was about four hours, which was a fun way to revisit the prequels. And Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi. I am now poking around at this dead ship, which means wandering through fic archives that have been inactive for years. Magical.

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Parks and Recreation: 0% (0/7 ( Read more... )

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Okay, there were a few moments where I went “BULLSHIT!” (Leia saying she’s always known Luke is her brother) and “THE LORD OF THE RINGS DID IT BETTER!” (Theoden’s dying scene with Eowyn-in the films, obviously-is pretty much cribbed from here, and I think it works better, because they went through Theoden’s curse/depression together), but for the ( Read more... )

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Widely considered to the best of the trilogy, and I think I agree. A lot of the elements that I, personally, find quintessentially Star Wars come from here-Han and Leia’s relationship, Lando Calrissian, Yoda, hints of Vader, and, of course, the reveal, which is how I was introduced to the franchise. (Never watched it as a kid, although my brother ( Read more... )

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I’ve been craving film recently, so I hied myself down to a used media store and bought the Star Wars trilogy on mostly untampered VHS-it’s the 1995 “IT’S THE LAST TIME YOU CAN BUY THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY, GET ON THAT” release, so it’s not technically theatrical, but the tweaks are extremely minimal. I did see the original trilogy in high school, ( Read more... )

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A very interesting and even-handed look at the conflict between George Lucas and his fans, exploring the question of who really owns a story and the complications of living authors. While I appreciated that they discussed the rape metaphor being thrown around, putting that over a shot of a bunch of slave Leias at con? Not cool. Still, pretty solid ( Read more... )

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Michael Barryte takes the decade-old clunker and fixes it. As in, sets the groundwork for a prequel trilogy focused around Obi-Wan Kenobi, makes Anakin likable, and, of course, eliminates Jar Jar. This dude knows his stuff.
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