Popping back in briefly to wish a Happy Chanukah to all who celebrate, and a return of the sun to everyone but me. (MY favorite time is late June, when the blasted sun starts going away. I know I'd feel differently if I didn't live in the land of eternal summer heat and glare ( Read more... )

Because of a early morning schedule change, I ended up with midday free, and decided that the crowds were likely to be thinner now that the holidays were over, and the matinee prices suit me fine. So I packed a sandwich and went to see THE LAST JEDI.

I am going to assume that I am pretty much the last person in my particular circles to see it, so ( Read more... )

I am pretty much guaranteed to always be a day late and a dollar short, but even I stumble onto contemporary happenings, mostly through reading blogs, and I discovered that today is Star Wars Day ( Read more... )

I love the unexpected ways that fiction intersects with life, Like this trip to the set of Tatooine, still there--and someone's home.

Still mean to do a riff on the strange history of Vril.

In welcoming Dave Trowbridge to BVC, and sorta sideways celebrating the appearance of book two of Ruler of Naught, I reminisce here about STAR WARS and about those moments when a piece of art gets right down into your DNA and forces you to respond.

A couple of posts today coincided in a way that got me thinking about how stories can alter just by when we encounter them in the arc. Here mrissa talks about those of us who never mind spoilers (and who dislike being startled, sometimes the two are related) and those who can't bear spoilers. Then, here, krylyr wonders which of the Star Wars movies to ( Read more... )

Okay, the con is in full swing, and on the door of this panel is a topic that might attract those of us with wrinkles and grizzled heads:

When did you first see Star Wars and did it change anything for you?

My personal yatter below the escape route, er, cut:
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I didn't like any of the prequels, except for the exquisite production values, but my single viewing of each gave me enough info that the data presented itself in my head at various points during my watching last night, adding a layer. Like on board the Death Star, when Vader grabs Leia, I thought, you don't know it yet, but that's your daughter ( Read more... )