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REVIEW: “Solo: A Star Wars Story”
As a kid, I always saw myself as Luke Skywalker, but I always wanted to be Han Solo. As I wrote when The Last Jedi came out, I identified with Luke’s awkwardness and compassion, but […]
Dom Nardi
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REVIEW: “The Last Jedi” Novelization by Jason Fry
Jason Fry’s novelization of The Last Jedi is a retelling of Rian Johnson’s film, with a greater emphasis on the characters and less humor. Like most novelizations, the book sticks pretty close to the story we […]
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REVIEW: Blade Runner 2049
Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner helped me understand humanity. The film is rightly lauded for its detailed world-building and hypnotic score, but it is also a philosophical treatise about human identity (seriously, Ridley Scott’s oeuvre has […]
Fantasy
REVIEW: You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones
Season 7 of HBO’s Game of Thrones just wrapped up, but the speculation and commentary still rages on. A few weeks ago, I reviewed a book about medieval warfare in Game of Thrones. This time, I take […]
Fantasy
REVIEW: Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War
Like Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings mythology, George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones is set in a world that looks like – and is clearly inspired by – our Middle Ages, but isn’t actually set in Europe between […]
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REVIEW: War for the Planet of the Apes
Many things about the past few years have shocked me. 2007 me would never have believed that George Lucas would sell Star Wars to Disney, that I would come to love my cell phone, or that […]
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May 4th Special: Guide to Star Wars books
Back in April 2014, Lucasfilm rebooted the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the hundreds of tie-in novels, comics, and games, in order to make way for the Sequel Trilogy. Lucasfilm declared that all tie-in stories from […]
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Thrawn: My Favorite Star Wars Character
Star Wars fans who never read the Expanded Universe novels might not recognize Grand Admiral Thrawn, but he’s become one of the most popular characters in the franchise. Thrawn initially appeared in Timothy Zahn’s Heir […]
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Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story When news broke in 2012 that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm, some fans worried that Disney would “Disneyfy” the Star Wars franchise by making it too kid-friendly. After all, […]
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Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter)
By Dom Nardi “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is the first Harry Potter movie not based directly on one of J.K. Rowling’s novels (although she did write the script).* The movie takes place […]