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blog is on the popular cult Movie franchise Star Wars.
STAR
WARS is an American Space-Opera epic franchise created by George
Lucas. The franchise began in 1977 with the eponymous title of Star
Wars (Later subtitled as Episode 4 A New Hope), the movie was a wild
success spurring two sequel movies forming what's known as the
original trilogy as it blew up into a pop-culture Phenomenon. A
prequel trilogy later formed during the late nineties and early two
thousands (The Phantom menace 1999, The Attack of the Clones 2002 and
The Revenge of the Sith 2005)and a sequel formed during the late
twenty tens (The Force awakens 2015 and The Last Jedi 2017) ending
with the up and coming (as of this blog writing and posting) Episode
Nine: the Rise of Skywalker.
The
film series has expanded into other media including several TV series
and Video games as well as various Novels and Comic-Books and the
themed park attractions and themed areas around the world. With Lucas
selling Star Wars to Disney in 2012 many of the existing media was
made non-canon and renamed as Star Wars Legends with the branded
“Skywalker Saga” and the
TV Series
'Clone wars' defining the canon.
In 2018 the total value of the STAR WARS franchise was estimated at
$65 billion. It's currently the fifth highest grossing media
franchise of all time and holds a Guinness world record as the most
successful film merchandising franchise. The franchise could
be expanded into three different ages/eras due to the rise and/or
fall of a regime such as the age of the republic (The Prequel
Trilogy), the age of the rebellion (the Original Trilogy) and the age
of the resistance (The Sequel Trilogy).
Star
wars has been part of my life since I was very little. I was
introduced to it via my stepdad and his special edition VHS copies of
The Original Trilogy. I'm pretty sure I ended up wearing a groove
into those VHS tapes. Ive always loved Star wars and had a strong
appreciation for both the casts acting and the lore put behind the
movies as a whole. I give the whole franchise 9/10.
THE
ORIGIONAL TRILOGY
A
NEW HOPE 1977
The
galaxy is in the midst of a civil war, rebel spies have stolen plans
to the Galactic Empire's Death Star, a colossal, moon-sized, space
station capable of destroying entire planets. Imperial Senator
princess Leia, secretly one of the Rebellion's leaders, has obtained
the plans, but her starship is captured by an Imperial Star Destroyer
under the command of the ruthless Darth Vader. Before she is
captured, Leia hides the plans in the memory of an Astromech droid
R2-D2, who, along with protocol droid C3-P0, flees in an escape pod
to the desert planet below, Tatooine.
The
droids are captured by Jawa traders, who sell them to moisture
farmers Owen and Beru Lars and their nephew Luke Skywalker. While
cleaning R2-D2, Luke accidentally triggers part of a Holographic
recording of Leia, in which she requests help from Obi-wan Kenobi.
The next morning, Luke finds R2-D2 missing, and while searching for
him, encounters "Old Ben" Kenobi, an elderly hermit being a
friend of Luke's who reveals himself as Obi-Wan. He tells Luke of his
days as one of the Jedi Knights, former peacekeepers of the Galactic
Republic who derived their power from an energy field called The
Force until being all but wiped out by the Empire. Contrary to what
his uncle has told him, Luke learns that his father fought alongside
Obi-Wan as a Jedi Knight until Vader, a former pupil of Obi-Wan's,
turned to the dark side of the Force and murdered him. Obi-Wan
presents Luke with his father's old weapon: a Jedi lightsaber.
R2-D2
plays Leia's message for Obi-Wan, in which she begs him to take the
Death Star plans to her home planet of Alderaan and give them to her
father for analysis. Obi-Wan invites Luke to accompany him to
Alderaan and learn the ways of the Force. Luke declines, but changes
his mind after discovering that Imperial storm troopers have killed
his aunt and uncle and destroyed their farm. Obi-Wan and Luke visit a
Cantina in Mos Eisley, where, after a brief confrontation, they meet
smuggler Han Solo, who owes money to local mobster Jabba the Hutt,
and his Wookie co-pilot Chewbacca. After negotiating a price,
Obi-Wan, Luke, R2-D2 and C-3PO join forces aboard Han's ship, the
Millennium falcon.
Death
Star commander Grand Moth Tarken orders the destruction of Alderaan
via the Death Star's Turbolaser as a show of force.
The
Falcon crew discovers the planet's remains and is captured by the
Death Star's Tractor Beam, which Obi-Wan goes to disable. Luke
discovers that Leia is imprisoned on the Death Star, and rescues her
with the help of Han and Chewbacca in a swashbuckling series of
escapes. After Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a lightsaber duel with
Darth Vader to enable the heroes to escape, the Falcon escapes amid a
fierce dogfight with Imperial TIE Starfighters. Using a tracking
beacon placed aboard the Falcon, the Imperials follow the rebels to
the hidden base on Yavin 4.
The
Death Star plans reveal that it can be destroyed by triggering a
chain reaction from an external exhaust port. Luke joins the Rebel
fighter squadron in a siege against the approaching Death Star, while
Han collects his payment, intending to leave and repay Jabba. In the
ensuing battle, the Rebels suffer heavy losses after several
unsuccessful runs. Vader leads a squadron of TIE fighters and
prepares to attack Luke's X-wing, but Han returns and fires at the
Imperial fighters, sending Vader spiralling away. Guided by Obi-Wan's
spirit, Luke turns off his targeting computer and uses the Force to
destroy the Death Star just before it can fire on the Rebel base,
killing numerous Imperials, including Tarken. On Yavin 4, Leia awards
Luke and Han medals for their heroism.
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STAR WARS (FILM) WIKI
George
Lucas had the idea for a science fiction film in the vein of Flash
Gordon around the time he completed THX 1138 (1971) which was his
first film, he began working on the treatment after the release of
American Graffiti (1973).
Star
wars became a blockbuster hit after its limited release in the US on
May 25th 1977 which led to a much wider release. The film
opened to a positive response from critics leading to a 93% on
Rotten Tomatoes. As such the film surpassed Jaws (1975) as the
highest grossing film until E. T. the Extra Terrestrial came along in
1982. when you adjust for inflation Star Wars becomes the second
highest grossing film in the US and Fourth across the world. The
movie has won seven of the ten Oscar awards it was nominated for in
1989. Both the film and its soundtrack were added to Library of
Congresses National film Registry and the US's National Film
Registry.
The
movie won six Academy Awards at the 50th Academy Awards –
Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best
Original Score, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects and won a Golden
Globe at the 35th Golden Globe Awards for Best Score. The
movie also won nine of their twelve nominations at the Saturn awards.
THE
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1980
Three
years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Rebel Alliance,
led by Princess Leia, has set up a new base on the ice planet of
Hoth. The Imperial fleet, led by Darth Vader, continues to hunt for
the new Rebel base by dispatching Probe Droids across the galaxy.
Luke Skywalker is captured by a Wampa while investigating one such
probe, but manages to escape from the wampa's lair by using the Force
and his lightsaber. Before Luke succumbs to Hypothermic sleep, the
force spirit of his deceased mentor: Obi-Wan Kenobi, instructs him to
go to Degobah to train under Jedi Master Yoda. Han Solo locates Luke,
and the two are rescued by a search party the next morning.
Meanwhile, the probe alerts the Imperial fleet to the Rebels'
location. The Empire launches a large-scale attack using AT-AT
Walkers to capture the base, which forces the Rebels to evacuate. Han
and Leia escape with C3-PO and Chewbacca on the Millennium Falcon,
but the ship's hyperdrive malfunctions. They hide in Asteroid field
and Leia grow closer amidst tension and briefly kiss. Several Bounty
Hunters summoned by Vader, assist in finding the Falcon. Meanwhile,
Luke, travels with R2-D2 in his X-wing fighter to the swamp planet of
Degobah, where he crash-lands. He meets a diminutive creature who
reveals himself to be Yoda; after conferring with Obi-Wan's spirit,
Yoda reluctantly accepts Luke as his student. Luke learns more about
the Force from Yoda, and the Jedi master lifts his X-wing out of the
swamp.
After
evading the Imperial fleet, Han's group travels to the floating Cloud
City on the gas planet of Bespin, which is run by Han's old friend,
Lando Calrissian. Unbeknownst to the group, the bounty hunter Boba
Fett has tracked the Falcon. Shortly after their arrival, Lando
betrays the group to Darth Vader, who plans to use the group as bait
to lure out Luke, intending to capture him and turn him to the dark
side. Luke experiences a premonition of Han and Leia in pain and,
against the wishes of Yoda and Obi-Wan, abandons his training to go
rescue them.
Intending
to hold Luke in suspended Animation by imprisoning him in carbonite,
Vader selects Han to be frozen as a test subject. Han survives the
process and is given to Fett, who plans to collect the bounty on him
from Jabba the Hutt. Lando, experiencing a change of heart, frees
Leia and Chewbacca, but they are too late to stop Fett from departing
with Solo aboard. They fight their way back to the Falcon and flee
the city. Meanwhile, Luke arrives and engages Vader in a lightsaber
duel that leads them over the city's central air shaft. Vader severs
Luke's right hand, disarming him, and tempts him to join the dark
side. Luke accuses Vader of murdering his father, but Vader reveals
that he is Luke's father. Disbelieving, Luke drops into the air shaft
and is ejected beneath the floating city, where he hangs from an
antenna. He reaches out telepathically to Leia, who senses him and
persuades Lando and Chewie to turn back. After Luke is brought
aboard, they are chased by TIE fighters towards Vader on his Star
Destroyer, but R2-D2 reactivates the Falcon's hyperdrive, allowing
them to escape.
Rejoined
with the Rebel fleet, Luke's severed hand is replaced with a robotic
hand. Lando and Chewbacca depart in the Falcon to save Han.
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back Wiki.
The
empire strikes back was released as a special children's world
premiere event on May 17th 1980 at the Kennedy Centre
Washington the US and five days later as a royal charity premiere on
May 20th at the Odeon in London, UK. The official public
release is however May 21st. The Movie came out to mixed
reviews by critics and has a 95-97% rating on rotten tomatoes
however, it grossed enough money in its initial weekend that George
Lucas recovered his $33 million investment and gave $5 million in
bonuses to employees.
At
the 53rd academy awards the movie won the award for best
sound and received the special achievement award for Best Visual
Effects. There was also a nomination for Best Score and Best Art
Direction. The movie also received nominations in the Golden Globes,
the British Academy Awards and won awards in the Saturn awards (4-
best actor, best director, best special effects and Saturn award for
best science fiction film), a Hugo award for best dramatic
presentation and golden screen award.
THE
RETURN OF THE JEDI 1983
In
an attempt to rescue Han Solo from crime lord Jabba the Hutt, C3-PO
and R2-D2 are sent to Jabba's palace on Tatooine in a trade bargain
made by Luke Skywalker. Disguised as a Bounty hunter; Princess Leia
infiltrates the palace under the pretence of collecting the bounty on
Chewbacca and unfreezes Han, but is caught and enslaved. Luke soon
arrives to bargain for his friends' release, but Jabba drops him
through a trapdoor with the intent of letting him be eaten by a
Rancor. After Luke kills the creature, Jabba sentences him, Han, and
Chewbacca to death by being fed to the Sarlacc a huge, Carnivorous
plant-like desert beast. Having hidden his Lightsaber inside R2-D2,
Luke frees himself and battles Jabba's guards while Leia uses her
chains to strangle Jabba to death. As the others rendezvous with the
Rebel Alliance Luke returns to Degobah, where he finds that Yoda is
dying. Yoda confirms that Darth Vader, once known as Anakin
Skywalker, is Luke's father, and becomes one with the force. The
Force Ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi reveals that Leia is Luke's twin
sister, and tells Luke that he must face Vader again to finish his
training and defeat the Empire.
The
Rebel Alliance learns that the Empire has been constructing a new
Death Star under the supervision of the Emperor himself. As the
station is protected by an energy shield, Han leads a strike team to
destroy the shield generator on the forest moon of Endor; doing so
would allow a squadron of star fighters to destroy the Death Star.
Luke and Leia accompany the strike team to Endor in a stolen Imperial
shuttle. Luke and his companions encounter a tribe of Ewoks and,
after an initial conflict, gain their trust. Later, Luke tells Leia
that she is his sister, Vader is their father, and that he must
confront him. Surrendering to Imperial troops, Luke is brought before
Vader, and he tries to convince his father to return from the dark
side of the Force.
Vader
takes Luke to the Death Star to meet the Emperor, intent on turning
him to the dark side. The Emperor reveals that the Death Star is
operational and that the Rebel Fleet will fall into a trap. On Endor,
Han's team is captured by Imperial forces, but a counter-attack by
the Ewoks allows the Rebels to infiltrate the shield generator.
Meanwhile, Lando Calrissian leads the Rebel Fleet in the Millennium
Falcon, only to find that the Death Star's shield is still active,
and the Imperial fleet waiting for them. The Emperor tempts Luke to
give in to his anger, and Luke engages Vader in a lightsaber duel.
Vader senses that Luke has a sister, and threatens to turn her to the
dark side. Enraged, Luke attacks and severs Vader's Prosthetic hand.
The Emperor entreats Luke to kill Vader and take his place, but Luke
refuses, declaring himself a Jedi. Furious, the Emperor tortures Luke
with Force Lightning. Unwilling to let his son die, Vader throws the
Emperor to his death, but is mortally electrocuted in the process. At
his father's last request, Luke removes Vader's mask, and the
redeemed Anakin Skywalker dies in his son's arms.
After
the strike team destroys the shield generator, Lando leads a group of
Rebel fighters into the Death Star core and destroys its main
reactor. As the Falcon flies out of the Death Star's superstructure
and Luke escapes on a shuttle with his father's body, the station
explodes. On Endor, Leia reveals to Han that Luke is her brother, and
they kiss. Luke cremates Anakin's body on a pyre. As the Rebels
celebrate the defeat of the Empire, Luke sees the spirits of Yoda,
Obi-Wan, and Anakin watching over him.
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Wiki
Return
of the Jedi was released on May 25th 1983 and grossed
between $475 million and $572 million worldwide and received an 87%
on Rotten Tomatoes amongst the mixed reviews from critics. At the
56th Academy Awards in 1984 Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren,
Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett received the “Special Achievement
Award for Visual Effects”, the movie also received nominations for
best music/original score, best sound and best art direction/set
direction and best sound effects editing. The movie also received
nominations at the 1984 BAFTA's and the Hugo Awards.
THE
PREQUAL TRILOGY
THE
PHANTOM MENACE 1999
The
Trade Federation upsets order and disrupts peace in the Galactic
Republic by blockading
the
planet Naboo in preparation for a full-scale Invasion. The Republic's
leader; Supreme chancellor Valorum dispatches Qui-Gon Jinn and his
apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, to negotiate with Trade Federation
Viceroy Nute Gunray, Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord
and
the Trade Federation's secret benefactor, orders the Viceroy to kill
the Jedi and begin their invasion with an army of Battle Droids. The
Jedi escape and flee to Naboo. During the invasion, Qui-Gon saves the
life of a clumsy Gungan outcast, Jar Jar Binks, from being run over
by a droid transport. Indebted to Qui-Gon, Jar Jar leads the Jedi to
Otoh Gunga, an underwater city of Naboo. The Jedi try to persuade the
Gungan leader Boss Nass, to help the planet's surface dwellers, but
are unsuccessful. However, the Jedi manage to obtain Jar Jar's
guidance and underwater transport to Theed, the capital city of
Naboo; they narrowly avoid getting eaten by sea monsters on the way.
They rescue Naboo's Queen, Padmé Amidala and escape from the
blockaded planet on her Royal Starship, intending to reach the
Republic capital planet of Coruscant.
The
ship is damaged as they pass the Federation blockade and the
hyperdrive is caught in the crossfire, rendering it useless. They
land for repairs on the outlying desert planet of Tatooine situated
beyond the Republic's jurisdiction. Qui-Gon, Jar Jar; Astromech droid
R2-D2 and Padmé—disguised as one of her handmaidens—visit the
settlement of Mos Espa to purchase spare parts at a junk shop. They
meet the shop's owner; Watto, and his nine-year-old slave Anakin
Skywalker, a gifted pilot and engineer who has built a protocol droid
called
C3-PO. Qui-Gon senses a strong presence of the Force within Anakin,
and is convinced that he is the prophesied “Chosen one”. Unable
to buy the required hyperdrive parts due to the Republic's currency
being worthless on Tatooine, Qui-Gon wagers both the parts and
Anakin's freedom with Watto in a podrace. Anakin wins, and joins the
group to be trained as a Jedi, leaving behind his mother Shmi, En
route to their starship, Qui-Gon encounters Darth Maul. Darth
Sidious' apprentice, who intends to capture Amidala. A duel ensues,
but Qui-Gon quickly disengages and escapes onboard the starship.
Qui-Gon
and Obi-Wan escort Amidala to Coruscant so that she can plead her
people's case to Chancellor Valorum and the Galactic Senate. Qui-Gon
asks the Jedi Council for permission to train Anakin as a Jedi, but
the Council refuses, concerned that Anakin is vulnerable to the dark
side of the Force. Undaunted, Qui-Gon vows to take up Anakin as his
new disciple. Meanwhile, Naboo's senator Palpatine persuades Amidala
to call for a vote of No Confidence in Chancellor Valorum to elect a
more capable leader to resolve the crisis. Though she is successful
in pushing for the vote, Amidala grows frustrated with the corruption
in the Senate and decides to return to Naboo. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are
ordered by the Jedi Council to accompany the queen, and investigate
the return of the Sith, whom for nearly a Millennium, they had
believed to be extinct.
On
Naboo, Padmé reveals herself to the Gungans as Queen Amidala and
persuades them to join in an alliance against the Trade Federation.
Despite being inept at combat, Jar Jar is promoted to general and
joins his people in a battle against the droid army, while Padmé
leads the search for Viceroy Gunray in Theed. During a battle in the
starship hangar, Qui-Gon tells Anakin to wait in the cockpit of a
vacant star fighter. Anakin inadvertently triggers Its Autopilot,
joining the battle against the Federation droid control ship in
space. Anakin blunders into the hangar of the droid control ship and
causes its destruction from within before escaping, deactivating the
droid army in the process. Meanwhile, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan battle
Darth Maul, who mortally wounds Qui-Gon, but is then bisected by
Obi-Wan and falls down a pit.
As
he lies dying, Qui-Gon requests that Obi-Wan train Anakin, and dies
in Obi Wan's arms. Palpatine is elected as the new supreme
chancellor, and Gunray is arrested, Yoda promotes Obi-Wan to the rank
of Jedi Knight and reluctantly accepts Anakin as Obi-Wan's
apprentice. Padmé presents a gift of thanks to Boss Nass and the
Gungans during a celebratory parade.
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace wiki
George
Lucas has the original trilogy start thirty two years before the
original film and follows Anakin's decent into the dark-side. The
Phantom menace was released in theatres on the 19th of May
1999 almost sixteen years after the premiere of Return of the Jedi.
It attracted a lot of attention and came second at the box office
after Notting Hill. The movie received a mix of average reviews from
critics and a 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. I quite like this movie
because it gave an insight into the Republic before the Empire took
over.
THE
ATTACK OF THE CLONES 2002
Ten
years after the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo, the Galactic
republic is threatened by the Separatist movement organized by former
Jedi Master Count Dooku. Senator Padmé Amidala comes to Coruscant to
vote on a motion to create an army to assist the Jedi against this
threat. Narrowly avoiding an assassination attempt upon her arrival,
she is placed under the protection of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and
his apprentice, the 19-year-old Anakin Skywalker. The two Jedi thwart
a second attempt on her life and subdue the assassin, Zam Wessell;
she is killed by her client, a bounty hunter before she can reveal
his identity. The Jedi Council instructs Obi-Wan to find the bounty
hunter, while Anakin is tasked to protect Padmé and escort her back
to Naboo, where he expresses his romantic feelings for her.
Obi-Wan's
investigation leads him to the mysterious ocean planet of Kamino,
where he discovers an army of Clones being produced for the Republic,
with bounty hunter Jango Fett serving as their Genetic template.
Obi-Wan deduces Jango to be the bounty hunter he is seeking, and
after a fierce battle, places a homing beacon on Jango's ship, the
slave 1. Obi-Wan then follows Jango and his clone son, Boba Fett to
the rocky planet Geonosis. Meanwhile, Anakin is troubled by visions
of his mother, Shmi, in pain and decides to head to Tatooine with
Padmé to save her. Watto reveals that he sold Shmi to moisture
farmer Cliegg Lars, who then freed and married her. Cliegg tells
Anakin that she was abducted by Tusken Raiders weeks earlier and is
likely dead. Determined to find her, Anakin ventures out and finds
Shmi at the Tusken campsite, where she dies in his arms. Enraged,
Anakin massacres the Tusken tribe. He later declares to Padmé that
he will find a way to prevent the deaths of his loved ones.
On
Geonosis, Obi-Wan discovers a Separatist gathering led by Count
Dooku, who Obi-Wan learns authorized Padmé's assassination and is
developing a Droid
army
with Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, Obi-Wan transmits his
findings to the Jedi Council, who allow Senate Representative Jar Jar
Binks to propose a vote to grant Emergency Powers to Supreme
Chancellor Palpatine the successful outcome allows the clone army to
be utilized. Anakin and Padmé go to Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan, but
are captured by Jango.
Dooku
sentences the trio to death, but they are saved by a battalion of
clone troopers led by Yoda, Mace Windu and other Jedi; Mace beheads
Jango during the rescue. Obi-Wan and Anakin intercept Dooku, and the
three engage in a Lightsaber battle. Dooku injures Obi-Wan and severs
Anakin's right arm, but Yoda arrives and defends them. Dooku uses
Force powers to distract Yoda and flees to Coruscant, where he
delivers blueprints for a super weapon to his master Darth Sidious.
As the Jedi acknowledge the beginning of the Clone wars. Anakin is
fitted with a robotic hand and secretly marries Padmé on Naboo with
C3-PO and R2-D2 as witnesses.
- Star Wars; The Attack of the clones wiki
The
movie was released on March 10th 2002 to average reviews
from critics with a 66% on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie received
several nominations from the Academy Awards, the Teen Choice awards
and the MTV Movie awards, they also received Nominations in the
Golden Raspberry Awards. I personally found the movie ok, but was
more interested in the other Jedi masters and how the senate was run
rather than the love story between Anakin and Padmé
REVENGE
OF THE SITH 2005
Three
years after the beginning of the Clone
Wars,
Jedi
Master Obi-Wan
Kenobi and
Jedi Knight Anakin
Skywalker lead
a mission to rescue the kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
from
the cyborg Separatist commander, General
Grievous,
during a space battle over Coruscant.
After infiltrating Grievous's flagship, the Jedi battle Count
Dooku,
whom Anakin executes at Palpatine's urging. Grievous escapes the
battle-torn ship in which the Jedi crash-land on Coruscant. There,
Anakin reunites with his wife, Padmé
Amidala,
who reveals that she is pregnant. While initially excited, Anakin
begins to have prophetic visions of Padmé dying in childbirth.
Palpatine
appoints Anakin to the Jedi
Council as
his representative and informant. The Council allows Anakin as a
member, but declines to grant Anakin the rank of Jedi Master, and
orders him to spy on Palpatine, diminishing Anakin's faith in the
Jedi. Palpatine tempts Anakin with his knowledge of the dark side of
the
Force,
including the power to prevent death. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan travels to
Utapau,
where he kills Grievous, and Yoda travels to the Wookiee home world
of Kashyyyk
to
defend it from a Separatist invasion. Palpatine reveals to Anakin
that he is the Sith
Lord Darth
Sidious and that he knows how to save Padmé. Anakin reports
Palpatine's treachery to Mace
Windu,
who confronts the Sith Lord with three other Jedi masters. Palpatine
easily slays the three masters, but is subdued by Windu, who uses his
lightsaber to return Palpatine's Force
lightning,
disfiguring him. Fearing that he will lose Padmé if Palpatine dies,
Anakin severs Windu's hand, allowing Palpatine to throw him out the
window. Anakin pledges himself to Sidious, who dubs him Darth
Vader.
Palpatine then issues Order 66, which commands the clone
troopers to
betray and kill their commanding Jedi officers. Meanwhile, the newly
knighted Vader brings with him the 501st
Legion to
help kill the remaining Jedi in the temple including the younglings
(the children in training), before travelling to the volcanic planet
of Mustafar
to
slaughter the Separatist leaders. Palpatine soon declares himself
Emperor before the Galactic
Senate,
transforming the Republic into the Galactic
Empire,
and declaring the Jedi as traitors. Having survived the chaos,
Obi-Wan and Yoda return to Coruscant and learn of Vader's betrayal.
Yoda orders Obi-Wan to confront Vader while he deals with Palpatine.
Obi-Wan
informs Padmé of Vader's loyalty to the Sith, leaving her distraught
and she goes to Mustafar (with Obi-Wan having sneaked aboard her
ship) to persuade Vader to return and raise their child. Seeing
Obi-Wan on Padmé's ship, and thinking they have conspired to kill
him, Vader angrily chokes Padmé. Obi-Wan engages Vader in a
lightsaber duel and, after gaining the higher ground, warns his
former pupil to stand down. When Vader attacks, Obi-Wan severs his
legs and left arm, leaving him at the bank of a lava flow. Obi-Wan
picks up Vader's lightsaber, watches in horror as flames consume the
fallen Jedi, and leaves him for dead. On Coruscant, Yoda battles
Palpatine until their duel reaches a stalemate. Yoda then flees
with Bail
Organa while
Palpatine, sensing that his apprentice is in danger, travels to
Mustafar. Obi-Wan regroups with Yoda on an
asteroid,
where Padmé gives birth to twins, whom she names Luke and Leia
before dying. On Mustafar, Palpatine finds Vader barely alive and
brings him to Coruscant, where his mutilated body is treated and
covered in a black armored suit. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan and Yoda plan to
conceal the twins from the Sith and exile themselves from the Empire.
While Padme's funeral takes place on her home world of Naboo, Vader
and the Emperor oversee the construction of the Death Star Bail and
his wife, Bretha, adopt Leia and take her to Alderaan, while Obi-Wan
delivers Luke to his step-Uncle and Aunt, Owen and Beru Lars on
Tatooine before going into exile there.
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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Wiki
The
movie was released on May 12th 2005 to decent critic
reviews with Rotten Tomatoes giving it an 80% rating. The movie
gained several nominations and won up to half of them including the
Saturn Award for Best Science fiction film. I personally found this
movie a little bit of a bore to watch, but I watched it because the
lightsaber duels were the best thing to come out of this movie.
THE
SEQUAL TRILOGY
THE
FORCE AWAKENS 2015
Thirty
years after the Galactic
Civil War,
the First
Order has
risen from the fallen Galactic
Empire and
seeks to eliminate the New
Republic.
The Resistance,
backed by the Republic and led by General Leia
Organa,
opposes them while Leia searches for her brother, Luke
Skywalker.
On
the desert planet Jakku,
Resistance pilot Poe
Dameron receives
a map to Luke's location from Lor San Tekka. Stormtroopers
commanded
by Kylo
Ren raid
the village and capture Poe, while Kylo kills San Tekka. Poe's droid,
BB-8,
escapes with the map and encounters a scavenger named Rey
near
a junk yard settlement. Kylo tortures Poe using the
Force and
learns of BB-8. Storm trooper FN-2187,
disillusioned by the First Order, frees Poe, and they escape in a
stolen TIE
fighter;
Poe gives FN-2187 the nickname "Finn". As they head to
Jakku to retrieve BB-8, they are shot down by a First Order Star
Destroyer and
crash-land. Finn survives and assumes that Poe died in the crash. He
encounters Rey and BB-8, but the First Order tracks them and launches
an air strike. Finn, Rey, and BB-8 flee the planet in the Millennium
Falcon,
which they steal from the junk yard.
The
Falcon is captured by a larger ship piloted by Han
Solo and
Chewbacca,
looking to reclaim their former vessel. The group is attacked by
gangs seeking to settle debts with Han, and flees in the Falcon. At
the First Order's Starkiller
Base,
a planet converted into a star-powered super weapon, Supreme
Leader Snoke allows
General
Hux to
use the weapon for the first time. Snoke questions Kylo's ability to
deal with emotions relating to his father, Han Solo, who Kylo says
means nothing to him.
The
Falcon crew determines that BB-8's map is incomplete. Han explains
that Luke attempted to rebuild the Jedi
Order but
exiled himself when an apprentice turned to the dark side, destroyed
the temple, and slaughtered the other apprentices. The crew travels
to the planet Takodana and
meets with cantina
owner
Maz
Kanata,
who offers assistance getting BB-8 to the Resistance. Rey is drawn by
the Force to a secluded vault, where she finds the lightsaber
that
once belonged to Luke and his father, Anakin
Skywalker.
She experiences disturbing visions and flees into the woods. Maz
gives Finn the lightsaber for safekeeping.
Starkiller
Base destroys a planetary system which is home to the New Republic's
capitol and senate, and a portion of its fleet. The First Order
attacks Takodana in search of BB-8. Han, Chewbacca, and Finn are
saved by Resistance X-wing
fighters led
by Poe, who is revealed to have survived the crash on Jakku. Leia
arrives at Takodana with C-3PO
and
reunites with Han and Chewbacca. Meanwhile, Kylo captures Rey and
takes her to Starkiller Base, but she resists his mind-reading
attempts. Discovering she can use the Force, Rey escapes by using a
Jedi
mind trick on
a nearby guard.
At
the Resistance base on D'Qar,
BB-8 finds R2-D2,
who has been inactive for some time. As Starkiller Base prepares to
fire once more, the Resistance devises a plan to destroy it by
attacking the main facility. Using the Falcon, Han, Chewbacca, and
Finn infiltrate the facility, find Rey, and plant explosives. Han
confronts Kylo, calling him by his birth name, Ben, and implores him
to abandon the dark side. Kylo refuses and kills Han, enraging
Chewbacca, who shoots Kylo and sets off the explosives. This allows
the Resistance to attack the base's thermal oscillator, which begins
a fatal chain reaction from the planet's core.
The
injured Kylo pursues Finn and Rey into the woods at dark. Kylo
defeats Finn in a lightsaber duel, seemingly killing him. Rey takes
the lightsaber and uses the Force to defeat Kylo, before they are
separated by a fissure as the planet begins to crack apart. Snoke
orders Hux to evacuate and bring Kylo to him to complete his
training. Rey and Chewbacca escape with the unconscious Finn in the
Falcon. As the Resistance forces flee, Starkiller Base implodes,
forming a star. On D'Qar, Leia and Rey mourn Han's death. R2-D2
awakens and reveals the rest of the map, which Rey uses to find the
oceanic planet Ahch-To. There, she finds Luke and presents him with
the lightsaber.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Wiki
The
force awakens was released on December 18th 2015 to
overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and a 93% rating on
rotten tomatoes. The movie received several awards and nominations
and ended up on several critics ten best films of 2015. I quite liked
this movie because it gave a fresh boost to the Star Wars universe
with a new generation.
THE
LAST JEDI 2017
Shortly
after the destruction of Starkiller Base, General Leia
Organa leads
the evacuation of Resistance
forces
from D'Qar, when a First
Order fleet
arrives. Against Leia's orders, Poe
Dameron leads
a costly counter attack that destroys a First Order dreadnought. The
remaining Resistance escapes into hyperspace,
but the First Order uses a device to track them, and attacks again.
Kylo
Ren hesitates
to fire on the lead Resistance ship after sensing his mother Leia's
presence, but his wingmen destroy the bridge, killing most of the
Resistance's leaders. Leia is dragged into space,
but survives by using the
Force.
While Leia recovers,Vice
Admiral Holdo assumes
command of the Resistance. Running low on fuel, the remaining fleet
is pursued by the First Order.
Rey,
having travelled to Ahch-To
with
Chewbacca
and
R2-D2
aboard
the Millennium
Falcon,
attempts to recruit Luke
Skywalker to
the Resistance. Under self-imposed exile, Luke refuses to help and
says that the Jedi
should
end; but, encouraged by R2-D2, he eventually begins to teach Rey
about the Force. Rey and Kylo begin communicating through the Force,
puzzling them both. After Kylo tells Rey what happened between him
and Luke that caused him to choose the dark side, Luke confesses that
he momentarily contemplated killing Kylo upon sensing that Snoke
was
corrupting him; this prompted Kylo to destroy Luke's new Jedi Order.
Convinced that Kylo can be redeemed, Rey leaves Ahch-To. Luke
prepares to burn the Jedi library, but hesitates. Luke's late teacher
Yoda
appears
as a spirit,
destroys the library by summoning a bolt of lightning,
and encourages Luke to learn from his failure.
Meanwhile,
Poe entrusts Finn,
mechanic Rose
Tico,
and BB-8
with
a secret mission to find someone who can deactivate the First Order's
tracking device, whom Maz
Kanata says
they can find in the casino town of Canto
Bight.
They meet the hacker DJ,
and escape the city with the help of some stable hand children and
riding
animals they
set free. Finn, Rose, and DJ infiltrate Snoke's ship, arriving at the
same time as Rey, but are captured by Captain
Phasma.
Meanwhile, Kylo brings Rey to Snoke, who says that he facilitated the
connection between her and Kylo as part of a plan to defeat Luke.
Holdo
plans to evacuate the remaining Resistance members using small
transport vessels. Believing her plan to be cowardly and futile, Poe
leads a mutiny. Leia recovers and stuns Poe, allowing the evacuation
to begin. Holdo remains on the ship to mislead Snoke's fleet as the
others flee to an abandoned base on Crait.
On the First Order flagship, DJ buys his freedom by revealing the
Resistance's plan to General
Hux,
and the First Order fleet begins firing on the evacuation transports,
destroying many of them.
Ordered
to kill Rey, Kylo instead kills Snoke and defeats his guards
alongside Rey. Rey hopes that Kylo has abandoned the dark side, but
he instead asks her to rule the galaxy with him. Refusing, she and
Kylo battle using the Force to obtain Anakin
Skywalker's
lightsaber, splitting it in two. Holdo sacrifices herself by ramming
into Snoke's flagship at light speed, crippling it. Meanwhile, Rey
escapes while Kylo declares himself Supreme Leader. BB-8 frees Finn
and Rose; they defeat Phasma and join the survivors on Crait. When
the First Order arrives, Poe, Finn, and Rose attack with old
speeders. Rey and Chewbacca draw TIE
fighters away
in the Falcon, while Rose prevents Finn from sacrificing himself to
destroy the enemy siege cannon, which subsequently penetrates the
Resistance fortress.
Luke
appears and confronts the First Order to allow the surviving
Resistance to escape. Kylo orders the First Order's forces to fire on
Luke, who is unharmed. He then engages Luke in a lightsaber duel;
upon striking Luke, Kylo realizes that Luke is not physically present
but only appearing through a projection of the Force. Rey helps the
remaining Resistance escape on the Falcon. Luke, exhausted, dies
peacefully on Ahch-To, becoming one with the Force. Rey and Leia
sense his death, and Leia tells her that the Resistance can rise
again.
At
Canto Bight, the stable hands recount the story of Luke Skywalker;
afterwards, one of them moves a broom with the Force and gazes into
space.
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wiki
The
movie was released on 23rd January 2017 to mainly positive
reviews from from critics and received a 91% from Rotten tomatoes
because of it. The audience reception mirrored the critics in
positivity and the movie received several nominations in award season
winning 9 of their combined 46 nominations. I quite liked the movie
especially showing the interactions between the newer generation of
actors with the older generation (for example Rey and Luke, Poe and
Leia).
THE
RISE OF SKYWALKER 2019
A
year after the event of the Last Jedi, the remnants of the resistance
face the first order once again—while reckoning with the past and
their own inner turmoil.
Meanwhile,
the ancient conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its
climax, Altogether bringing the Skywalker Saga to a definitive end.
-
Star
Wars The Rise of Skywalker wiki
This movie at the time of blog posting will be
released on December 20th 2019. And I am looking forwards
to it immensely.
ANTHOLOGY
MOVIES
ROUGE
ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Research
scientist Galen Erso and his family are in hiding on the planet
Lah'mu when Imperial
weapons
developer Orson
Krennic arrives
to press him into completing the Death
Star,
a space
station-based
superweapon
capable of destroying entire planets. Galen's wife, Lyra, is killed
in the confrontation while their daughter, Jyn,
escapes and is rescued by rebel extremist Saw
Gerrera.
Thirteen
years later, cargo pilot Bodhi
Rook defects
from the Empire, taking a holographic message recorded by Galen to
Gerrera on the desert moon Jedha.
After learning about the Death Star from an agent at the trading
outpost Ring of Kafrene, Rebel
Alliance intelligence
officer Cassian
Andor frees
Jyn from an Imperial labor camp at Wobani before bringing her to the
Rebel leader Mon
Mothma,
who convinces her to find and rescue Galen so the Alliance can learn
more about the Death Star. Cassian is covertly ordered to kill Galen
rather than extract him.
Jyn,
Cassian, and reprogrammed Imperial droid
K-2SO travel
to Jedha, where the Empire is removing kyber
crystals from
the holy city to power the Death Star while Gerrera and his partisans
are engaged in an armed insurgency against them. With the aid of
blind spiritual warrior Chirrut
Îmwe and
his mercenary friend Baze
Malbus,
Jyn makes contact with Gerrera, who has been holding Rook captive.
Gerrera shows her the message, in which Galen reveals he has secretly
built a vulnerability into the Death Star and directs them to
retrieve the schematics from an Imperial data bank on the planet
Scarif.
On
the Death Star, Krennic orders a low-powered test shot which destroys
Jedha's capital. Jyn and her group take Rook and flee the moon, but
Gerrera remains to die with the city. Grand
Moff Tarkin congratulates
Krennic before using Rook's defection and security leak as a pretext
to take control of the project. Rook leads the group to Galen's
Imperial research facility on the planet Eadu,
where Cassian chooses not to kill Galen. Jyn makes her presence known
moments before Rebel bombers attack the facility. Galen is mortally
wounded by the bombers and dies in his daughter's arms, before she
escapes with her group on board a stolen Imperial cargo shuttle.
Krennic is summoned by Darth
Vader to
answer for the attack on Eadu. Krennic seeks his support for an
audience with the Emperor,
but Vader instead orders him to ensure no further breaches occur.
Jyn
proposes a plan to steal the Death Star schematics using the Rebel
fleet but fails to gain approval from the Alliance Council, who feel
victory against the Empire is now impossible. Frustrated at their
inaction, Jyn's group lead a small squad of Rebel volunteers to raid
the databank themselves. Arriving at Scarif on the stolen Imperial
ship, which Rook dubs "Rogue One", a disguised Jyn and
Cassian enter the base with K-2SO while the other Rebels attack the
Imperial
garrison as
a diversion. The Rebel fleet learns of the raid from intercepted
Imperial communications and deploy in support. K-2SO sacrifices
himself so Jyn and Cassian can retrieve the data. Îmwe is killed
after activating the master switch to allow communication with the
Rebel fleet, and Malbus is killed in action shortly afterwards. Rook
is killed by a grenade after informing the Rebel fleet that it must
deactivate the shield surrounding the planet to allow the
transmission of the schematics. Jyn and Cassian obtain the
schematics, but they are ambushed by Krennic, who is eventually shot
and wounded by Cassian. Jyn transmits the schematics to the Rebel
command ship. The Death Star enters orbit above Scarif, where Tarkin
uses another low-power shot to destroy the compromised base, killing
Krennic, Cassian, and Jyn.
The
Rebel fleet prepares to jump to hyperspace, but many of the fleet's
ships are intercepted by Vader's flagship. Vader boards the Rebel
command ship and attempts to regain the schematics, but a small
starship (Tantive IV) escapes with the plans on board. Aboard the
fleeing ship, Princess Leia declares that the schematics will provide
"hope" for the Rebellion.
- Rouge One Wiki
Rouge
one was released in theatres on December 10th, 14th
and 16th of 2016 and January 6th of 2017
depending where you were in the world, to generally favourable
reviews from critics and a 84% from Rotten Tomatoes. At the point of
this blog posting, I've only seen a few scenes from rouge one so I
can't give any form of review or rate of the movie as a whole. But
from the scenes I have seen It sits in the Star Wars universe/story
very well without much broken seams.
SOLO:
A STAR WARS STORY
On
the planet Corellia, orphaned children are made to steal to survive.
Young adults Han and Qi'ra make an escape from a local gang. They
bribe an Imperial officer with stolen coaxium (a powerful hyperspace
fuel) for passage on an outgoing transport, but Qi'ra is apprehended
before she can board. Han vows to return for her and joins the
Imperial Navy as a flight cadet. When the recruiting officer asks for
his surname, Han explains that he is alone with no family, so the
recruiter gives him the last name "Solo".
Three
years later, Han has been expelled from the Imperial Flight Academy
for insubordination and is serving as an infantryman on Midbam. He
encounters a group of criminals posing as Imperial soldiers led by
Tobias Beckett. Han attempts to blackmail them into taking him with
them, but Beckett has him arrested for desertion and thrown into a
pit to be fed to a Wookiee named Chewbacca. Able to understand
Chewbacca's language, Han persuades him to cooperate to escape.
Beckett, aware of the usefulness of a Wookiee's strength, rescues and
enlists them in the gang to steal a shipment of coaxium on Vandor-1.
The plan goes awry when the Cloud Riders, a group of so-called
terrorists led by Enfys Nest, arrive, resulting in the deaths of two
crew members, including Beckett's wife, and the destruction of the
coaxium.
Beckett
reveals that he was ordered to steal the shipment for Dryden Vos, a
high-ranking crime boss in the Crimson Dawn syndicate. Han and
Chewbacca volunteer to help him steal another shipment to repay the
debt. They travel to Vos' yacht where Han finds Qi'ra, who has joined
Crimson Dawn, and is Vos' top lieutenant. Han suggests a risky plan
to steal unrefined coaxium from the mines on Kessel; Vos approves but
insists Qi'ra accompany the team. She leads them to Lando Calrissian,
an accomplished smuggler and pilot who she hopes will lend them his
ship, a freighter called the Millennium Falcon. Han challenges Lando
to a game of sabacc, with the wager being Lando's ship. Lando cheats
to win but agrees to join the mission in exchange for a share of the
profits.
After
reaching Kessel in the Falcon and infiltrating the mine, Lando's
droid co-pilot L3-37 instigates a Slave Revolt. In the confusion,
they steal the coaxium, but L3 is severely damaged, and Lando is
injured during the escape. Meanwhile, Chewbacca manages to find a
group of other Wookiees that had gone into hiding after the Empire
had conquered their original home world, but when the others decide
to take another ship to escape, Chewbacca chooses to stay with Han.
With the help of L3's navigational computer, hot-wired into the
ship's systems, Han pilots the ship through the dangerous and
uncharted Kessel Run in approximately twelve parsecs to elude an
Imperial blockade. The Falcon, badly damaged, lands on the planet
Savareen to process the coaxium.
During
a confrontation with Enfys, who tracked the team from Vandor, Lando
flees in the Falcon, deserting everyone else. Enfys explains to Han
that she and her crew are not pirates, but rebels made up of victims
from the tyrannical state of the galaxy trying to strike back at the
syndicates and the Empire. Han becomes sympathetic to their cause and
tries to trick Vos, but the crime lord reveals Beckett has already
alerted him to the double-cross. Vos sends his guards to kill Enfys,
but the Cloud Riders overpower them instead, leaving Vos defenseless.
Having anticipated Vos's strategy, Han tries to take the coaxium,
only for Beckett to betray Vos, escaping with it and taking Chewbacca
hostage. Qi'ra kills Vos and sends Han after Beckett. She contacts
Vos' superior, the former Sith Lord Maul, to inform him of the
mission's failure, and claim Vos' position. She blames the failure on
Beckett, never mentioning Han. Maul orders Qi'ra to meet with him on
Dathomir
Han
catches up to Beckett and confronts him, shooting Beckett before he
can return fire. With his dying words, Beckett tells Han that he made
a smart choice because he would have shot Han. Qi'ra leaves in Vos's
yacht, while Han and Chewbacca turn the coaxium over to Enfys, who
offers Han a chance to join the rebellion against the Empire; when he
declines, she gives him a vial of coaxium, enough to purchase a ship
of his own. Han and Chewbacca locate Lando and challenge him to a
rematch in sabacc, once again wagering the Falcon. Han wins, having
stolen the card Lando was keeping up his sleeve in order to cheat,
and he and Chewbacca lead for Tatooine where Han heard a crime lord
is putting together a profitable job and the film ends with the
Falcon jumping into hyperspace.
- Solo: A Star Wars Movie wiki
The
movie was released in theatres on May 25th 2018 to decent
reviews from Critics and a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie
received several nominations but didn't win any awards. Like rouge
one at the point of this blog posting I've only seen a few scenes of
Solo and as such I don't really have much of an opinion of the movie
as a whole. I probably won't either since I don't really plan on
watching the whole movie.
STAND
ALONE MOVIE
THE
CLONE WARS
During
the Clone
Wars,
Jedi
Knights Anakin
Skywalker and
Obi-Wan
Kenobi lead
a small Republic
clone army
against
the Separatist droid army on the planet Christophsis.
Awaiting reinforcements, the two Jedi greet a shuttle carrying the
young Jedi Ahsoka
Tano,
who insists that she has been assigned by Jedi Master Yoda
to
serve as Anakin's Padawan. Anakin begrudgingly accepts Ahsoka's
apprenticeship, and the two succeed in deactivating the Separatists'
energy field while Obi-Wan stalls the droid army commander, allowing
a Republic victory. Ahsoka earns Anakin's respect.
Following
the battle, Yoda arrives and informs the Jedi that crime lord Jabba
the Hutt's
son Rotta has been kidnapped. Anakin and Ahsoka are tasked with
retrieving the Huttlet, while Obi-Wan is sent to Tatooine
to
negotiate with Jabba over a potential treaty between the Hutts and
the Republic. Anakin and Ahsoka find Rotta on the planet Teth, where
they are ambushed by Separatist forces led by Count
Dooku's
apprentice Asajj
Ventress,
discovering that Dooku hopes to frame the Jedi for Rotta's
kidnapping. The Jedi manage to escape the trap along with R2-D2
and
hijack a derelict transport with which they travel to Tatooine.
Obi-Wan, alerted by Anakin, arrives on Teth and defeats Ventress in a
lightsaber
duel,
though she manages to escape.
Meanwhile,
Senator Padmé
Amidala,
Anakin's secret wife, learns of Anakin's mission and fears for his
safety. She decides to contact Jabba's uncle Ziro
in
Coruscant. The Hutt refuses to cooperate, apparently believing that
it is the Jedi who are responsible for the situation. However, Padmé
soon discovers that Ziro has actually conspired with Dooku to have
Rotta killed in order for Jabba to have Anakin and Ahsoka executed in
return, which will force the Jedi Council, led by Yoda, to take Jabba
into custody and allow Ziro to seize power over the Hutt clans. Padmé
is discovered and detained, but a chance call by C-3PO
enables
her to summon a squadron of clone troopers, and Ziro is arrested.
Upon
their arrival on Tatooine, Anakin and Ahsoka are shot down by
MagnaGuards.
Anakin devises a ruse to confront Dooku while carrying a decoy Rotta,
leaving Ahsoka to take the real Rotta to Jabba's palace. While Anakin
fights off Dooku, Ahsoka is ambushed by the MagnaGuards, whom she
defeats. The two deliver Rotta safely to Jabba, who nonetheless
orders the Jedi's execution for their supposed attempt to kidnap him.
However, Padmé contacts Jabba in time and reveals Ziro and the
Separatists' responsibility for the kidnapping. Acknowledging the
Jedi's heroism and allowing the Republic to have Ziro punished for
his betrayal, Jabba agrees to the Republic treaty while Anakin and
Ahsoka are retrieved by Obi-Wan and Yoda. In the meantime during his
escape, Dooku reports to his master Darth
Sidious about
the failure of their plot against the Jedi and Jabba, but the Sith
Lord assures him that the tide of war is still in their favour.
-
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Wiki
The
movie was released in theatres on August 15th 2008 to very
poor reviews from critics and a 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The
film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for Worst
Prequel/remake. I found this movie pretty ok, a good bridge between
the live action movies and the animated TV shows.
TV
MOVIES
STAR
WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
On
Life Day, Chewbacca, accompanied by Han Solo, is headed home to see
his family. Along the way, the duo are chased by two Star
Destroyers,
but they escape into hyperspace.
Meanwhile, on Kashyyyk,
Chewbacca's family is preparing for his return. Hoping to find the
Millennium
Falcon,
his wife, Malla, runs a computer scan for starships in the area but
is unsuccessful. Malla contacts Luke
Skywalker,
who, along with R2-D2,
is working on his X-Wing
star
fighter. Luke tells her that he does not know what happened. Malla
contacts Saun Dann, a local human trader. He tells her through a
carefully worded message that Han and Chewbacca are on their way and
should be arriving soon. Malla then attempts (unsuccessfully) to
prepare a meal, the instructions of which are being aired via a local
cooking show by an eccentric four-armed alien cook, Chef Gormaanda
(Harvey
Korman).
Saun
arrives with Life Day gifts for everyone, including a virtual reality
fantasy program (featuring Diahann
Carroll)
for Itchy. Back on the Falcon, Chewbacca and Han have just come out
of hyperspace not far from Kashyyyk. Han notices an increased
Imperial presence, so they decide to land in an unguarded area to the
north. As they enter the atmosphere, Lumpy hears the roaring of the
ship. Believing Han and Chewie might be arriving, Malla opens the
door, but instead finds two stormtroopers
and
officers. The Imperials force their way into the house. An officer
orders a search for Chewbacca. As they search, Saun and the others
attempt to distract them with food and Malla's music video box (which
features a video by Jefferson
Starship).
When the music finishes, the head officer orders the search to
continue. The head officer tells Malla to keep Lumpy busy while they
search his room, so Lumpy (and the viewing audience) watches a
cartoon
on
a viewscreen of one of his father's many adventures:
- During a search for a talisman, the Millennium Falcon crashes on the water planet of Panna with the main characters onboard. They run into Boba Fett, who saves Luke from a giant monster and claims to want to help the Rebels. They all board the Falcon, where Han has been infected by a mysterious sleeping virus caused by the talisman. Luke then contracts the virus as well. Fett and Chewie go into Panna City to get the cure. Once they get into the Imperial-occupied city, Fett instructs Chewie to stay behind—so he can contact Darth Vader. On the Falcon, as C-3PO is caring for Han and Luke, R2-D2 intercepts the transmission between Vader and Fett. Evading the Imperials, Fett and Chewie return to the Falcon with the cure. After everyone recovers from the virus, they learn of Fett's true allegiances. Fett blasts away in his jetpack, promising that they will meet again. Everyone then escapes from the planet aboard the Falcon and heads back to the Rebel base.
Lumpy
works to create a translation device that will fool the Imperials
into returning to their base by faking their commander's voice. To do
so, he first must watch the manual for the device, being presented by
a malfunctioning, incompetent robot (also played by Korman). While
the Imperials are searching downstairs, the living room viewscreen
activates, announcing that Tatooine is being put under curfew by the
Empire because of”Subversive forces". The video is announced
as required viewing for all Imperial forces and much of it features
Ackmena (Bea Arthur) running the Mos Eisley cantina. Ackmena is
approached by an admirer: Krelman, an amorous alien, who has
misunderstood something she said to him recently. Ackmena announces
Last Call, and upon being ignored, sings a farewell song. Lumpy uses
this opportunity to put his plan into motion, faking a repeated call
for the Imperials to "return to base". They leave, but one
stormtrooper stays behind and realizes that they were tricked. He
finds Lumpy and destroys the machine, then chases Lumpy outside.
Han
and Chewbacca arrive. Chewie protects Lumpy as Han dispatches the
stormtrooper. After they are reunited, an Imperial officer appears on
the viewscreen, giving a general alert for the missing stormtrooper.
Saun quickly responds that the trooper stole supplies and deserted.
The danger averted, the family prepares to go to the festival at the
great Tree
of Life.
They hold glowing orbs, and appear in space wearing red robes.
Wookiees walk into a bright star and arrive at the Tree of Life,
where many are gathered, including C-3PO and R2-D2. Luke, Leia, and
Han also appear. Leia gives a short speech and sings a song in
celebration. Chewie remembers his adventures during the events of the
original film. Finally, the Wookiee family sits around a table and
bows their heads.
- Star Wars Holiday special wiki
The
show was released November 17th 1978 on the CBS Network on
TV and was a two hour special in the format of a variety show. I've
only seen small clips of the show and as such I cant really give that
much of an opinion.
CARAVAN
OF COURAGE: AN EWOK ADVENTURE
On
the forest moon of Endor, the Towani family starcruiser lies wrecked.
The Towani family (Catarine, Jeremitt, Mace, and Cindel) are
stranded. When Catarine and Jeremitt vanish (having been captured by
the Gorax),
the children are found by the Ewok Deej. After Mace tries to kill
them, the Ewoks subdue him and take both children to the Ewoks’
home. There, Cindel and Wicket become friends. Shortly thereafter,
the Ewoks kill a boar wolf only to find a life-monitor from one of
the Towani parents with the creature.
They
seek out the Ewok Logray who informs them that the parents have been
taken by the monstrous Gorax, which resides in a deserted, dangerous
area. A caravan of Ewoks is formed to help the children find their
parents. They meet up with a wistie named Izrina and a boisterous
Ewok named Chukha-Trok before finally reaching the lair of the Gorax.
They engage the Gorax in battle, freeing Jeremitt and Catarine, but
Chukha-Trok is killed. The Gorax is thought destroyed when it is
knocked into a chasm, but it takes a final blow from Mace (using
Chukha-Trok’s axe) to kill the creature, which tries to climb back
up after them. Thus reunited, the Towanis decide to stay with the
Ewoks until they can repair the starcruiser, and Izrina leaves to go
back to her family.
- Caravan of Courage; An Ewok Adventure.
The
Show was released on November 25th 1984 for the ABC network. At the
point of this blog posting, I have never seen caravan of courage and
a most likely never will. Unfortunately it doesn't appeal to me.
EWOKS;
THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR
Nearly
six months have passed since the events of the first film;
the
Towani family's star cruiser is almost completely fixed and Jeremitt
is putting the final touches on the craft. While the family is
preparing to leave the forest moon of Endor, the Ewok village is
attacked by a group of Marauders led by Terak and his witch-like
sorceress Charal. Many Ewoks are killed. Cindel escapes, but is
forced to leave her family to their doom at the hand of the
Marauders.
While
running away from the carnage, Cindel and Wicket meet Teek, a small,
fast native of Endor. Teek takes them to the home of Noa Briqualon, a
human male who is angered by their uninvited presence and throws them
out. Eventually he proves himself to be kind hearted, letting Teek
steal food for Cindel and Wicket, and inviting the two in as they
attempt to build a fire for warmth.
At
the Marauders' castle, Terak orders Charal to find Cindel, assuming
she knows how to use "the power" in the energy cell stolen
from Jeremitt's star cruiser. Meanwhile, Noa, Cindel, and Wicket are
becoming friends. It is revealed that Noa is rebuilding his own
wrecked star cruiser, only missing the energy cell. Cindel is
awakened one morning by a song her mother used to sing. She follows
the voice to find a woman singing, who transforms into Charal and
takes her to Terak. He orders Cindel to activate "the power",
but she cannot, and is imprisoned with the Ewoks. Outside, Noa,
Wicket, and Teek sneak into the castle, free Cindel and the Ewoks,
and escape with the energy cell.
Terak,
Charal, and the Marauders pursue them back to the ship, where Wicket
leads the Ewoks in defense of the cruiser as Noa installs the energy
cell. The Ewoks put up a valiant effort, and are nearly beaten by the
time Noa powers up the ship and uses its laser cannons to fend off
the Marauders. Cindel goes to save Wicket and is captured by Terak,
as the other Marauders retreat. Terak and Noa face off, with Wicket
finally coming to the rescue, killing Terak and simultaneously
leaving Charal trapped in bird form. Shortly thereafter, goodbyes are
said, and Cindel leaves Endor with Noa on his starship.
- Ewoks: The Battle For Endor wiki
the
Show was released on November 24th 1985 for ABC Network It
was released after An Ewok adventure. At the point of this blog
posting, like caravan of Courage, I have never seen Ewoks: The battle
for Endor and I most Likely never will.
THE
TV SHOWS
THE
EWOKS AND DROIDS ADVENTURE HOUR (1985-1986)
The
series focuses on the adventures of Wicket W. Warrick and his friends
on the forest moon of Endor before the events of a New Hope
and
the Ewok Adventure,
Unlike
the Ewok films, the characters speak English (called Basic in the
Star Wars universe) instead of their native language (though Ewokese
phrases and songs are occasionally used). The primary recurring
villains are Morag the Tulgah Witch, who had a personal grudge
against the tribe's shaman, Master Logray, and the Duloks, a rival
species that is related to the Ewoks
The
penultimate episode, “Battle for the Sunstar”, shows the Ewok
heroes leaving the forest moon's surface when they go aboard an
Imperial Star Destroyer that has travelled to their system.
An
Imperial scientist attempts to destroy the Emperor, whose shuttle
makes an appearance. The episode was re-aired as the series finale.
- Ewoks show wiki
The
show was released as a TV show during 1985-1986 on the ABC TV
Network. Like others mentioned I've not seen and probably won't see
this TV show as such I cannot give an opinion on it.
STAR
WARS: CLONE WARS (2008 – 2014, 2020)
It
is a CGI animated TV series which follows The Clone Wars Movie of
being set in the three years between Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
and episode 3: The Revenge of the Sith. The series wound down in 2014
and has a final season of 12 episodes to be released on Disney+ in
2020. I've seen a few episodes and found the series quite good
however I haven't seen all the episodes so I couldn't give a full
opinion of them however I give a 6/10 for all the episodes I have
watched.
-
Star Wars Clone Wars Wiki
STAR
WARS: REBELS (2014 – 2018)
Fourteen
years after the fall of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order and
the rise of the First Order depicted in Revenge of the Sith. A motley
group of rebels unite aboard a freighter starship called the Ghost
and conduct Covert Operations against the Imperial garrison on and
around the planet Lothal and other planets that are menaced by the
Empire.
- Star Wars: Rebels wiki
The
show was released on As of this blog posting I have not
seen this TV series and as such I have no opinion and cannot refer it
to anyone.
STAR
WARS: RESISTANCE (2018 - PRESENT)
The
series follows Kazdula Xiono, A New Republic pilot who is recruited
by the resistance to spy on the growing threat of the First Order.
The first season begins six months before the Force Awakens and
crosses over with it at the end. The second season picks up
immediately afterwards, crossing over with the Last Jedi and leading
up to The Rise of Skywalker.
- Star Wars Resistance wiki
As
of this blog posting I have not seen this TV series and as such I
have no opinion and cannot refer it to anyone. Although It does sound
like a good series to watch.
MICRO
SERIES
CLONE
WARS (2003 - 2005)
Clone
Wars
is part of the Star
Wars
prequel storyline, surrounding the fall of esteemed Jedi Anakin
Skywalker and his subsequent transformation into the Sith Lord Darth
Vader. The series begins shortly after Attack of the Clones, as the
failing Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are under siege from the
Separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Sith. As the
war rages, more and more planets slip from Republic control.
_
Star wars: Clone wars 2003 series wiki
I've
seen bits of scenes of this show but it's not enough to give a
definitive opinion on it.
STAR
WARS FORCES OF DESTINY (2017 – 2018)
Focusing
on female characters across multiple eras and instalments of the
franchise, the series explores how each character's decisions affect
her destiny.
- Star Wars forces of Destiny wiki
As
of this blog posting I have not seen this TV series and as such I
have no opinion and cannot refer it to anyone.
STAR
WARS GALAXY OF ADVENTURES (2018 - PRESENT)
Star
Wars Galaxy of Adventures
debuted on the "Star Wars Kids" YouTube channel and website
in late 2018. Using stylized animation, the series of shorts recounts
key scenes from the saga and will continue until the release of
Episode IX.
The shorts feature audio from the original films (with narration by
Dante Basco) and are animated by Titmouse, Inc.
-Star
Wars TV series wiki
As
of this blog posting I have not seen this TV series and as such I
have no opinion and cannot refer it to anyone.
STAR
WARS ROLL OUT (2019 - PRESENT)
In
2017, Japanese animator Hideo
Itoyanagi created
a recap imagination of Star Wars: The Force Awakens intended for the
local audience, which used versions of the movie's characters made to
resemble B-B-8 in their shape and way they moved. Lucasfilm President
Kathleen Kennedy became a big fan of the animation and its director,
and when she came to Japan in December of 2017 to promote Star Wars:
The last Jedi, she met up with Itoyanagi and asked him to create
original shorts in the same style as the original recap.
Itoyanagi
wanted to come up with something new to the animated world of Star
Wars. His intention was to make the world look like simple
caricatured paper-cut out silhouettes put on top of each other. He
also compared the camera movements to those which could be seen in
old video games. Building on top of his original recap shorts, the
new animations would utilise the roundness, tilting, spinning and
rolling movements of the characters to tell the story and create
humour.
- Star Wars.Fandom.com/wiki/Star-wars-roll-out
I've
not seen this TV series in a whole but seen enough clips to believe
this could be good for families and younger children.
UP
COMING TV SERIES
THE
MANDALORIAN
The
Mandalorian
takes place five years after the fall of the Empire as depicted in
Return of the Jedi and twenty-five years before the emergence of the
First Order depicted in The Force Awakens It follows an independent
Mandalorian bounty hunter "in the outer reaches of the galaxy
far from the authority of the New Republic”.
- The Mandalorian wiki
At
the point of this blog posting this show has not been released BUT
I'm looking forwards to seeing this TV show.
(UNTITLED
AT BLOG POSTING) CASSION ANDOR SERIES
Yet
to have a Wiki/News about the series, as such I have no opinion about
it.
(UNTITLED
AT BLOG POSTING) OBI-WAN KENOBI SERIES
Yet
to have a Wiki/News about the series, as such I have no opinion about
it.
THE
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