Tag: star wars

Movie Issues: Future Summer Movies

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week the guys take a break from watching a movie to discuss all the recent movie news that has hit the web. They talk about the future of the DC Movie Universe or lack there of, get real with the new

Read More »

Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announced

Good news for Star Wars fans: Lucasfilm has posted our first look at the cast of the upcoming Episode VII. From the post on the official site: The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson,

Read More »
ci 168Header
Comic Issues
llyzabeth

Comic Issues #168 – Free Comic Book Day!

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! It’s here once again, like Christmas in May for comic-book lovers; it’s Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 3rd! And if that wasn’t enough, the very next day is Star Wars Day, on May the 4th (be with you.) Join our heroes and heroine and special

Read More »

Star Wars Expanded Universe No Longer Canon

In a news post on the official Star Wars site, Lucasfilm has announced that the Expanded Universe – the books, comics and video games that have been produced in the past 35 years – are no longer part of the official Star Wars canon. While Lucasfilm always strived to keep the stories created for the EU

Read More »
Ci 158Banner
Comic Issues
Anthony Silva

Comic Issues #162 – Watch the Throne

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! The Throne of Geekdom rages on this month and your heroes and heroine are here to throw out their reactions to the thrilling upsets and the disappointing defeats.  Listen in as the crew make their Round 2 picks and see who’s already

Read More »
Ci152 Banner
Comic Issues
Anthony Silva

Comic Issues #152 – Star Wars NOW!

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! The day we knew was coming is finally here, after the acquisition of Star Wars by Disney it was only a matter of time until every aspect of the company would be controlled by the mouse; including the comic rights. Announced just

Read More »

Review: Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars” issues 1 and 2

This series is based on a great idea: take George Lucas’s unpublished rough draft of Star Wars, and turn it into a “What If” story. There are a few familiar concepts and a lot of familiar names, but the Star Wars universe you know has been turned upside down and made into a completely different

Read More »

To Timidly Go: Are Sci-Fi Film Tropes Holding Back Sci-Fi Gaming?

With souped-up graphics and processing power, Playstation 4 and Xbox One will bring us one step closer to truly “cinematic” video games. But could game developers’ long quest to emulate silver-screen cool actually limit the creative potential of next-generation console titles? This question came to mind after the recent burst of publicity for Destiny and

Read More »

[Review] William Shakespeare’s Star Wars

When I first saw the cover for this book, I thought it was just someone’s clever illustration of Darth Vader drawn in Shakespearean clothing in a wood-cut style. I thought it was very pretty. Then I noticed the amazon link and realized that it’s a real book. Ian Doescher rewrote Star Wars, the entire movie, in

Read More »