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David McK (3162 KP) rated Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail in Books

Jan 28, 2019

Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail

Jason Aaron | 2016 | Comics & Graphic Novels

7.0

(4 Ratings)

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Vol 3 in Marvel's new 'main' Star Wars stories (as opposed to those headlined by a single character), which starts with an James Bond style story set on Coruscant before heading back to the main characters of Han, Luke and Leia, who are off on separate missions - Han and Luke to get supplies for the Rebellion (capital 'R'), while Leia (and Sana) transport a high-value prisoner to the maximum security Rebel Jail of the title.

As this is set between Ep IV and V, we know that nothing major is going to happen to any of the main characters (Luke, Leia, Han), although this does - fianlly - provide a reason why Leia calls Hans a 'Scruffy Nerf-herder' in The Empire Strikes Back

In short: not bad, but not brilliant either.

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Science Fiction Movie Posters: The Fantastic Chronicle of Movie Posters

Dave Golder and Derek Johnson

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From classic Star Wars, Blade Runner and Matrix all the way back to The Day the Earth Stood Still sf...

Survival Geeks

Neil Googe, Emma Beeby and Gordon Rennie

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Survival Geeks, a media-savvy sci-fi adventure! A parody of contemporary geek culture, for fans of...

The Second Coming

John Niven

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God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything looks pretty good -...

David Lowery recommended Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) in Movies (curated)

"I saw this opening night, loved the first thirty minutes, phased in and out for the rest. I really liked Alden Erenreich’s performance, the visual effects were top-notch and of course Bradford Young’s cinematography was a wonder, but otherwise I didn’t really feel strongly about it one way or another. Maybe, like most of the world, I didn’t need more STAR WARS just yet – but several months later, whilst on a long flight, I guess I definitely did because I randomly decided to rewatch the opening scene and before I knew it the credits were rolling. Freed of expectations, scaled down to an 8 inch Lufthansa screen, SOLO was a delight. I’m not too broken up about not getting additional young Han adventures, but I could definitely use more Lady Proxima in my life."

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Star Wars: Master & Apprentice in Books

Jul 14, 2019

Star Wars: Master & Apprentice

Claudia Gray | 2019 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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Claudia Gray is by far, one of the best authors that Disney hired to write new canon Star Wars novels. I love Gray's characterization of Leia, and I've been waiting for a Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan novel for ages.
We see the beginning of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's relationship, and the conflict within it. In this novel, it was revealed that Qui-Gon WAS offered a position of Jedi Master. Qui-Gon doesn't accept right away, because it would mean that he couldn't have a padawan. They both go on what is thought to be their last mission together.
Obviously, you know how it shakes out, because Obi-Wan is Qui-Gon's padawan in Phantom Menace, but it's still an interesting and deeper look into both characters.

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MelanieTheresa (997 KP) rated The Dead Don't Die (2019) in Movies

Sep 3, 2019 (Updated Sep 3, 2019)

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Horror

5.4

(33 Ratings)

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Iggy Pop plays a coffee-addicted zombie and honestly he's never looked better. (0 more)

This was not good. Like really, really not good. I really, really wanted it to be, and perhaps my hopes were too high, because I was 100% disappointed. I don't know if it was trying too hard, or not trying hard enough. I'm as much a fan of B horror/sci-fi as anyone, but I'm not entirely sure that's what it was going for....and even if it was, it wasn't done well.

A couple of chuckles: when one of the zombies holding its phone was searching for WiFi (ha, people are zombies! see what they did there? 😐), and when they showed that Adam Driver's character's key chain was a ship from Star Wars.

My recommendation? Skip it.

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Mel (490 KP) rated The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance in TV

Oct 5, 2019

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

2019 | Adventure, Drama, Family

8.2

(34 Ratings)

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The puppets, art, (0 more)

I grew up in the 80s and it would be fair to say I've loved the original Dark Crystal film ever since I first saw it so there was no question when we heard about the new TV series that we were going to watch it.

Although it took me a few episodes to get into thr series overall I've loved it and that feel that they've gone back to the original puppets rather than an overuse of CGI. My main problem has been similar to watching the star wars prequels in that I've been watching it with the knowledge of what will happen (based on what we know from the film) and I feel that has taken something away from my enjoyment of the characters.