by Alan Kistler | Jun 8, 2017 | Comics, Film
While summer is a time for big, tentpole movie franchises to unleash the latest superhero movie or a garbled Transformers cinematic stream of consciousness, there is not a lot of hard science fiction for us sci-fi nerds to geek out on. That is why I am excited for...
by Alan Kistler | May 27, 2017 | Film, News
40 years ago, Star Wars entered theaters, mere months after the story of the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire hit shelves in the form of novelizations and comic books. Since then, there have been four sequels, three prequels, a spin-off “anthology”...
by girlie | Apr 29, 2017 | Film
Fan films are a mixed bag. Some just don’t have any real appeal outside of the people who made them, and some of their friends. Some show a lot of promise but seem kind of uncooked. The script is there but the acting and production value aren’t, or the...
by Alan Kistler | Apr 23, 2017 | Books, Film
Lords of the Sith, written by Paul S. Kemp, is part of the new wave of official, canon Star Wars media. This story begins a few years after the end of the Clone Wars and focuses on the relationship between Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. With Star Wars, you have a...
by Alan Kistler | Dec 28, 2016 | News
Yesterday, we were all saddened to learn of the passing of Carrie Fisher. At age 60, Fisher drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra. No, of course she didn’t. But she said that, no matter how it happened, that was how she wanted her obituary to read. That...