In Celebration Of Star Wars… How To Remake The Star Wars Prequels

I like the Star Wars prequels, I really do. George Lucas has such an extraordinary imagination and showed us a lot of great things that could only come from a galaxy far, far away. However, enjoying something shouldn’t stop us from using our own imagination to change it, in our own minds, and wonder what…

How Removing A Character Can Make A Story Stronger Part 2 – Revisiting The Phantom Menace Re-Imagining

Not too long ago, I wrote a piece on how I would re-imagine one of my favorite films, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. In it, I showed how removing a single character, Qui-Gon Jinn, early in the film can affect the story as a whole, transforming the film into a hero’s journey for…

The Fix Awakens, or, How To Respect First-Time Moments In Storytelling

Early next year, I will be taking a class called Digital Video Editing, to learn how to use Adobe Premiere, and since today is the third anniversary of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I figured it would be cool to imagine what changes I would make to the film. This is a movie that has…

Re-Imagining Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (The Effects of Removing a Character)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, RedLetterMedia released its Plinkett review of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Admittedly, I was a bit defensive, at first, because of how much I love The Phantom Menace and its display of the Jedi in their prime, as George Lucas would say. Burying…

Skywalker

There is a man my people speak of. They tell stories about him, about his adventures, about his struggles, about the friends he fought alongside and the father he rescued from the void, about his caring for the smallest among us, about all those he saved and the some he could not. Stories of him…

Re-Imagining Star Wars: The Last Jedi

I always say that if I don’t like something, I should have something I think is better in mind. Obviously, there are other little details to fill in, such as the roles of Hux, C-3PO, R2-D2, and BB-8, but with that said, here’s my story of how I think Star Wars: The Last Jedi should’ve…

My OCD Hates Me Right Now

As I’m revising the first chapter of my first book (yet again), I can’t help but to feel that this chapter needs to be later in the book. Don’t get me wrong, Chapter 1 should be Chapter 1, but the way I wrote the book, the first three chapters are all introduction. The first chapter…

Bedfellows and Tone Poems

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace has been out for seventeen years now. But the length of time between initial release and now never seems to stop the film, or the advertising related to it, from popping into my head every so often. Sometimes, this happens spontaneously while, occasionally, I’ll make a connection to…

Lightsabers Are Bacon

The lightsaber is the greatest weapon brought to almost life. It’s elegant, portable, highly deadly, and the blades are bright, pretty colors. The sounds it makes when waved around or clashing with another lightsaber are badass and are fun to mimic as pretending to wield one brings out the child in even the most mature…

Star Wars Is Like Christmas…

…it’s not here yet and I’m already over it. Yesterday, I was asked by a Star Wars fan if I had tickets yet to see the new film (I’m not even going to call it by name; that’s how over it I am). I said, “No.” Of course, when something we love and infinitely enjoy…