…make it this one. This is GENIUS. Wish I’d have thought of it š
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If you only watch one YouTube video this month…
“Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars…”
Look, I love Star Wars as much as anyone (maybe far too much more than anyone. But what came out of the Disney Investor Event a few days ago worries me:
Ten… count ’em TEN… new Star Wars projects going on for the next few years. Those are in addition to The Mandalorian. Most of these are likewise going to be streaming series on the Disney+ service. Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic are said to be spinoffs of The Mandalorian. We knew that Obi-Wan Kenobi was coming (it begins filming next month) as well as the series about Andor from the movie Rogue One. Ditto the animated series about the Bad Batch (introduced in the final season of The Clone Wars).
Do we really need… or were we at all asking for… a series about young Lando Calrissian though? No offense to Donald ...
Couple of hilarious music videos I came across
Awright, we could all use some laughter right now, no matter who you are. And in the past few days I’ve come across some really good videos worth sharing.
First there’s this parody of “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, performed by Guns N Helmets featuring Axl Rose Grogu aka “Baby Yoda”:
And then there is this fine piece of work: heavy metal guitar accompanying televangelist Kenneth Copeland (who has always been pretty creepy to me):
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Star Wars: Squadrons has Chris feeling like he’s 20 years old all over again
For the vastest part I have moved on past video games. These days if I play any game at all it’s going to be something like a rewarding round of Go against a human opponent, or the miniatures game Warhammer 40,000 (either of which provides for keen exercise of the tactical mind). You know, something physical with tactile sensation. A few months ago I reviewed Gears Tactics, but then again Gears of War for me isn’t so much a game franchise as it is an epic tale (along with the BioShock games and Halo). And that came when we ALL needed something to keep from going totally bonkers from COVID sequestration from society…
But about that same time came word of Star Wars: Squadrons. Electronic Arts’ foray into what seemed like the first truly dedicated Star Wars flight sim since perhaps X-Wing: Alliance all the way back in ...
I am a bad Star Wars fan (for abandoning the sequel trilogy)
There is a rumor… rumor mind ya so take this with an industrial sized salt lick… that somewhere in the Disney Vault there rests a cut of Star War Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker that is drastically different and better than what was released theatrically last Christmas. This cut was allegedly assembled by George Lucas: the Maker himself. This edit supposedly adds new material, removes several elements we saw in The Rise of Skywalker‘s theater version and perhaps even has a new ending. The result is a film that is at least forty percent altered from the original cinematic release.
It is supposed to fix the problems that The Rise of Skywalker has, as well as many of the problems that the entire sequel trilogy is rife with.
It is the hope of many fans that “the George Lucas Cut” – IF it exists at all – will ...
Unreliable Narrator, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Sequel Trilogy
Many of you by now are hearing the rumors: that Kathleen Kennedy is on the way out as matriarch of the Star Wars franchise. That the operation will soon be run by either Jon Favreau or Dave Filoni. That the entire sequel trilogy is going to be scrapped and “re-made”.
Personally, I doubt that last one is going to happen. Because I can’t but think of all the little girls I’ve seen dressed as Rey for the premiere of the past few Star Wars movies. Rey is a true heroine to them. Heck, she is for me too. But especially to young girls who look to Rey as a role model. Not I or anyone else should take that away from them. Besides, Star Wars was ripe for a female character on par with Luke Skywalker and young Obi-Wan Kenobi. Rey fits the role perfectly.
But I won’t deny that ...
FORCERY is fifteen years old!
It really does seem like just yesterday when we were slathering that fake blood all over Chad’s legs, and making a springtime drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway look like blizzard in the Colorado mountains. And turning a cousin’s living room into Skywalker Ranch. So much happened since then and yet, our cast and crew became a family that has endured. More than endured even. And for that, I’m thankful that this project got seen through to the end.
Yes, it has indeed been fifteen years since the release of Forcery: that Star Wars fanfilm parody of the Stephen King movie Misery. I’d wanted it to be ready before Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith but it didn’t quite make it. Still, it was late May of 2005 when it was first unloaded onto the Internet and about a year or so later it was “serialized” ...
Forty years later and still the greatest…
Happy Fortieth Anniversary to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, premiered May 17th, 1980 at the Kennedy Center and then wide release a few days later.
Now and probably for all time, the very best installment of the entire Star Wars film franchise....
“The Honeybunnies”, or: What if George Lucas had REALLY socked it to the fans?
An independent-minded scribe of stories wants nothing more than to produce the works that mean most to him. And then one of his minor creations becomes a raging monster that takes control over almost every aspect of his life. The fans won’t leave him alone, they won’t let him be free to find his own happiness. And it’s driving him insane…
Sound familiar? Perhaps the tale of a certain plaid-flanneled filmmaker who made a small movie once upon a time but saw it instead become a franchise upon which fans pinned their hopes, their dreams, sometimes their entire meaning of life. But alas! It isn’t George Lucas we’re talking about here. But it could be.
Way, waaaaay back in 1985 there was a new series on CBS called George Burns Comedy Week. It didn’t last very long and George Burns himself had very little to do with it ...
This is the way: “New Beskar Steel” wrapping for your iPhone!
Disclaimer: Adam Smith is a friend of mine. He’s not paying to advertise his product on The Knight Shift and I didn’t ask for any compensation whatsoever either. I’m only sharing this because… well, because it’s kewl! And sharing cool stuff is just how I roll on this blog.
Inspired by the hit Disney+ series Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Adam has forged the “New Beskar Steel” iPhone Case and Cover. Imitating the much-coveted metal sought by the tribe and just about everybody else, the New Beskar Steel case looks like a real ingot of Mandalorian alloy. And it will probably do just as well in protecting your iPhone from anything shy of an E-Web blaster cannon. Complete with rich lustrous sheen and stamp indicating its previous imperialish possessor. Admittedly it won’t make for much of a full-metal pauldron but if you need a real pauldron anyway, you’ve got ...