Paired with John Williams’ iconic score, an opening text crawl setting up the story is an essential piece of any Star Wars film. And though fans may not have the budget to produce record-breaking movies, they can still dream up a crawl of their very own. StarWars.com has debuted a new app (one of the many games and apps to surface around the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens) that allows fans to create their own yellow crawl, complete with Williams’ music. Read More...
The title of The Last Jedi may not refer to a person — it may simply be a promise. If Luke Skywalker has his way, at least. Writer-director Rian Johnson, who spent the wee hours of Thursday night greeting thousands of fans waiting in line for his Star Wars Celebration panel, debuted a new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Friday at the finale of a panel on the latest story from a galaxy far, far away. Read More...
Here’s the best news I can report after leafing (okay, tearing) through Matthew Stover’s novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith(Del Rey, $25.95): The words “Jar Jar” appear only once, and not until page 370. There are other promising signs of what we’ll see in theaters May 19. Don’t worry, I’ll keep this spoiler-free for those who prefer to remain in the dark. But speaking of dark, this installment certainly is. Read More...
