But You Were the Chosen One! Weren’t You?

February 15, 2013 Professor Jango 0

  Obi-Wan Kenobi cried out these words to a soon-to-be-crispy Anakin on the planet Mustafar inRevenge of the Sith. As we learned previously in The Phantom Menace, Anakin seemed to be the fulfillment of Prophecy of the Chosen One. According to Wookieepedia the prophecy was “one of hundreds of obscure legends maintained

The Zen of Star Wars: An Introduction

February 6, 2013 Greg 0

Hello and welcome to my column! Over the course of this series I will be discussing the effect that Eastern religion had on Star Wars, and more specifically on the Jedi. George Lucas may have based his work in part on adventure serials such as Flash Gordon, but there is no doubt

The Star Wars in Abrams’ Star Trek

February 4, 2013 The Dark Moose 0

  (WARNING – RECYCLED POODOO – This is an entry from almost 4 years ago, when J.J. Abrams first rebooted Star Trek. This was my initial reaction, and one of my last TOS blog entries…) Moose Poodoo by: The Dark Moose date posted: May 17, 2009 8:50 PM  I would have never