Language in Star Wars

August 1, 2013 Professor Jango 0

  In Star Wars, people talk in what is known as Galactic Basic Standard, which sounds to us Earthlings like English. But are the people in Star Wars really speaking English, or is the viewer/reader simply getting a translation? I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, no one cares, Phil. Go away. But

News: Star Wars Celebration VII Announced

July 29, 2013 Professor Jango 0

From StarWars.com (Click image above for link): At the end of Star Wars Celebration Europe’s closing ceremonies this weekend, Lucasfilm officially announced the details of its next official convention: Star Wars Celebration VII will be held in Anaheim, California, from April 16-19, 2015. Timed with the release of Star Wars: Episode VII, this promises to

News: New Animated Series Starting in Fall 2014

May 20, 2013 Professor Jango 0

  More big news about upcoming things in the Star Wars universe courtesy of StarWars.Com:   Production has begun on Star Wars Rebels, an exciting, all-new animated television series based on one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time. Scheduled to premiere in fall 2014 as a one-hour special telecast

News: EA Makes Agreement for New Star Wars Video Games

May 6, 2013 Professor Jango 0

  StarWars.Com issued the following announcement today about the future of Star Wars video games after the recent news that LucasArts was shutting down:   Today it was announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney Interactive are entering into a multi-year, multi-title exclusive licensing agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) for

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

Maul, Mandalorians, and Mass Murder

January 31, 2013 Professor Jango 0

WARNING: MAJOR The Clone Wars SPOILERS The new episodes of The Clone Wars are a breath of fresh air. Bloody, destructive, fresh air. Based on the time in which the show airs, season 5 seems to have been geared towards an understandably younger audience, but now I believe that was just buttering us up

May I Have the Envelope Please?

January 29, 2013 Professor Jango 0

*Cue into music* Greetings Port Havenites, and welcome to the First Annual Best of Port Haven Awards Ceremony. I’m your host, His Administerial Holiness Professor Jango (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him). I’d like to take this opportunity before we begin the awards to thank you, the academy, for your

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Before the Revenge

December 6, 2012 Professor Jango 0

  A long time ago in a galaxy far away… For three years after the events of Attack of the Clones the Clone Wars rage on. There is an ongoing battle between the Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and the Separatists Count Dooku and General Grievous. The Republic’s troops have

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The Splinter

November 21, 2012 Professor Jango 0

The incongruous images flashed across my melon like so many Splinters of the Minds Eye… Flannel and Fairies, Boba and Bambi, Droids and Dwarves, Broomsticks and Banthas, and the Death Star looming over a picturesque Disney castle. Confusing. Confusing wrapped in a disjointed, jacked-up What the Force Just Happened burrito del