What does Star Wars mean to me? Difficult to say. It means two very different things, depending on what point in my life you asked me.
The first time I laid eyes on a Star Wars film, I was kicked out of the room almost instantly. I was probably nine or ten and had just come wandering in to investigate the noise our surround sound was making. I marched right in firing questions off as I watched two men poke each [...]
The Clone Wars Adventures entered into public beta over the weekend and a few lucky Techland readers will be winning the chance to be amongst the first to play. The new virtual worlds is a partnership between LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment who are building off the success of the similar free-to-play virtual world Free [...]
I’ve got to confess: I didn’t see A New Hope in theatres. And I can’t even remember when or where I first saw Empire. But I do remember seeing Return of the Jedi in a multiplex somewhere. It’s tough to recall how much I knew of the mythos at that point but once I saw [...]
My first association with Star Wars is nearsightedness. I came to it a little bit late; I’ve never been a big movie person, and I was probably too young to see the original movie when it came out. By the spring of 1978, though, I’d heard so much about it–through my schoolmates, but also thanks [...]
Star Wars, without either of us realizing it, didn’t just bring me into geek culture, it made me a fan of it all: the way it crosses media back and forth, the way it’s real and unreal and fantasy all at once, the collectibility and obsessiveness, and the idea that rules can be ignored (There is no sound in space, after all) if you have a better idea. For better or worse, Star Wars made me who I am today, in a lot of ways.
As I sit on my couch and watch Season 1 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars I’m reminded why I love this fabled franchise. Not that I really like The Clone Wars, which I’m watching for the first time as I write this as I’ve heard some negative things, but I’m willing to give it [...]
