It’s truly something that a series, centered around a character we all know will be making it out alive and well, can create such a deep feeling of suspense that it has you on the edge of your seat during a heist like this one. But Andor pulled it off – completely – making us […]
Tag: Star Wars
Andor – The Axe Forgets Review
Well, my new favorite Andor character might just be Syril’s meddling mother Eedy (the great Kathryn Hunter), who in just a couple of scenes has added not only a layer of humor to the tense proceedings of the series, but also enough character shading to Syril to make him more than the two-dimensional baddie the […]
Andor – Aldhani Review
This week’s episode of Andor moved the action away from Ferrix and to Aldhani – a planent with not much going for it except for an Imperial base that is perfectly set-up to be raided by some rebellion assets with the help of our boy Cassian – and Coruscant – where we get introduced to […]
Andor – Episodes 1-3 Review
In the interest of honest reviewing, I feel that I should start this review of Andor off with the statement that I wasn’t a fan of Rogue One. I certainly didn’t hate it – I appreciated that the story was allowed to go to darker places than most Star Wars properties and I really liked […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part VI Review
When we arrive at the end of a series – or season – of television, one of the questions a critic asks of the series is “Why?” Why did it end the way it did? Why did we go on that particular journey with those characters? Why did this story need to be told? And […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part V Review
Now that is the kind of episode I’ve been waiting to see from Obi-Wan Kenobi since we started on this journey a month ago. With Part V – and with only one more episode left to go – we finally get a chance to see just who our central characters really are at this stage […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part IV Review
When Obi-Wan Kenobi was about to be released, much was made in the TV critic sector over claims from star Ewan McGregor that the series would be a “six-hour movie.” Now, for TV critics, hearing a star or a showrunner make such a proclamation is hardly new – it is a constant refrain, especially when […]
Awesome Con 2022: Washington DC’s Premier Fan Convention
It’s that time of year again! Time for PopCultureManiacs’ resident East Coast American to trek into Washington DC to report on the goings-on at the biggest fan convention in the Capital area: Awesome Con! While last year’s convention was all about recovery and the return of fan events during “Difficult Times”, this year celebrated much […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi – Episode Three Review
Well, we’ve reached the midway point of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and things are already starting to ramp up for the final showdown (or, rather, this final showdown – since we all know that actual final showdown will happen in about nine years) between Obi-Wan and Anakin. Now that we’ve seen just how determined Anakin remains at […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi – Episodes 1 and 2
Thus far, in the realm of live action television shows, Star Wars and Disney+ have been batting .500, with The Mandalorian a clear success (both in terms of ratings/pop culture appeal and in storytelling excellence) and The Book of Boba Fett not really working all that well – except when it served as a season […]