Everyone loves a good robot fight, and that is exactly what Director Neil Blomkamp had in mind when he brought Grant Hulley on to stunt coordinate Chappie. Set in South Africa, the film takes place in the future where crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. Chappie, a robot, gets stolen and reprogrammed. The result is a robot who can think and feel for himself.…
One of the most nostalgic movies in history, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, contains many disguised philosophical themes that many viewers have overlooked for multiple decades. The philosophical theme most relevant in the Star…
Who would have thought that Star Wars can bring two people together, even celebrities themselves like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Love at first sight can be fictional for some but in this case, it holds true for Kim and Kanye when wearing fictional garbs. Who can blame a guy seeing a girl dressed up as Princess Leia, in the same costume she wore when she was captured by Jabba the Hut? Kim Kardashian West confesses that she is thankful for the Star Wars franchise because if it wasn't for the fantasy film itself, she never would have fallen for her now-husband Kanye West. Kim posted online, "Happy Star Wars Day!" which also includes a photo of her and Kanye West costumed in a full-on Star Wars attire during the premiere of the much-awaited…
The thought of the empire hurting more of his family makes Luke furious. He surrenders to his fear and anger as he feels the need to protect his family. In the end, Luke surrenders to the emperor to save his father. Luke has realized that fighting the emperor and Vader is only giving them what they want. Using his fear and anger is what will turn him to the dark side.…
A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack,” (Yoda Quotes, 2017). He also said “Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight.…
George Lucas’ Star Wars revolutionized special effects and the film industry as a whole. The science fiction saga Star Wars and astounded the world when it was first released and its popularity has grown tremendously since its inception. The effects team that worked on Star Wars nearly invented special effects and really popularised the use of them. Star wars also had a big effect on culture and the entire film industry. even decades after its release, Star Wars has only grown in popularity since its release in 1977.…
Star Wars: The Cestus Deception (A clone wars novel) written by Steven Barnes, Copyright 2004 The Random House publishing, New York The Cestus Deception takes place before the second film, and after the first, when Anakin Skywalker has grown up with his mentor and master, Obi-wan Kenobi. Obi-wan is contacted by the Jedi Order, a organization based solely of Jedi Knights. He is granted a mission, to travel to Ord-Cestus, and get In contact with the five families, a group controlling Cestus Cybernetics, whom are creating powerful droids to use in the upcoming Clone Wars.…
In a galaxy far, far away, lived a man with his wife, son, and daughter. He had tried to learn the ways of a Jedi, but couldn’t overcome his anger and attachment to worldly possessions. He ran away from the force to a small planet on the far end of the galaxy and opened an inn for intergalactic travelers passing through the area. When his son was only ten, he entered his bedroom to see the child had found his old Jedi lightsaber. Before he could get it away from him, the boy activated it.…
“May the Force be with you.” – General Dodonna. “Never tell me the odds.” – Han Solo. “If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.”…
With the recent movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there have been recent media outbreaks that have brought the movie to a new level of popularity. The problem with these outbreaks is that they focus on the one main topic, Rey. Rey is the protagonist in the story, she is a girl from the desert planet of Jakku. She has been seen as a new icon for the Disney princess. In one commercial I have seen on television, a little girl is sitting with her mother talking about Star Wars.…
First off, it can be telling us how there are always going to be different empires that rise after another falls, this is shown by Darth Vader dying and the Death Star being destroyed and then Kylo Ren rises to the top of the chain and leading a new army. Another thing shown in Star Wars is that betrayal is always a very big impact in any conflict, in the future or in the present, since the whole plot of Episode 7 was based around 1 Stormtrooper betraying. Finally, Star Wars could be trying to show that gazing and dreaming about what you can accomplish, having hope in that specific thing, and putting your mind to it is going to be a big part is completing anything, especially in the future, where creating something for the better of people is going to be even more difficult. This is shown by Luke Skywalker gazing into the twin suns in Episode 4: A New Hope, where it sets the powerful theme of always having hope and…
Death Star and why we need it Fear, Power, Control. these are the aspects that the Death Star can change the world as we know it, our enemies will tremble in fear as we reshape earth in the image that we want and we can control earth and what ever planet we want. The Death Star may cost quite a lot of money estimated around $840,000,000,000,000,000. It can be a very useful tool in space travel, you can refuel your star ship, take a break within the lounes offered, All this within the comfort of the Death Star.…
Anthropomorphism and Zoomorphism Exercise 1. The force chosen is love, which is internal to us. Love, is having a sense of affection towards someone or something. 2.…
Luke is merely one person with rebels to back him up. Luke conquered the Empire even though it seemed impossible. No one thought Luke could make it into the Death Star, and when Luke turned off his targeting computer yet still completed his mission against all odds. In the same way as Gilgamesh and death, Luke against the Empire has a strong “David vs. Goliath”…
upon there arrival they meet with the rebels and give them the plans to the Death Star and assemble a fleet to destroy it. Luke decides to join the fleet and him and R2 fly into battle but not before saying goodbye to Han Solo who is leaving after getting paid. The fleet fly into battle and are quickly confronted by the Imperial fighters and the fleet is quickly depleting. Luke and 2 other ships manage to get close to the weak spot of the space station and all are destroyed by Darth Vader, until Han solo's ship swoops in and saves him. After somehow hearing Ben tell him to use the force, Luke decides not to use the targeting computers and trusts in the force instead.…