Star Wars Expanded Universe

We can again see this in Star Wars games like Jedi Knight and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic where the player starts off as a normal person and slowly rises in fame and importance till they are the center of the galaxy's attention. This occurs similarly to the films, as in the films Luke Skywalker turns out to be Darth Vader/Anakin's son, in games like Knights of the Old Republic, the player character turns out to be a famous Sith lord thought dead and lost. (Schellenberg) While again…

George Lucas is a well-known director for his many works including Star Wars and Indiana Jones. However, tragedy in George’s early life can be drawn to the theme of many of his movies. In the exploration of three of his movies, we draw their themes back to the experiences in George’s own life. They often contain the theme of never giving up and holding onto your experiences or motivation to shape your own future. George Walton Lucas Jr. was born to George Walton Lucas Sr. and Dorothy Ellinore…

Star War is a movie about an adventure that takes a kid named Luke across the galaxy in epic battles, and wars. His adventure starts when he first meets his mentor named Obi-wan Kenobi. Obi-wan tells Luke about his father, how he was a Jedi Knight, and that Obi-wan trained Luke’s father. Obi-wan then gives Luke his dad’s old lightsaber and teaches Luke about the force, and how he and his father have it. The lightsaber plays an important role in the journey that Anakin Skywalker (aka Darth Vader)…

boring movie ever? Well, I have, and it is called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the galaxy faces a threat from the First Order. BB-8, the droid, has a top-secret map that leads to Luke Skywalker, the last Jedi. BB-8’s part owners, Rey and Finn join a force with Han Solo to try to destroy Kylo Ren. I didn’t like the movie because the ending was so predictable! Since I haven’t watched the other Star Wars movies, I was very confused throughout the…

The 1987 film, Empire of the Sun directed by Steven Spielberg, was a very well put together film in a way that everything was put together in the end of the film. Spielberg connected a lot of things that viewers saw in the beginning of the film to what viewers saw in the end of the film. In this film there is a major relationship between some sort of a caretaker model and a young child in need of care. This relationship develops between Basie and Jamie. Throughout the film, I feel that Basie was…

answered: ‘Karate Kid’ is back. However, the film takes on a twist, changing karate to kung fu. Directed by Harald Zwart, the film stars a new Daniel Larusso and Mr Miyagi, who have a new “wax on, wax off” to offer. Staying true to the original ‘Karate Kid’, this remake is sure to have you hooked with the same thrill and excitement from the first one. The movie stars two Hollywood actors, Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, the perfect duo to play the roles of a diligent kung fu master and a…

Deadpool was written in Three-act structure. In addition, this is a superhero movie based on The Hero's journey model. But different from other superhero movie, in order to guide the audience’s focus on both past and current circumstances, the movie was written in parallel narrative structure which is flashback. In Act 1, as a typical way, the opening scene starts with the entrance of the protagonist, Deadpool, with the red spandex suit sitting in a cab. With this opening scene, the movie is…

“We’re here to connect, love, time, death -- these three things connect every single human being on earth” the first 6 seconds into the trailer of Collateral Beauty voiced by Will Smith. An extremely powerful trailer that includes well known and award nominated actors. Firstly, I saw a poster of this movie in the metro, the first thing I noticed was Will Smith -- as he was the center of attention in the poster which, therefore, was enough for grabbing my attention and interest. According to the…

Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed, David Trueba’s 2013 film won five Goya Awards, Spain’s equivalent of Hollywood’s Oscars, after its release and became Spain’s nomination for the category of Best Foreign Film at the 2015 Academy Awards and for good reason. With a meaningful message and an ode to the effect The Beatles had on the world, accompanied with the images of the sun drenched, warm Andalusian landscape and an award winning music score written by Pat Metheny, the film “is both a farewell to…

Historical movies of specific events in time have always fascinated the audience in the motion picture industry. To the Chariot race portrayed by Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur, to the famous World War II speech by George C. Scott in Patton, these movies were iconic at the time and portrayed real life events in history. Never in U.S cinema history had there been a parody of historical events, until the ingenious director named Mel Brooks made a movie called History of the World Part I. Brilliant,…