Star Wars Expanded Universe

Introduction: Which film? When asked to “name the film” based off of the following description: a commercially successful American production about the Vietnam War; based (loosely) on a book; prominently featuring a popular song, and directed by an Academy Award winner, the average moviegoer may be surprised to learn that two films would actually fit the bill. The first is the extremely well-known Apocalypse Now , which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola (then credited as Francis Coppola) and…

Darth Vader stands at a towering six-foot eight-inches and wears a black and bulky suit with a black cape and a belt around his waist that holds his lightsaber and gun. He wears an intimidating mask that covers his entire face, without his mask, Vader would die unless in his specially pressurized meditation rooms. His suit is made as a life support suit because Darth Vader nearly lost his life at one time when fighting against his former Jedi-Kinight master, Obi-Wan Kenobi (1). Vader was once a…

Forrest Ackerman, a renown Science Fiction specialist, was born on November 24, 1916 in Los Angeles. His grandpa and grandma, George and Bell Herbert, made a huge impact on Ackerman’s interests in monsters and aliens. As a child, his grandmother influenced him by reading ghost stories while his grandpa drew pictures of monsters and aliens and brought him to as many as seven movies a day. His eccentric imagination of extraterrestrials encouraged and sparked his career as a Science Fiction…

Halo or Call of Duty Do you like gaming? Do you like playing war/first person shooter games? If so, I am going to give you facts about each game series so you can decide which one you’d like to play the most. First off, Call of Duty has focused aim, extended clip (a perk), perks, you are able to create a class of guns/weapons, you can be a drone also. But Halo has alien, energy swords, over half of…

Understanding his motivations is hard when you don’t know the character. When Orr wrote about the surprising conclusion, he was spot on. It caught me off guard for a Star Wars film. Killing off all the characters that got the schematics to the Death Star was a bold ending. The amount of death and devastation in the film truly did make it feel like a war movie. A few scenes on the beach felt like Saving Private Ryan or Hacksaw Ridge. The camera movement when tracking Chirrut was enjoyable. I…

composers living today. He was composed over a hundred movies and seems as though he is not stopping. He also has worked in many other outputs such as the Boston Pops Orchestra for some time. John Williams has written the film scores for all of the Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones, Fiddler on the Roof, and many others. His most recent awards are for his stunning composition in The Book Thief. Historical Background John Williams was born in New York City on February 8, 1932. His Father was a…

and then show how it was deployed in the narrative structure of the film. Explain the difference between the film’s story and its plot. This area can be addressed as a separate paragraph, or can be threaded throughout your analysis of the film. Star Wars is a simple tale about good versus evil, which takes place in galaxies far, far away. It tells the story of a young light-sword toting warrior monk, or Jedi, who would leave his outer-rim planet as an orphan and embark on a quest to fulfill…

The Dark Knight Trilogy (“Batman Begins”, “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises”) This Batman reboot was directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy and the late Heath Ledger. The Dark Knight trilogy shows us the side of Bruce Wayne we did not see in the previous Batman series. 4. The “Toy Story” Trilogy ("Toy Story", "Toy…

Taking place during 1936, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) displays American Archaeologist, Indiana Jones, who escapes a booby-trapped temple in Peru, and gets hold of a golden idol. Jones then gets surrounded by a rival archaeologist, named Dr. René Belloq, and the indigenous people of Hovito. Outnumbered by these people, Jones surrenders the golden idol to Dr. Belloq, and escapes by getting onto a floatplane that is waiting for him. Jones then returns back to his teaching job at Marshall College…

Throughout this semester many different point of views were expressed towards cultural differences. Many characters were put through tough situations and cultural conflicts. Some handled them better than others. Walter Lee of the Younger family from the book “A Raisin in the Sun” is a very admirable character because he goes from the lowest point of his life to standing up for himself, his family, and what he believes in. However less desirable characters like Papa from “Farwell to Manzanar”…