OG #StarWarsNotStarWars

Now that #StarWarsNotStarWars has secured its place at the apex of newpub, it's worth looking back at what made the original Star Wars successful. I've long maintained that George Lucas achieved his genre-redefining opus by solving old storytelling problems in fresh and exciting ways. Specifically, he presented refined expressions of…
May 20, 2021
Shapiro – Carano

Shapiro – Carano

In a follow up to the news of Disney's latest middle finger to their audience, it's now been reported that inveterate white knight Ben Shapiro has swooped in to sign fired actress Gina Carano. It's a testament to Con Inc's influence that anyone on the Right met this news with…
February 16, 20217 Comments
The Great Star Wars Replacement

The Great Star Wars Replacement

Bounding Into Comics has assembled a list of properties in various media which it deems capable of replacing Star Wars. Following Disney’s takeover of the Star Wars franchise, the storytelling has completely declined epitomized with the absolute failure of The Last Jedi and subsequently The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian.Not…
February 12, 202127 Comments
Star Wars Is Still Dead

Star Wars Is Still Dead

The big social media sites and entertainment rags are aflutter over Disney firing an actress from their Star Wars brand. She's been charged with antisemitism, but her real crime was failing to understand that America now operates under two sets of rules: one for the ruling uniparty and another for…
February 11, 202156 Comments

Moral Grandeur

Star Wars is dead, the Witches who've co-opted the franchise hate us, and you know my take on supporting such. That said, one of my mutuals on Twitter recently steered me toward an Orthodox archbishop's review of Return of the Jedi. This review was written during the movie's original run,…
July 20, 202043 Comments

Star Wars Is now Disney Fanfic

YoutTuber David Stewart explains why there is no longer any reason to pay the least bit of attention to the Disney fan fiction masquerading as Star Wars Disney Star Wars - it's not canon guys. It's unofficial. It's fan fiction. View it as such, treat it as such, talk about…
July 15, 201916 Comments
Casting Call: Heir to the Empire

Casting Call: Heir to the Empire

In a just world. An anonymous commenter on yesterday's post asks who should have been cast in a hypothetical 1993 film adaptation of Heir to the Empire. The hour when such a film could have been made has long since passed, but wistful speculation on what might have been is…
April 25, 201916 Comments
Not Even Thrawn Can Save Star Wars

Not Even Thrawn Can Save Star Wars

I'm recovering from the multi-day writing marathon that brought Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40 to completion. Here's a post from a year ago made timely by the manufactured buzz in advance of Star Wars: Episode IX. And yes, here in Current Year +3 we know that Disney's desecration of this…
April 24, 201916 Comments
Star Wars’ Target Audience

Star Wars’ Target Audience

Two cultural observations that have repeatedly been made on this blog are that Star Wars has been weaponized against its original fans and that decadent Westerners are perverting normal pious sentiment by investing it in corporate pop culture products. Now a viral video has surfaced that documents the unholy confluence…
April 17, 201934 Comments
Star Wars Misandry Adventures

Star Wars Misandry Adventures

Last night I made a special appearance on Geek Gab to discuss my new mecha mil-SF book Combat Frame XSeed and its impending sequel. During the show, I was asked if I'd seen Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures. I hadn't, because I know that Star Wars' current owners secretly hate me.…
February 13, 201919 Comments