8 posts tagged ‘star wars video games’
Meet the Disney Imagineer Behind the VR Breakthough That Is the 'HoloTile'
Gizmodo,
The legacy of invention and technology that comes out of Disney Imagineering is some of the closest we’ll get to a sci-fi future. And two of Disney Parks’ most recent incredible projects come from Lanny Smoot, a Disney legend who has already patented over 100 inventions, 74 of which are at Disney… Read more...
Hey Star Wars, Can We Get Movie and Show Titles That Aren't Just Character Names Again?
Did The Rise of Skywalker and rampant speculation over just which Skywalker is rising, who a Skywalker is, and why they’re rising break some brains over at Lucasfilm? Almost every bit of Star Wars on the small screen we’ve gotten since (and planned for the big one) is a character title, named for an individual or the… Read more...
Eman Esfandi Had No Idea What Sabine Was Filling Ezra In On While Filming Ahsoka
Star Wars can often feel culturally ubiquitous, but sometimes even the people operating in its space find themselves inside a world they have little experience with (as they should: Star Wars thrives on the perspectives of many, and that includes people unfamiliar with it!). But for Eman Esfandi, going back and… Read more...
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's Writers on Giving Cal a Scene-Stealing Counterpart
Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi games are firmly embedded in the years before the original trilogy, and keep the focus on a core cast of wholly new heroes and villains. It’s what made Star Wars Jedi: Survivor from earlier this year so excellent: the games take advantage of that relative freedom from the timeline and offer up… Read more...
Rebel Moon writer Kurt Johnstad brushes off Star Wars comparisons
AV Club,
It’s been a little over a week since the first audiences saw Zach Snyder’s Rebel Moon, and the reactions haven’t been the kindest. Originally pitched as an entry into the Star Wars canon, Rebel Moon isn’t technically attached to any franchise even if the influences are easy to spot. In her D- review for The A.V. Club,… Read more...
The Phantom Menace Goes All the Way Retro In These New Star Wars Toys
Retro toys are a funny thing. When The Phantom Menace hit theaters, it did so alongside the firepower of a fully armed and operational action figure line that represented a huge generational leap from the Star Wars toys that changed the movie industry two decades prior. And yet now in the present, nearly 25 years… Read more...
Sure, put Ke Huy Quan in a Star Wars, why not?
Star Wars has had a tough go of it in the last few years. Through a series of financially successful but divisive sequels that seem to diminish in quality with the release of every new Disney+ series, Disney’s Star Wars experiments in fan service and interconnectedness have worn people down (this writer specifically). … Read more...
Star Wars Gift Guide for Your Growing Galactic Family
Celebrate Life Day and all the upcoming winter holidays with this selection of Star Wars-inspired gifts. Read more...