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Star Wars Rebels – Ghosts of Geonosis

Alan Rapp / January 9, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Star Wars Rebels – Ghosts of Geonosis
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The two-part episode “Ghosts of Geonosis” works to weave Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story more tightly together with an appearance by Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker). Heading back to Geonosis for information about how and why the Empire wiped out an entire race, the crew of the crew discover Gerrera and a lone surviving Geonosian. As we see in Rogue One, Saw is more determined and ruthless than the other Rebels introduced over the series. It will be interesting to see if we see more of this radical element of the Rebellion this season.

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K-2SO Sixth-Scale Figure

Alan Rapp / December 27, 2016 / Toys & Collectibles

From Hot Toys comes this Rogue One: A Star Wars Story K-2SO Sixth-Scale Figure featuring light-up eyes, blaster, over 30 points of articulation, figure stand, and grenade which can be pre-ordered for the low, low price of $230.

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RazorFine Podcast Episode 2 – Rogue One

Alan Rapp / December 24, 2016 / Podcast

Alex Boyer and I return to talk in length about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Before that, however, we’ll chat about recent trailers, this year’s Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners, and my take on some recent releases including Sing, Assassin’s Creed, and Jackie.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Alan Rapp / December 15, 2016 / Movie Reviews

Title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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The first of the standalone Star Wars movies, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set just prior to the events of the original Star Wars as a struggling Rebellion learns about the newest Imperial weapon capable of destroying an entire planet. Just as memorable for what it keeps from the Star Wars template as what it chooses to change about the formula, Rogue One offers no opening crawl, no screen wipes, and the unnecessary need to name every planet shown on screen in subtitles (something George Lucas’ original films allowed the dialogue itself to deal with).

For as much as it leaves behind, however, Rogue One recycles plenty of Star Wars ideas including an orphaned hero (Felicity Jones) reluctantly called into the service of the Rebellion, a soldier of questionable character (Diego Luna) and his lumbering sidekick, a funny robot (Alan Tudyk), an impossible mission, strange aliens, and a Rebellion (albeit a less united one than fans will remember from the previous films) focused on taking down the Galactic Empire. Along with new planets such as Jedha, Wobani, and Scarif, there’s plenty of familiar sights including Yavin 4 and, of course, the Death Star.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – Season One

Alan Rapp / December 15, 2016 / Home Video

Title: LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – Season One
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Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the animated LEGO Star Wars series follows the misadventures of a family of mechanics whose youngest member discovers a connection to the Force and accepts the responsibility of keeping the fragments of a powerful weapon out of the hands of the Emperor (Trevor Devall).

Most of the series focuses on the trouble young Rowan (Nicolas Cantu) gets his older siblings Zander (Eugene Byrd) and Kordi (Vanessa Lengies) into while helping a Jedi (who is secretly a Sith) find and collect the fragments of the Kyber Saber.

Collected on DVD and Blu-ray, extras include two short featurettes on the Freemakers and their salvage business. Highlights of the season include the Freemakers on Hoth, a trip to the Imperial Museum on Naboo, and getting dragged into a Wookiee rescue mission.

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