Our boy watches Star Wars for the first time
My son Charlie, age 5, watched episodes 4, 5, and 6 of Star Wars with me and Elysha over the past two weeks. It was quite the experience. Though he knew almost nothing…
A tribute to Carrie Fisher
I've always thought that Bruce Springsteen should be frozen in time. Not permitted to die. Experienced by all future generations. I think Carrie Fisher fits that category as well. Below is a…
Star Wars will have gay characters. Bigoted heads presumably explode like Alderaan.
Director JJ Abrams has announced that there will be gay characters in future Star Wars films. ““When I talk about inclusivity it’s not excluding gay characters. It’s about inclusivity. So…
My son is starting to like Star Wars. Also, he calls it Star Whores, which led me to Ken and his dad.
Charlie is starting to come around to Star Wars. His sister is not a fan (only because the boys at school love Star Wars), so he has assumed the same…
It’s better to love because it makes you better than other people, which is extremely satisfying.
I have friends who didn't like the new Star Wars film. Despite admitting there were moments of enjoyment while watching the movie, they nitpicked it to death afterward and declared…
The trouble with Star Wars is that it was historical fiction
I know. It’s blasphemy to even suggest that there is a flaw in the first Star Wars film. Still, there was. And it takes place in the first ten words:…
Was the destruction of the Death Star an inside job? Also, how did Luke Skywalker dodge the stigma of incest so easily?
If you haven’t seen the recent conspiracy video suggesting that the destruction of the first Death Star was an inside job perpetrated by the Empire, you should. The video…
The Wizard of Oz versus Star Wars
Late last week I “stirred up a hornet’s nest” by writing a piece arguing that the reason Hasbro markets Easy Bake Ovens solely to girls is because the vast majority…
My million dollar deal
When George Lucas visited Steven Spielberg on the set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1976, he was so impressed by the movie's huge sets and Spielberg's vision…