In the early 70s, a young filmmaker by the name of George Lucas wanted to make an exciting space opera that harkened back to the serials of Flash Gordon that he grew up watching, unfortunately, securing the licensing rights to the stories of Flash Gordon’s adventures ended up being strangely difficult to obtain so he…
Tag: Star Wars
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) – Review
When George Lucas’s space fantasy film Star Wars broke box office records, it wasn’t too surprising that many Star Wars rip-offs were quick to follow, with Roger Corman leading the pack with such films as Star Crash and Battle Beyond the Stars, but television producer Glen A. Larson managed to create not one, but two…
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) – Review
Did we need a Han Solo origin story? The obvious answer is no – we learned everything we needed to know about the character in Star Wars: A New Hope – but with Disney hell-bent on making the Star Wars brand as big a money-maker as the Marvel movies, we can expect to see a…
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) – Review
When George Lucas penned the first script for Star Wars: A New Hope he liberally borrowed from Errol Flynn swashbucklers, Flash Gordon serials, and Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress, now decades later we have Rogue One: A Star Wars Story which though dealing with the same galaxy “A long time ago and far far away”…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – Review
When the opening crawl to Star Wars: The Force Awakens failed to contain anything about trade disputes or embargoes many a Star Wars fan breathed a sigh of relief. With George Lucas stepping down and uber Star Wars fan J.J. Abrams moving in we could only pray the direction in quality would go up from…