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  Ewoks: The Battle for Endor 1985

  ★★★½ Watched 25 May 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  The production stories behind the televised Ewok movies are so laidback that they almost evoke the notion that creating stories is easy. For Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, the second in the series, George Lucas was inspired by the film Heidi (1937) and decided to transfer that story over to the Star Wars universe, only swapping out the characters, while still utilizing Cindel from the previous installment. What about the rest of the family, who were joyfully reunited at the…

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  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019

  ★½ Watched 23 May 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  The backlash of The Last Jedi, wether it was justified or not, forced Lucasfilm into a corner: should they continue with their incoherently-planned ideas for the finale of the trilogy, or decide to bring back The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams, who was mostly praised for his work in that film. Anyone who’s followed Star Wars for some time would know that Lucasfilm, with Disney lurking in the shadows, went with the latter option, subsequently creating a blockbuster train wreck;…

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  Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017

  ★★ Rewatched 18 May 2023 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  There’s a common misconception about the production of The Last Jedi, which has become so prevalent that people repeat it to no end, despite having done no research on the subject. The myth is that Rian Johnson, director of the sequel trilogy’s second entry, subverted the ideas set up by J.J. Abrams in The Force Awakens, ultimately dooming the saga’s conclusion with The Rise of Skywalker. In actuality, however, Abrams was completely on board with Johnson’s film before its release,…

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  The Maltese Falcon 1941

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Feb 2023 4

  Cited by many film historians as being the origin point of the noir genre, The Maltese Falcon backs up this claim by showing off why it would become the template for various movies for decades to come. The narrative begins with a young woman appearing in a detective’s office with a relatively simple case; a pretty standard opening. Before long, however, this morphs into a multilayered, complex case of romance and greed, filled to the brim with mysterious characters and…