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Musings on May the 4th and the state of Star Wars fandom

Musings on May the 4th and the state of Star Wars fandom I overslept. I mean to write this earlier this morning. It’s been that sort of year so far. This morning I got a box of items through the mail that was ripped open and half the stuff was missing. It was Star Wars-related, so that made it a bit worse. Volcanoes are erupting and every...

Legion of Leia Podcast Ep. 66: Steve Copeland From Wyrd Con, the 501st Legion and Happy May the 4th!

Steve Copeland from Wyrd Con and the 501st Legion joins us to celebrate May the 4th! On this week’s Legion of Leia podcast, Anastasia Washington and I welcome Steve Copeland from the upcoming storytelling convention Wyrd Con and the 501st Legion! It’s perfectly fitting as today is May the 4th, otherwise known as Star Wars Day! It’s...

Star Wars Day: The Great ‘Who Shot First’ Debate is Ended

A true Star Wars fan would know who really shot first, but as we all know about the truth, it can change over an extended period of time. The outcome can even turn out to be the complete opposite. In the 1977 theatrical release of Star Wars, Han and Greedo find themselves in a tense stand-off within the Mos Eisley cantina. Not known for pulling...

Star Wars Day: ‘Jabba Flow’ Released During Ham4Ham Show With J.J. Abrams And Lin-Manuel Miranda

You now can get the music playing at Maz Kanata’s cantina in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Watch the announcement HERE! This morning director J.J. Abrams made a special May the 4th appearance at Hamilton the Musical‘s ticket raffle Ham4Ham to perform the song they collaborated on for the film called ‘Jabba...

Alamo Drafthouse to Screen Original Star Wars Trilogy

Have any summer plans yet? Well, you do now! Alamo Drafthouse, beloved theater responsible for making plush, assigned seating and warm cookies part of your moviegoing experience, is rolling out a schedule of Star Wars marathons this summer. Purists needn’t fret, as they will be showing the original trilogy – that’s A New Hope...

Interview: The Women of Star Wars Rebels

In honor of May the Fourth, I wanted to share with you some highlights from my conversations at the recent Star Wars Celebration with the leading ladies of “Star Wars Rebels”: Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sicar and, returning to the galaxy far, far away from “The Clone Wars” for Season Two, Ashley Eckstein. As empowered...

The Social Responsibility of Star Wars

Like a lot of folks in my generation, that weird one born in the ’80s that falls in-between Generation X and the full-blown Millennials, Star Wars was one of my introductions to science fiction. The Empire Strikes Back is one of the first films I can remember seeing (I didn’t see the original film until some time later, so my young...