Animation’s Opportunity

There’s going to be a dearth of content soon if we’re not careful. Turn those scripts that are sitting in development hell into feature-length animated films!

Why Not Call It Something Other Than “The Dark Side”?

They’re not trying to sell soap.

JJ Abrams Hates Midichlorians

I’ve highlighted this tremendous act of pandering while podcasting, but it’s really gotten under my skin again. JJ Abrams did some press for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation where he once again highlighted that his approach to The Force Awakens emphasizes the Original Trilogy, as opposed to the Entire Saga or including the Prequel Trilogy in specific.

My Repeating Hope: Killing the Expanded Universe (EU)!

OK, that headline is a little bit of an attention-getter on purpose. Maybe I really just want the wounding of the Expanded Universe since there is some stuff worth retaining, like the Thrawn books and a lot of the Prequel Era stuff I’ve read.