Journalist, author and Star Wars fan.
The Last Jedi arrived at the perfect time, puncturing the creeping cultural cynicism with its indomitable message of hope. It brings the franchise full circle with Star Wars’ first outing released forty years before. In the decades since A New Hope hit screens, the world has grown increasingly […]
There’s no two ways about it – toy collectors enjoy a precarious relationship with the environment. What amounts to little more than hunks of coloured plastic widens one’s carbon footprint exponentially. It’s something I’ve been grappling with these last few years, as my own collection of Star Wars […]
It would be easy to cynically dismiss The Freemaker Adventures as nothing but fluff for the kids, or worse, a toy advert. My own reaction was sceptical, thinking there was nothing that the series could offer me as a Star Wars fan. This despite crying every time I […]
The cost of living makes indulging one’s fandom difficult and, often, downright prohibitive. The vast majority of my own pay check is spent on rent and bills with the rest going towards food, fuel and on a few indulgences every month. Star Wars Lego is my current weakness, […]
Being a parent is a lot like the force, in that balance is the best approach, something I’m becoming increasingly aware of. Between us, Elisabeth and I have become a complete support system for our daughter. Yet it’s an impossibility to be forever together, the three of us. […]
The relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin has always been caustic. The former was thrust into the role of master from a deathbed promise made to his own. With it came a sense of duty and purpose, tying together forever the fate of teacher and student. Despite Obi-Wan’s clear […]
It’s a difficult thing, trying to be the best parent possible whilst also beating back the gathering thunderclouds of tiredness and migraine. Last night felt by far the longest in the three weeks since Lorelei was born. Though the hours were much the same as they’d been every […]
Despite the forbiddance of attachment in the Jedi Order, it’s inevitable that masters will develop some affection for their Padawans. For apprentices, often plucked from their parents at tender ages, their masters become parental figures by proxy. More than that, they are role models, imparting life lessons, the […]
I love The Phantom Menace. This I say without shame or irony in spite of the continued hate and ridicule it attracts some twenty years after its release. I’ll admit that this appreciation, in part, comes down to timing. I was seven years old when TPM was released […]
Bathing a newborn is a harder fought victory than brokering peace between the Naboo and the Gungans. So far, Elisabeth and I have successfully bathed our wailing banshee of a baby three times, with each successive attempt an improvement on the last. With slightly warmer water, Lorelei wasn’t […]
