Journalist, author and Star Wars fan.
Upon first seeing Princess Leia’s desperate plea to Obi-Wan Kenobi to aid her father and the plight of the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker’s first thought is that she’s beautiful. Giving this teenage farm boy the benefit of the doubt, this was only part of the message, with a […]
Ranking the Star Wars movies is an act of vanity, either to earn some fan-points or to be contrary. But here we are, with Raising a Rebel’s rankings. If this was a solo endeavour, I doubt I’d be fussed about sharing my own list, but being as this […]
In my immediate response to Solo: A Star Wars Story, I extolled my newfound love for one Enfys Nest. However, during the short promotional period leading up to the release, I confess I wasn’t much fussed about Enfys – this still being the time I was lukewarm about […]
The Star Wars franchise boasts one of the best looking and most enduring fleets in all of science fiction. While I love Slave 1, Star Destroyers and the Millennium Falcon as much as the next fan, there’s another little ship that has soared its way into my top […]
Literature’s most famous balcony scene belongs, of course, to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Centuries of scholars and school students have pored over its meanings, readings and implications, loading the scene with a depth and power that still resonates today. Among these many interpretations, the one that stands out […]
It’s easy to be cynical in the face of so many fans professing how Star Wars helped them through tough times. But the truth is that this multi-media franchise has deeply touched the hearts and minds of millions across this lonely blue planet. If Star Wars doesn’t save […]
This year I became a father and, as promised by all and sundry, it has irrevocably changed my life in big beautiful ways. But it’s the small things that have had the greatest impact, subtle shifts in the way I see the world, or how now my baby […]
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 […]
