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Review: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Directed By: Ron Howard Produced By: Kathleen Kennedy Allison Shearmur Simon Emanuel Written By: Lawrence Kasdan Jonathan Kasdan Chronologically 9-4 years before A New Hope 9-4 years BBY This movie review is part of our 7 Days of Solo: A Star Wars Story series. Click here for more WOBAM awesomeness. Well. Here we are! The second of the anthology movies, Solo: A Star Wars Story is out! Solo is a fun, good movie, with lots of laughs, a ton of heart, a great cast and a western heist all thrown into one. Emilia Clarke, while her role is secondary, far outshines the rest of the cast, and Donald Glover as Lando is just pure…
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Book Review: STAR WARS: LAST SHOT
By: Daniel Jose Older This book review is part of our 7 Days of Solo: A Star Wars Story series. Click here for more WOBAM awesomeness. “THEN: It’s one of the galaxy’s most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout its infamous history aren’t your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize—first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca.…
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VIDEO FEATURE: Poe Dameron Gets A Lot of People Killed
This video feature is part of our 7 Days of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Click here for more WOBAM awesome. – Meet Poe Dameron: hotshot pilot, fanfic protag, all around decent guy… who just so happens to be a court martial deservee. Once again, my friends at WOBAM! Entertainment have teamed with my YouTube channel, Story Bake, to deliver the definitive breakdown on another impactful character. We welcome your thoughts on this video essay in the YouTube comments section. If you like what you see, click here to Subscribe to Story Bake. And for more from Story Bake and WOBAM! Entertainment, follow us on Twitter.
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Why THE LAST JEDI is the Best Modern STAR WARS Movie (So Far)
Since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, the studio released three new Star Wars films, with a fourth one out this week. The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi continued the main saga, while Rogue One and Solo are standalone stories that explore other corners of the universe. So far, all four movies have been well received by critics, while fans have been a little more mixed. But for fans, there isn’t one movie that’s more polarizing than The Last Jedi. While the film was a big box office hit and received rave reviews from critics, a lot of fans felt alienated by it, largely due to its story and character decisions.…
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Ranking the Star Wars Movie Prequels so Far
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FEATURE: Five STAR WARS Standalone Stories We Want to See
In addition to the core saga films, Disney is expanding the Star Wars franchise with many standalone movies. We got Rogue One in 2016, with Solo arriving soon. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi is getting his own film (eventually), The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is overseeing a new trilogy, and a separate series from the Game of Thrones creators is in the works. There has also been talk of characters like Boba Fett, Yoda, and Jabba the Hutt getting their own spinoffs. But after that? The Star Wars universe is massive, and Disney has shown every intention to milk it dry. So, we’ll be seeing plenty of standalone movies in the future.…
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Review: ROGUE ONE
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Directed By: Gareth Edwards Produced By: Kathleen Kennedy Simon Emanuel Allison Shearmur Yall have no idea how excited I was when Paul told us we could cover Star Wars. I was jumping up and down excited ok? Needless to say I am a huge Star Wars fan, have been for many years. So I have some bias. Ok maybe a lot more bias than most. But that’s mainly towards the expanded universe, which we might get to later down the road, but not today. Today we’re here to talk about Rogue One! Let’s talk about the characters first. We got some really awesome,…
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OFFICIAL: 7 Days of SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY on WOBAM! Entertainment
WOBAM! Entertainment is expanding. In addition to our coverage of comic book adaptations on film and television, the site is adding Star Wars to our regular coverage, beginning with our 7 Days of Solo: A Star Wars Story series. Beginning on Sunday, May 20th, we will publish an original post inspired by Solo and the rest of the STAR WARS franchise. The series will end with our review of Solo: A Star Wars Story on Saturday, May 26th. Check out our tentative schedule below, and stay tuned for more as we have it. We have a very good feeling about this…. Day 1 (May 20th): Rogue One: A Star Wars Story…