Author: Domonic Riley
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‘The Bad Batch’ Episode 5 Review
The Bad Batch is a series made up of peaks and valleys. When it’s good, it’s excellent, but when it’s bad it’s mundane and derivative. After the high point of the first three episodes the fourth nosedived into filler and a largely flimsy story, losing the momentum of the premiere.…
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Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule Book Review
Light of the Jedi is the first book in the multimedia Star Wars project set in the centuries before The Phantom Menace, in an era known as The High Republic. While this is one of the most popular books in the franchise, it has a lot of faults; faults that…
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‘Dune’ (2021) Review
There are some books that seem to be unadaptable. Lord of the Rings is one, which had an unsatisfactory first attempt, followed by a much more successful one a few decades later. Another story that followed much the same path was James Herbert’s Dune. First there was the largely unloved…
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Review
Expanding on its predecessor, Dune: Part Two offers compelling characters, explosive action, and stunning visuals to create a rewarding movie experience.
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‘The Bad Batch’ Episode 4 Review
The fourth episode of The Bad Batch might just have that terrible name of “filler” hanging over it. I know the purpose was to build the relationship between Crosshair and Omega, but this was something that could have been done differently, and preferably at a different time. It would have…
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‘Heir to the Empire’ by Timothy Zahn Book Review
I recently started my journey into Star Wars literature with ‘Heir to the Empire’, the first book in Timothy Zahn’s trilogy from the 1990s, now classified as a Legends novel by Disney. It holds a special place in the Star Wars fandom for its introduction of Chiss master strategist Grand…
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‘The Bad Batch’ S3 Premiere Review
The first three episodes of The Bad Batch season three have arrived on Disney Plus and they offer one of the best openings to a Star Wars show I’ve ever seen. They’re something of a shift from the first two seasons, which switched tone often and had a lot of standalone episodes as the…
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‘Jurassic World 4’ Sets Release Date
Universal has revealed the release date for the latest entry in the ‘Jurassic’ franchise, currently titled ‘Jurassic World 4’. The studio released an image of the franchise logo with the date July 2, 2025. It was recently announced that a new film was developed with original ‘Jurassic Park’ writer David…
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Every Jedi Who Served on the Council During The Clone Wars
There were several Council seats changed hands during The Clone Wars
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‘Ahsoka’ Episode 6 Takes Us Far Away
Episode six of Ahsoka answers a question fans have been asking for years
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