During this 39th minute, we get to know a little bit more about Grand Moff Tarkin’s superweapon.
At the end of Minute 41:00, we watched as Darth Vader entered Princess Leia’s cell and started a quick conversation about the location of her rebel base. Minute 42:00 shows us how Vader will get this info out of her stubborn…
The 33rd minute of the original Star Wars is the science fantasy equivalent of MTV Cribs! We get to look around Obi Wan’s kicking adobe bachelor pad…
In this review of the original Star Wars, we dig into the 21st minute!
Our hero, Luke Skywalker, gets on a first name basis with the droids! He hears a terrible story from C-3P0! And he gets a collect…
This is your brain on drugs…
At the start of the original Star Wars’ 18th minute, the Jawas arrive outside Luke Skywalker’s childhood home and assemble their finest-looking droids.
In Minute 16:00 we check back in on the Imperial investigation as Artoo and Threepio are transported in a tiny remote-controlled Hot Wheels tank. I’m just saying that because in HD, the Sandcrawler looks like it runs on two AA…
One year ago, on a Tumblr not far away… I reviewed all 121 minutes of the original Star Wars during the 121 days before The Force Awakens. Now, I…
Minute 35:00 has it all: moody lighting, low talking, and…
To set the mood for Kenobi’s dark tale of the past, the late afternoon sunlight is distilled through small high set windows, and the lighting…
Just as the “Binary Sunset” scene originally featured a different score, noted in Minute 26:00, it’s worth mentioning that the opening theme once had a launching crescendo. Here’s a snippet of the original recording session…
