Through Pixar's Co-op program, animators Lou Hamou-Lhadj and Andrew Coats spent bits of spare time over the course of 5 years to create a six minute short telling the tale of an aged and depressed old-western sheriff. Hamou-Lhadj from the...
The second and final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has arrived. A few observations: * Mads Mikkelsen's role is much bigger than we previously anticipated. * As is Forest Whitaker's hair. * Jyn is likely imprisoned on Eadu, a new...
We're back! After a short hiatus imposed by our increasingly busy podcasting schedules and the sheer length of time it took to prepare and produce this episode, Mike and I haves something really special for you. We've had collecting on...
I love The Clone Wars. Now that Mike has been working his way through the show, it's cool to have a chance to talk about it on the podcast. The Mortis story arc is vastly different to anything else you'll...
The time has finally come to get a glimpse of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first of at least 3 planned anthology movies that so far sit on the fringe of the episodic storyline we’re so far...
This week I mentioned to Mike a theory that might ruffle a few feathers. > In the sixth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob debate whether or not the death of a classic Star Wars hero was set into motion...
After seeing The Force Awakens in theaters for a third time, I found myself thinking more and more about that last scene—the one where Rey and Chewie ride out to recover Luke from his self-imposed exile, trusty droid in...
Chris Miller (AKA Darth Hound [http://twitter.com/Darth_Hound]) is several features into an insightful series on The Force Awakens and its characters on The Star Wars Report. > According to the Visual Dictionary and the novelization, Snoke sees Kylo...
This review contains spoilers. Reading beyond this paragraph means you’ve either seen the movie and care to read insights into the plot of The Force Awakens, or you simply want to ruin a possibly phenomenal movie-going experience for yourself....
Lucasfilm announced this afternoon that principal photography had begun for Rogue One, the first anthology film to begin the process. Thing is, we're not calling in an anthology film anymore. The spin-off movies—those that don't have "Episode" in the...
Masterclass animator and world-renown director Hayao Miyazaki has had a career unrivalved by any other. The sheer quality and distinction in his movies have driven many, myself included, to create work of their own. All the while instilling valuable lessons...
Sometimes, amidst the collectables, references, and RSS feeds that encircle my entire life, I find myself forgetting that there is a new Star Wars film on its way. Then I’m reminded and the warmth and familiarity that I experience...
[VIDEO REMOVED BY COPYRIGHT MONGERS] For the last several years, comic books have completely dominated our theaters. Spidermen, Batmen, Supermen, and various collections of mutated crime fighters have demolished skyscrapers and box office records alike. Some, with more success than...
Andrew Liptak for i09 [http://io9.com/thresher-is-a-horrifying-tale-of-inter-dimensional-terr-1715835704?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow] : > Fans of Lovecraft and Weird Fiction will get a kick out of this short film by Mike Diva: Thresher. Following...
The Star Wars Celebration kicked off the first of its three days today in Anaheim, CA. There, Star Wars fans from the world around are congregating to share their love for the franchise. A key point in the first day’...
A cute short film by Evan Atherton featuring our favorite rolling trash can....
My friend and colleague Brian Lion has listed [http://officespacejam.tumblr.com/post/115872706059/my-comprehensive-netflix-recommendations-list] his Netflix recommendations in a comprehensive and well-formatted list. I highly recommend his recommendations. > More than people ask me how I’m doing or how...
That’s it, the Internet has done it again. The Alien movie treatment District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp was working on has been picked up by 20th Century Fox. Last month, Blomkamp came online with new Instagram and...
When I launched this blog in November, it was purely a matter of timing and circumstance that encouraged me to begin writing and sharing things about Star Wars more often. For the last 5 years, music has been my primary...
Mike Sampson, Screen Crush [http://screencrush.com/felicity-jones-star-wars/]: > There have been rumors bouncing around this week that ‘Orphan Black’ star Tatiana Maslany had won the lead role in Gareth Edwards’ upcoming ‘Star Wars’ spinoff. As can often be the case...
I got the chance to play this the other day. As you’d probably expect, its small enclosure and wrap-around screen makes this an equally immersive and disorienting experience. Still, it was quite fun. Once I watched a line of...
Bryan Bishop, The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/16/7560441/james-cameron-jennifer-lawrence-join-forces-the-dive] : > James Cameron’s new Avatar trilogy may have been delayed recently due to production complications, but that isn’t stopping him from signing up people for his...
Silas Lesnick, ComingSoon.net [http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/400587-the-batman-vs-robin-trailer-is-here] : > Check out the Batman vs. Robin trailer, previewing the upcoming animated feature film, the 23rd overall direct-to-DVD film from DC Comics. One of my favorite storylines in the Batman...
Brian Ashcraft, Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/19-year-old-kid-creates-badass-fighting-anime-1679185130]: > There are shades of Dragon Ball here, and well, pretty much every epic anime battle brawl you can think of. That being said, this is pretty darn cool. The kid who animated this...
One of the most under appreciated and important aspects of modern filmmaking is the art of color grading. A Kansas City company called Grade [http://www.gradekc.com/] has been uploading samples of their work on Vimeo and it’s...
Robbie Gonzalez, i09 [http://io9.com/star-wars-spinoff-movie-loses-scriptwriter-gary-whitta-1678716338] : > We were excited to hear that Gary Whitta would be producing a screenplay for the standalone Star Wars film, to be directed by Godzilla’s Gareth Edwards. But now, Whitta has left the...
Colin Campbell, Polygon: > [Gerard] Folz says he plans to draw and release a cartoon-panel illustration based on the original Star Wars movie, every day this year. “In anticipation of #StarWarsEpisodeVII I’m going to turn one #StarWars scene a day...
Devin Faraci of Badass Digest [http://badassdigest.com/2015/01/05/stars-of-the-raid-to-appear-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens/] , > Twitch is reporting that Iko Uwais, star of The Raid and The Raid 2, will be joined by fellow Raid-ers Yayan Ruhian (Mad Dog) and Cecep Arif Rahman...
Appearance And Reality is by Hungarian animator Elro. > A short story about shown and hidden feelings. Sometimes we mask our feelings and put on a front. We hide. Maybe we shouldn’t....
“Woulda rocked,” Blomkamp writes. “Was a mental stroll into the world Ridley Scott created.” An unverified Twitter account linked to Blomkamp elaborates, writing [https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/550854806160424960], “I just feel like I might do something else instead.” The...
From the collection of Ann Skinner, continuity supervisor for A New Hope.
> She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid. Fortune’s January issue features an exclusive sneak peek at one of the Star Wars saga’s most iconic ships: Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon....
> The STAR WARS digests F-48 400’, F-48 200’ and F-64 400’ edited together in chronological order. A long, long time ago, before I even knew Super 8 film existed, the Star Wars trilogy was officially released on the medium for...
Film summary according to IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273657/?ref_=nv_sr_1]: > A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the...
A whimsical animated Holiday card [http://holidaycard.starwars.com/] from the staff at Lucasfilm featuring our favorite astromechs R2-D2 and C1-10P (Chopper). The animation style is warm and cozy and made of paper. We get to see a totally new...