Tag: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, April 1, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second…and a New Workweek Hath Begun
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), MicroProse Software, Movies, New Hampshire Weather, Regiments (2022), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring 2024, Star Wars filmsLate Morning, Monday, April 1, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, here in Eidelweiss District – the neighborhood where I now live in eastern New Hampshire (or “Almost Maine,” if you prefer) – it’s a nice early spring day. Currently, the temperature is 46°F (8°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. With humidity at…
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‘Star Wars’ Collectibles & Toys Review: Star Wars The Black Series Figrin D’an Toy 6-Inch-Scale Collectible Action Figure
“Fiery” Figrin D’an On July 16, 2022, Pawtucket (Rhode Island) based Hasbro released Figrin D’an, a 6-inch scale action figure of the bandleader and kloo horn player who “fronts” Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes, aka “the Cantina Band” seen in 1977’s Star Wars,[1] as part of the Summer 2022 wave in its ongoing Star…
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Happy 45th Anniversary, Star Wars: A Fan’s ‘Love Letter’ to the Movie that Saved His Adolescence
Star Wars – both as the original film and as a multimedia franchise – is 45 years old today. On Wednesday, May 25, 1977, the space-fantasy film billed in its teaser trailer as the “story of a boy, a girl, and a universe” opened in a handful of theaters in North America (42 screens in…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 4, 2022, or: Storms, Books, and ‘Star Wars Day’
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. It is a warm, humid day here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature is 79°F (26°C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 82% and the wind blowing from the east at 2 MPH (3 KM/H), the feels-like…
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Book Review: ‘The Star Wars Archives: Episodes IV-VI, 1977-1983 (40th Anniversary Edition)
In the beginning, I was struggling with the plot, just figuring out what it was going to be. I had a sense of what the Force was, how it worked, and they could do with it, but the story didn’t have room for that – yet. – George Lucas to Paul Duncan, explaining how the…
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4K UHD Blu-ray Review: ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’
If you are a regular visitor to A Certain Point of View, Too, you probably remember that I bought the exclusive-to-Best Buy Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 27-disc UHD/HD Blu-ray box set earlier this year. At $249.99 (plus sales tax, fees, and surcharges), this is the most expensive box set I’ve ever purchased. Considering that…
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Book Review: ‘Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays’
Luke Skywalker was Annikin Starkiller. Han Solo was a “huge green-skinned guy with no nose and large gills.” And Princess Leia had a bit part. – Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays Considering how intertwined George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy is in modern pop culture, it’s hard to imagine that the film versions of A…
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‘Star Wars’ Collectibles & Toys Review: Hasbro Star Wars The Black Series Luke Skywalker (Yavin Ceremony)
Last fall, during the last months before the premiere of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Hasbro released a wave of new tie-in products from its Star Wars The Black Series collection to both promote the final film of the Skywalker Saga and celebrate the legacy of the first six films released between…
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