Happy Birthday, Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple

Your Birthday, My Present Today, is my lovely wife’s birthday. Yet, I feel like I’m the one getting the present. The last eighteen months have been rough. Extreme nausea, prepartum depression, preeclampsia, gall blader surgery, and a hernia are just some of the challenges she faced and overcame. I try…

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New Guests Star Wars Celebration Announced

Celebration Gets More Stars of the Saga Star Wars Celebration Chicago is less than 70 days away. SWCC keeps adding to its already star-studded lineup. New guests were announced today covering all different areas of the fandom. Ashley Eckstein: Ms. Exckstein is the voice of the ever popular Ashoka Tano…

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The Star Wars Celebration Podcast Lineup

If you are looking for me at Star Wars Celebration… At Celebration Orlando 2017, I only had time to attend two podcasts. They were also two of my favorite events. It was great placing faces with podcast voices. Picking podcasts for the Star Wars Celebration Podcast Stage had to be…

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Waiting for the Episode IX Title and Trailer

These are just my thoughts for when the Star Wars Episode IX Title and trailer should be released. Now when I want them to be released. If we were going by want, it would have been six months ago. No Need to Be During the SuperBowl It’s way too early for anything but a teaser right now. The film is not even in…

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Is Rewatching the Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition Worth it?

Why rewatch it? New Line Cinema released The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001. However, as most fans of the books knew, a lot of material was cut out. Luckily, Peter Jackson was a fan and filmed a lot more than was shown in the theatrical version. Therefore, he released…

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Star Wars Fatigue: A Recovery Story

No Star Wars For a Year I just saw Solo: A Star Wars Story. No, not for a rewatch. For the first time. It is crazy. Me, a self-proclaimed big Star Wars fan, just watched a Star Wars movie for the first time that came out over eight months ago.…

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