Star Wars-ing: Star Wars University Passes on What They Have Learned

Star Wars Celebration is here. For the next week and a half, our blog will be focusing on Celebration – from previews to reviews.  One of the best panel stages at Star Wars Celebration is the Star Wars University Stage.  These panels are centered around teaching and learning, which is…

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Episode 34: How We Fell in Love with Star Wars and More

On this episode of the Nola Nerd Couple podcast, we talk about what drew us into loving Star Wars.  Mine is a typical boy meets movie story, while Mrs. Nola Couple’s origin story is a little more complicated.  We also discuss how we both got into autograph collecting and the…

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Star Wars-ing: Celebration Slays With Latest Guest Announcements

Usually, I write these posts as a news item.  I might interject some personal thoughts, but mostly I try to keep it formal. Not for this announcement. The Nola Nerd Couple teaches at the same school. So as soon as work was over yesterday, she rushed to find me and…

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Star Wars-ing: Celebration Adds More Celebrities

Star Wars Celebration has added two new people to its ever-growing roster of celebrities that will appear at the convention. Anthony Daniels, the man who is C3-PO, will be attending the con all four days. Riz Ahmed portrayed Bodhi Rook in Rogue One.  It’s his character that truly sets the events…

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Star Wars-ing: Star Wars Links

The Director Of ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Has Divulged Why The Film’s Ending Changed: The discussion surrounding the ending of Rogue One shows the problem with too much coverage of Star Wars (Note: I realized how this reads coming from people that devote a whole day of its blog and twitter…

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Star Wars-ing: Episode VIII Title and Celebration News

Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi. Some organizations, like EW, have stated that the the title is an ominous one. First, Star Wars is in red, the color of the dark side.  It also assumes that Jedi here is used in the singular.  It also assumes that the middle episode…

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