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Diverse Fan Reactions to Rogue One - Guest Post By Patty Hammond I t has been almost a week since Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been released and many reviews have been posted by a variety of media outlets.  Today, I want to share with you a variety of reactions to Rogue One from fans I know via social media. I asked for short reactions, limited to two sentences, and will present them by their first name, their profession and what  Generation they belong to.  Hopefully, you will enjoy these diverse reactions from my social media friends about Rogue One . Greta, Retired, Baby Boomer Generation “ Rogue One is a great addition to the Star Wars story, giving much more depth and urgency to ANH. But (sorry) it didn't grab me the way The Empire Strikes Back did.” Kate, Marketing Professional, Millennial “After the initial shock of a saga-less Star Wars I became increasingly more captivating by Rogue One . The emotional intensity, dazzling special e...

AusFans Radio Network have a new podcast episode out and it's their biggest yet.   Alan R. Ryan chats to Derek Lyons and Alan Zaugg from Idiot's Array podcast.  The show is packed with so much geekiness and The Bearded Trio recommend you put Ausfans Radio on your subscribe list.  Not to be missed.  Here's the show notes along with the links to listen to the show: New show! New Ausfans! Hey everyone this is the biggest show I've done here on the network, and I hope you're ready. Starring on tonight's podcast is Alan Zaugg, my dear friend and yours from Idiot's Array, you're premier Star Wars podcast. Also later in the show, we chat to the one, the only Derek Lyons, as he takes us on a trip down memory lane to many of the amazing things, and projects he has done in his illustrious career. You might remember Alan from his appearance on the old version of this show, and where he joined us to chat about his love of Star Wars, but today we bump it up t...

@gettyimages John Williams , the oxygen of Star Wars revealed to The Mirror  in an interview that he hasn't actually watched a Star Wars movie: "I let it go. I have not looked at the 'Star Wars' films and that's absolutely true," the 84-year-old composer said. "When I'm finished with a film, I've been living with it, we've been dubbing it, recording to it, and so on. You walk out of the studio and, 'Ah, it's finished.'" "Now I don't have an impulse to go to the theater and look at it. Maybe some people find that weird," he added. "I'm not particularly proud of that, I have to say, but it's also part of the fact that I finished 'Star Wars' now and I'm already working on Spielberg's new film and I don't want to listen to music or see films." The humble John Williams also talked about how he has to constantly work to achieve a level he finds acceptable and how it does...

© 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. T he story of the mission to steal the plans for the Death Star always felt like it was destined to be a part of the wider ‘back story’, at best told in a comic, a novel at best. 2012 and the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney changed all of that, opening the floodgates of opportunity and giving Lucasfilm/Disney a much broader canvas to paint their stories on. That canvas wasn’t framed exclusively by the saga of the Skywalker family. Much like the onscreen animated adventures in Star Wars Rebels, big screen adventures were not required to adhere to the ‘saga’ format. No John Williams bombast, no opening scroll, no wipes and pans, no focus on the Skywalker clan. The galaxy had gone widescreen and muck like K-2SO’s observation on Jedha, suddenly there were no horizons. John Knoll’s original pitch, back in the mid 2000’s to Rick McCallum for the Underworld TV series and later to Kathleen Kennedy after the Disney acquisition is already the stuff of movie lore, but brin...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: The Official Collector's Edition is out now! This essential guide to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story brings the brand new Star Wars movie to life, with detailed information and extensive images depicting the characters and worlds explored in Rogue One, as well as presenting unseen concept art! Meet the key players, learn more about the ships, the weapons, and the hardware as the team behind Star Wars Insider take you to a galaxy far, far away! Competition To be in with a chance of winning a copy of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: The Official Collector's Edition (Rebels cover) just answer this simple question: Who composed the music for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?  Was it: A - JOHN WILLIAMS B - MICHAEL GIACCHINO C - HOWARD SHORE Post your answer on our  Facebook page ,  Twitter page  or  email us .  Closing date is the 1st of January 2017 at 4pm GMT.  The competition is open worldwide.  Winner wil...

Topps and Authenticators Inc. introduce a first-of-its-kind entertainment autograph authentication program for Star Wars Photos and Autographs Topps, Authenticators, Inc. and Lucasfilm today announced the launch of  starwarsauthentics.com ,  giving  Star Wars  fans worldwide an exclusive online destination for photos and authenticated autographs from iconic  Star Wars  actors.  The site launched today following the  highly anticipated release of  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Starwarsauthentics.com  is the one-stop online destination  for  Star Wars  fans to easily and securely order all their official photo and autograph needs as it includes a vast library of images direct from Lucasfilm, high-quality photos and exclusive autographs of fans’ favorite stars printed using Topps’ technology. “We identified a hole in the entertainment industry, a need for certified authentic pieces for the  Star Wars  ...

It may still be Christmas but it's never too soon to start thinking of vacations.  If you just happen to be in a galaxy far, far away here's a handy guide to some of the most popular locations in the Star Wars universe. (via www.casinoreviews.co.uk ) The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

Star Wars actor, Liam Neeson reads the first chapter from the stunning A MONSTER CALLS .  Entertainment One UK has made available a video of the Irish actor reading the first chapter which you can watch below. About A Monster Calls A visually spectacular drama from acclaimed director Juan Antonio Bayona (“The Impossible”), based on the award-winning fantasy novel. 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith. Also featuring Liam Neeson who will star in performance-capture and voiceover as the nocturnally visiting monster of the title, and Sigourney Weaver as the maternal grandmother. A MONSTER CALLS is in cinemas New Year's Day. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO O...

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia Written by Jon Spaihts Directed by Morten Tyldum Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs Out of Four This is a difficult movie to review without a lot of spoilers, but I'm going to do my best. Set in the semi distant future when Earth is grossly overpopulated and only partially habitable, Passengers   begins with the Starship Avalon on a 120-year voyage transporting over 5000 colonists to Homestead II, on of several plants ripe for colonization owned by the Homestead Corporation. The long journey requires all of the passengers and crew of the luxury liner to remain in cryo-sleep, but a malfunction wakes up a passenger, mechanical engineer Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) 90-years early. Jim is understandably very concerned and upset, as his life becomes something like Cast Away meets The Martian.  His only companion (apart from very limited interactive computer syst...

©Lucasfilm Ltd. Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker , who stars as Rebel freedom fighter Saw Gerrera in " Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ," will join the cast of the hit animated series "Star Wars Rebels,"  which is set in a time  period just prior to the events of  " Rogue One . "  Whitaker will reprise his role as Gerrera,  providing  the voice of the character as he makes his debut on  " Star Wars Rebels: Ghosts of Geonosis, Parts One and Two " premiering  SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 (8:30-9:30 p.m. EST),  on Disney XD. "It ' s an incredible honor to have Forest Whitaker play Saw in  ' Rebels , ' " says series executive producer Dave Filoni. " Forest did a great job at capturing Saw in a way that is a bit mad, a bit crazed, a bit afraid, but also a bit sympathetic. He sees something coming, but no one will take action before it's too late." The character of Saw Gerrera was first introduced in the...

'Ties That Bind' Part I & Part II Both Available for Download Starting Today Leading publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment, announced today that  The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier   Episode One: 'Ties That Bind' Part I  &  Episode Two: 'Ties That Bind' Part II  are now available for download.   These first two of five episodes  in  The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier  are available starting today on PC from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One®, and on the PlayStation®Network for PlayStation 4. The episode will also be available this week for compatible iOS devices via the App Store, and for compatible Android-based devices via Google Play. Release dates for additional platforms will be announced in the near future.    When family...