Luke Skywalker

Big Brain Awards 2013

Tom Cruise's Oblivion Is Grand Until It's Not

Pinback, Crescent Ballroom, 1/31/13

Pinback @ Crescent Ballroom|1/31/13After interviewing singer/guitarist Rob Crow and having an at-length discussion of Star Wars, my expectations for Pinback's live show were set pretty high. He said somewhat vaguely, "Everybody agrees these are the best shows that we've ever played," which made me f ... More >>

Pinback's Rob Crow Has A Lot of Thoughts Concerning Star Wars

San Diego's post rock-meets-subdued pop duo Pinback has kind of been under the radar for the past five years. Rob Crow and Zach Smith took a break from recording new Pinback songs to focus on side projects and family, all while taking Pinback out for occasional tours. But the duo returned in late ... More >>

DJ Area4 on Being a Jedi and How Hip-Hop Culture Helped Saved His Life

Of the many pearls of wisdom that Yoda dropped on Luke Skywalker's ass in The Empire Strikes Back ("Size matters not," "Wars not make one great") it was the green-skinned Jedi guru's Zen-like mantra of "Do or do not...there is no try" that probably resonates the most with Joe Maldonado. That's beca ... More >>

Club Candids: Star Wars Turns 35 at Rips

The year 1977 had a slew of watershed moments for both science fiction and pop culture as a whole. In theatres across the country, George Lucas' bombastic space opera flick Star Wars was blowing up like the Death Star and changing the cinematic landscape. Every child who was lucky enough to witnes ... More >>

Quick PHX: Collections

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Rites of Spring Ball, Tim Barry, Miss Derringer, and More

Deja Dance will participate in the Rites of Spring Ball on Friday at the Alwun House.According to the calendar on our wall, more than a week remains until spring has officially arrived. But for all intents and purposes, it feels like it's already sprung. The last gasp of winter has come and gone, te ... More >>

The Slants

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

Supersize Me

Towering above the competition

Underground Hit

Hungarian subways are a rich setting

On the Dark Side

This is not the film you're looking for

Wax Ecstatic

Luminarias light up race course

Silly Humans, Matrix Is for Kids!

Revolutions runs a playful joy ride through a nifty vision of hell

Ahoy, Oh Boy

Treasure Planet reveals an embarrassment of riches

Furious George

Is Scottsdale ready for four more years of political scrutiny from George Zraket? It all depends on who you ask.

Enter the Wave Twisters

Hip-hop goes Hollywood, as DJ Q-Bert brings his scratch-music saga to the big screen

Toe-Tapping Zapping

Game soundtracks struggle for legitimacy in an industry obsessed with killing machines, not killer tunes

The Final Frontier

Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time

Naval Gazing

Let's have a look at John McCain's military personnel file

Let's Be Franklin

The Hype and the Mighty

Review-proof Star Wars prequel? Jedi set, go!

The Devil and Todd McFarlane

Spawn's creator revolutionized the comic-book industry. But did he survive Hollywood with his soul intact?

Ewok Don't Run

Return of the Jedi ushers in the age of movies for toys' sake

Darth Victory

The Empire Strikes Back--again--in striking "special edition" reissue

Isn't That Spacial?

Back to the future with Star Wars: The Special Edition