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Disney, Movie, Review

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – A SPOILER FREE Review

I was invited to a press screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens yesterday. I saw the movie for free, early but received no other compensation. This is my honest, Spoiler Free review.

Premiere Of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - Red Carpet
HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 14: The cast and crew speak onstage during the World Premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby, El Capitan, and TCL Theatres on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

When I was a kid in 1977 the original Star Wars came out, I was 3 years old. My parents thought I would be too scared of the movie so they didn’t take me to see it. Growing up I wish I had seen it, but now that I’m older I’m kind of glad that I didn’t. I discovered an appreciation for Star Wars later in life. I had friends and my cousin had plenty of the toys so I got to play Star Wars from time to time. But it just wasn’t my thing. I enjoyed it when I eventually saw it and I’ve seen all the movies now. This past year I even bought all of them on digital. I’ve even seen the famed Christmas special and the Endor movies.

It really wasn’t until the past few years that I’ve gotten into Star Wars much more. Rewatching the movies with my kids has awakened an appreciation and love for these movies in a way that I couldn’t appreciate as a child. Watching shows like Star Wars Rebels and then Star Wars: The Clone Wars and playing Disney infinity 3.0 has really made my enjoyment of Star Wars complete. Talking about Star Wars with my daughter seeing her reading the books and seeing her just love watching the movies has made me see Star Wars in a whole new way. A way that I never saw as a child but I appreciate it now as an adult.

Premiere Of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - Red Carpet
HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 14: Fans attend the World Premiere of ?Star Wars: The Force Awakens? at the Dolby, El Capitan, and TCL Theatres on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

I was invited to see a press screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Boston. I was sworn to secrecy as to where I was seeing the movie, when I was seeing the movie and that I saw the movie at all until now. Now that the embargo has been lifted I can tell you what I thought of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This will be a spoiler free review because I want you to be able to experience this movie with the wonder and excitement of a child’s eyes that you just don’t get to experience anymore. I can assure you of one thing, these are no prequels. This is the movie that was worth camping out to see.

After some scheduling conflicts and driving in to Boston and getting stuck in the traffic and screaming at the top of my lungs over and over and over again I finally got to the theater. We weren’t allowed to take in our phones or anything like that, so I left them in the car and I ran to the theater because I was running late. I made it. I hustled up to the back row and sat down to catch my breath and watch the movie. The nice thing about being almost late is that I didn’t have to wait long for the movie to start. I was pumped and at the edge of my seat as the words crawled up from the bottom of the screen. Continue reading Star Wars: The Force Awakens – A SPOILER FREE Review →

Disney, Photo-A-Day, Toys, Video Game

Help the Rebels Rise Against the Empire in this new Play Set for Disney Infinity 3.0

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Star Wars Rise Against The Empire

I received a package from Disney Interactive that had all of the figures that were released today for Disney Infinity 3.0. Opinions as always, are 100% my own. These were new Star Wars figures, power discs and the Rise Against the Empire PlaySet. As you can see by my photo above we have Luke and Leia, Han, Chewy and Vader. There are also some power discs that get you a couple of special vehicles and some costume changes for Luke and Leia. I played with Vader, Han and Chewy because I could do so through the boxes. I did that because I had not yet been able to make an unboxing video. I wanted to see how each character played in the game and I was impressed. I leveled up each character a bit but didn’t actually give them any new powers. I figure I’d do a little something with that in future gameplay videos. Below is my unboxing video of the characters and the playset and power discs. Then below that is the official press release about this wave of characters.

I played for a good couple of hours through the Rise Against the Empire Playset and did every mission on Tatooine that could be done except for leaving Tatooine. I was able to get Han Solo to Level 15 and level up many other characters. I will have to then upgrade their skill trees at a later date when I can record it. Continue reading Help the Rebels Rise Against the Empire in this new Play Set for Disney Infinity 3.0 →