by Jim Smith | Jul 21, 2021 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Star Wars, Travel News, Travel Planning
(Editor’s Update: March 28, 2024 – Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser took its last voyage on September 28-30, 2023. For numerous reasons, the elevated Star Wars experience was not sustainable as a Disney Parks entertainment offering. Explore these reasons,...
by Jim Smith | Jun 14, 2021 | Hidden, Star Wars
And the original WWW is… Image: Disney Wicket W. Warrick – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi I saw Star Wars: Return of the Jedi when I was very young, and I was obsessed! Jabba the Hutt, Ewoks, the second Death Star – I couldn’t get enough of it! And...
by Jim Smith | May 4, 2021 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Disney, Lists, Marvel, Media, Role Call - The Best of Disney, Star Wars
Many of our favorite Disney characters are plagued by that one major weakness – their Achilles Heel. In Part One of this two-part series, we took a look at some of the more well known physical character weaknesses. Now in Part Two, we’ll focus on the mental...
by Jim Smith | Apr 27, 2021 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Disney, Lists, Marvel, Role Call - The Best of Disney, Star Wars
Everyone has a weakness. It’s the vulnerability that makes us real and human. It’s also another piece of our personality that makes us each unique. Another, darker way of looking at our limitations comes from the chilling wisdom of Mr. Incredible’s nemesis Syndrome...
by Jim Smith | Mar 22, 2021 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Lists, Marvel, Role Call - The Best of Disney, Star Wars
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on February 20, 2024.) Everyone loves a good villain, and Disney films are full of great ones. Villains are necessary evils for most storytelling. They provide the protagonist (we’ll call them the...
