This week marks the 35th anniversary of  Return Of The Jedi  and, although I've already written a retrospective on the film  (at 30, whi...

Regular readers of the blog will know I’ve been friends with  Sue Moorcroft  since 1999 after meeting her at Kettering Writers Group.  As ge...

In 1978, sci-fi was big in the UK following the release of Star Wars in January and nine-year-old me was eager to explore it as much as I c...

Star Wars mania was in full grip during 1978 and we fans at the time were so eager for anything associated with the film we grabbed it with...

As regular readers will know, I'm endlessly fascinated by the behind-the-scenes process on films, especially special effects work with m...