Behind the Scenes of "Star Wars: Force of Nature" - Part 8

Secrets Revealed: I’m sure some of you by now have noticed a few interesting easter egs I’ve hidden here and there. Names of characters, some of the callsigns and protocol designations being significant dates and more than likely the titles of each chapter. At this point you’ve probably figured out what theme I was using. Every chapter, save for the final one, is titled after a line from a Universal Monster Movie. The final chapter of course is named after the song that heavily referenced those same films as well as what the crossover films were called by fans. I’m not going to spoil it which titles are from what movie, but if you can correctly name the film each came from as well the character and actor who said them then you’ll have my undying respect. So long as you can figure out the films at least without Googling them.

Behind the Scenes of "Star Wars: Force of Nature" - Part 7

Zillo-Beast Rejects: These guys were born from an idea I have concerning Kaiju movies in general. You know how people say the human stories are boring half the time because they’re doing nothing? They come around and all they do is talk at length and are ultimately ineffectual. At it’s worst, all we want at some point is to just get to the monster battle. In a lot of ways I sympathize with that, but at the same time one has to acknowledge that you can’t just have the big monster fight. It would be one big spectacle low on story or effects. We need the humans to add more story, to discuss exposition, set up plot points, everything that makes the movie have an actual narrative. Unless you want to have Godzilla talk, you don’t have a choice. The humans are needed in that way.

Behind the Scenes of "Star Was: Force of Nature" - Part 6

Ahsoka and Kanan: This was something I suspected is going to be a plot point for the future season and was all but confirmed in the first crop of episodes. That Kanan isn’t big on being part of an army and that Ahsoka would be fundamentally different from him in a number of ways. They can cooperate, but I imagine their different personalities and beliefs would clash inevitably. After all, their exits from the Order were wildly different. Ahsoka wasn’t a Jedi when it happened, she had no master to lose by that point. She was also a military commander for far longer whereas Kanan’s time fighting the Clone Wars abruptly ended as soon as he started. She’s used to being an army, he only remembers what an army did to his friends and loved ones. While they both had to hide, Kanan abandoned the Jedi way for a long time before getting back onto the path. Ahsoka has probably been fighting or preparing to fight this war longer than he has.

Behind the Scenes of "Star Wars: Force of Nature" - Part 5

Jedi and Animals: So this was a lucky bit of information I came across a few months ago. I suspected Jedi could talk to animals given what I saw in Clone Wars, but Rebels pretty much confirmed it. Of course, Godzilla is no ordinary animal so I suspected it wouldn’t work the way it does with others. I suspected this would be a more involved effort on the part of any Jedi and that one would have to actually break through the mental barriers surrounding Godzilla’s mind. Luckily, Godzilla also has a history of psychics and telepathic empaths who all now and then try to speak to him or interpret him for others. Miki from the Heisei era comes to mind most readily.

Behind the Scenes of "Star Wars: Force of Nature" - Part 4

I really enjoyed this chapter, if only because I got to do some of my favorite scenes to write. Dogfights are always fun to do, coming up with moves and attacks in an open environment is very creatively stimulating. Of course, a lot of the moves I wrote down have to come from somewhere. Usually its from a documentary I watched about real dogfights. Sometimes it comes from something I did in a game. Overall, inspiration came come from anywhere and if done well it can be a lot of fun.

"Star Wars: Force of Nature" Behind the Scenes Notes - Part 3

So I’m getting this out of the way before I go any further because it’s a subject I’ve been meaning to clear up but keep forgetting to talk about. A number of people keep asking me what Godzilla looks like, what design I’m using exactly. The answer to that question is two fold. First part, he looks like however you want him to. I purposely wrote his description the way I did so anyone could impose their own favorite version of Godzilla onto him. So if you favor one design over another, that’s how he looks in the story. The second and more tangible answer is that when I write Godzilla, the image I have in my head of how he looks for the story is how he appears in the IDW comic “Half-Century War” as that design seems to encompass all he best aspects of Godzilla’s appearances over the years. Just imagine that design done in a Star Wars Rebels animation style and you have the general look of Godzilla from this story. That’s the long and short of it, now onto the real meat of today’s discussion.

Force of Nature: Behind the Scenes Notes - Part Two

So Godzilla being in a Star Wars universe setting poses some interesting challenges. For one, he's a lot bigger than some of the stuff we'd regularly see. Let's be honest, even the AT-STs are kinda puny. They don't pose much of a challenge size wise. Power level wise they are stronger than most weapons he has to face. So there's a trade off, there isn't much in his size ratio that can touch him, but he's dealing with stronger foes.

Author Notes for “Force of Nature” - Part One

So this is my new little Experiment. It’s certainly different from what some folks would probably expect. I imagine someone has done a Godzilla crossover with Star Wars at some point, but I’m not looking for anything super epic or long with this. This is just something I thought would be really fun to do, bringing two huge film franchises together in a mixing of their unique settings and tropes. Don't worry, Wormhole Chronicles is not cancelled, we're just on a season break of sorts until we can sort out some complications and I wanted to do a little something different to keep my creative juices flowing.

It's Only a Movie!

Its Only a Movie by LotLM

This was my history Project for this year. Now that it's finished, I thought I'd load it up for everyone to see. Got an A for it by the way. It's a short documentary about 1950's science fiction and how it reflected the concerns of the era more earnestly than anyone would expect. It was a lot of fun to make and I hope you all enjoy it.