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We assembled a Brewers roster made up of ‘Star Wars’ characters

Nick Olig
April 30, 2024
Not a long time ago in our galaxy, some content came into our view. In a moment of phone distraction, it floated onto our screen like wayward space junk. It’s hard to say where it came from. Might have been an ...

Star Wars™ Kemps® Blue Milk: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas
April 26, 2024
A long time ago (last week) at a dairy company far, far away (Minnesota)... It is a period of monetization. Ad agencies, emailing from their Chicago headquarters, have won their first victory against the jad...

On The Record Episode 117: Fuck it, let’s just talk about ‘Star Wars’ again

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 13, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens December 15. 'Nuff said. Two years after sitting down and talking about the impending release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rob Wieland, John Revord, and host Matt Wild once ag...

City Lounge is celebrating a certain movie by transforming itself into “The Dagobahr”

Matt Wild
November 27, 2017
A long time ago (April 2016), in a galaxy far, far away (Cudahy), gold record-certified rapper Bubba Sparxxx performed at City Lounge. During the show, Milwaukee Record spies managed to have a good time listeni...

That’s no moon: 6 ways to celebrate the opening of ‘Rogue One’ in Milwaukee

Matt Wild
December 12, 2016
On Friday, December 16 (well, Thursday, December 15, per confounding new movie-release rules), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story attacks theaters nationwide. The prequel to the original Star Wars that also serves ...

May the 4th be with you: Celebrating “Star Wars Day” in Milwaukee and beyond

Matt Wild
May 3, 2016
// We used to think "Star Wars Day" was a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. A magical faux-holiday celebrated on May 4, held together by a date-related pun, "May the 4th/Force be with you"? Crazy thing is...it's true. ...

No, the next ‘Star Wars’ movie will NOT be filmed near Green Bay

Matt Wild
April 25, 2016
We have a bad feeling about this: Have you seen that article floating around Facebook about how the next Star Wars movie will be filmed near Green Bay, Wisconsin? Have you "liked" or shared said article about h...

I saw ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ at the Oriental Theatre at 4:15 a.m. and it was glorious

Matt Wild
December 18, 2015
Back in October, a galaxy-full of Star Wars fans descended on the Internet, Death-Star-trench-run-style, to buy advance tickets to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I was not among them. Instead, as untold millions...

On The Record Episode 46: Fuck it, let’s just talk about ‘Star Wars’

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 9, 2015
// Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens December 18. ’Nuff said. For this decidedly geeky and non-locally focused episode of On The Record, host Matt Wild pulls up a cantina barstool at Bay View’s Boone &...

Watch Red Letter Media predict exactly what will happen in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Matt Wild
November 5, 2015
// It’s hard to overstate just how much Red Letter Media has influenced the way the Internet talks about Star Wars. The Milwaukee-based production company—made up of Mike Stoklasa, Jay Bauman, the cherubic ...

Here are the Wisconsin theaters participating in the “Star Wars Marathon Event” December 17

Matt Wild
October 19, 2015
On December 18, 2015, millions of voices will suddenly cry out in orgasmic glee when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in theaters. And why not? Fans have been waiting on pins and needles for the J.J. Abrams-d...

Off Base: 10 Brewers/Star Wars bobbleheads we’d like to see

Rob Wieland
May 28, 2015
Wisconsin’s recent run as a contender in various sports has been a refreshing change of pace. The Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Bucks both made the playoffs last season, and are full of young talent. The Wisc...

A certain point of view: Milwaukee’s connection to Star Wars reference site Wookieepedia

Rob Wieland
May 4, 2015
The Star Wars Expanded Universe—all the books, comics, video games, and other materials that expand the story beyond the original films—has a complex relationship with the ever-popular franchise. Some things ar...

I went to Dave & Buster’s and played the new ‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ arcade game

Matt Wild
February 3, 2015
I was born in 1977, the year the first Star Wars film was released. I’m confident that when I die, even if I live to be 100, there will be another Star Wars film lighting up theaters or looming on the horizon, ...
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