Author: Dr. Nicholas J Harrison

  In Rogue One Jyn Erso manages to convince a group of rebels to join her in retrieving plans vital to the destruction of the Death Star. She tells the assembly on Yavin IV that "...rebellions are built on hope." Initially she is only able to muster a small group - calling themselves Rogue One [...]

I miss my Dad. It has been 11 years now since he left this world and became one with the Force. My Mum carries on - alone. She never had an 'easy life'. She was the daughter of a railroad agent, and the oldest daughter. When she was just a child - and I hope [...]

It was two years after I was pulled out of the private school that my family went on a road trip to Disneyland. I have written in the past about my Disney experience and how much I savoured my time in that park, feeling so safe and having so much fun with my Dad and [...]

At the end of The Force Awakens, Rey lands on Ahch-To, climbs the steps towards the first Jedi Temple and finds herself face to face with Luke Skywalker. She hands him his first lightsaber - the one Ben Kenobi gave Luke many years before on Tatooine. Luke knows then that his isolation and mediation is [...]

I am one with the Force, the Force is with me..... I have been silent for months now. Inside, however, I am bursting with the need to speak, to create, to write. I have tried many times to write something coherent. Often I stop and press delete - erasing my painful attempts to share. I [...]