Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us
About this ebook
In Watching Skies, O'Connell pilots a gilded X-Wing flight through that shared universe of bedroom remakes of Return of the Jedi, close encounters with Christopher Reeve, sticker album swaps, the trauma of losing an entire Stars Wars figure collection and honeymooning on Amity Island. From the author of Catching Bullets – Memoirs of a Bond Fan, Watching Skies is a timely hologram from all our memory systems. It is about how George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, a shark, two motherships, some gremlins, ghostbusters and a man of steel jumper a whole generation to hyperspace.
About the author
MARK O’CONNELL is a writer, author and pop culture commentator. His books Catching Bullets and Watching Skies earned critical acclaim, prize nominations, and LGBTQ media recognition. A frequent voice across BBC, SKY and major outlets, he has written widely and headlined London’s Southbank Centre. Recently, he was a consultant producer on the recent Bond documentary The Other Fellow (2023).
