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Freelance Writer

Richard is a freelancer journalist and editor, and was once a physicist. Rich is the former editor of SFX Magazine, but has since gone freelance, writing for websites and publications including GamesRadar+, SFX, Total Film, and more. He also co-hosts the podcast, Robby the Robot's Waiting, which is focused on sci-fi and fantasy.

Latest articles by Richard Edwards

Anson Mount as Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 struggles to achieve maximum warp

By Richard Edwards Published 12 June 23

Review

Star Trek: Picard season 3 spoiler review: "Probably the most consistently brilliant season of Trek TV ever"

By Richard Edwards Published 20 April 23

Review As Picard bids farewell, we look back at one of the best Trek seasons ever

Review

Welcome to the age of obligation entertainment: how FOMO became Hollywood’s most potent weapon

By Richard Edwards Published 9 March 23

Features From The Book of Boba Fett to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, studios are exploiting the fact we don’t want to miss a thing

Features

The Borg are a spent force but Star Trek: Picard has found the perfect villains to replace them

By Richard Edwards Published 6 March 23

Features The Borg have been defeated too many times to scare but Deep Space Nine antagonists the Changelings still have unfinished business

Features

Star Trek: Picard season 3: everything you need to know about the show's Big Bad

By Richard Edwards Published 2 March 23

News After making Captain Sisko’s life hell on Deep Space Nine, some familiar faces are back in Star Trek: Picard season 3

News

Star Trek: Picard season 3: Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher's slow-burn romance explained

By Richard Edwards Published 24 February 23

Guide Here, we explore the complexities of what is now a decades-old, slow-burning romance

Guide

The Mandalorian executive producer promises season 3 will be "the most ambitious yet"

By Richard Edwards Published 20 February 23

exclusive Exclusive: The Mandalorian executive producer Rick Famuyiwa tells SFX about the Empire’s growing threat in season 3

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Star Trek: Picard season 3 is on course to be the greatest season of Star Trek ever

By Richard Edwards Published 10 February 23

Review-in-Progress Spoiler free impressions of Star Trek: Picard season 3: being nostalgic doesn’t mean you can’t look to the future

Review-in-Progress

Is it just me, or should movie characters not be used in ads?

By Richard Edwards Published 8 February 23

feature A Total Film writer on why our heroes deserve a break...

feature

The Bad Batch creatives talk Omega's origins – and potential Star Wars crossovers

By Richard Edwards Published 28 December 22

Exclusive Exclusive: The Bad Batch head writer and supervising director dig into the new season

Exclusive

Evil Dead Rise director talks "expanding the Evil Dead universe further"

By Richard Edwards Published 14 December 22

Exclusive Exclusive: Here's a new look at the upcoming Evil Dead sequel

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Rick and Morty season 6, episode 10 review, recap, and analysis: "Ricktional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation"

By Richard Edwards Published 12 December 22

Review

Rick and Morty season 6, episode 9 review, recap, and analysis: 'A Rick in King Mortur’s Mort'

By Richard Edwards Published 5 December 22

Review

Avatar actor Stephen Lang explains how his dead character returns for the sequel

By Richard Edwards Published 1 December 22

Exclusive Exclusive: Stephen Lang returns in Avatar: The Way of Water – and this time he's blue

Exclusive

Avatar won't be a Star Wars-style saga but is more like Top Gun Maverick, says producer

By Richard Edwards Published 1 December 22

Exclusive Exclusive: Avatar producer Jon Landau teases what to expect in James Cameron's sequel The Way of Water

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Rick and Morty season 6, episode 8 review, recap, and analysis: 'Analyze Piss'

By Richard Edwards Published 28 November 22

Review

Rick and Morty season 6, episode 7 review, recap and analysis: 'Full Meta Jackrick'

By Richard Edwards Published 21 November 22

Review

The Witcher: Blood Origin showrunner: "This is a very different type of Witcher"

By Richard Edwards Published 10 November 22

Exclusive Exclusive: The Witcher spin-off's showrunner Declan de Barra tells Total Film all about the miniseries – and yes, this really is a miniseries

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