Richard's love affair with outer space started when he saw the original "Star Wars" on TV aged four, and he spent much of the ’90s watching "Star Trek”, "Babylon 5” and “The X-Files" with his mum. After studying physics at university, he became a journalist, swapped science fact for science fiction, and hit the jackpot when he joined the team at SFX, the UK's biggest sci-fi and fantasy magazine. He liked it so much he stayed there for 12 years, four of them as editor.
He's since gone freelance and passes his time writing about "Star Wars", "Star Trek" and superheroes for the likes of SFX, Total Film, TechRadar and GamesRadar+. He has met five Doctors, two Starfleet captains and one Luke Skywalker, and once sat in the cockpit of "Red Dwarf"'s Starbug.
Latest articles by Richard Edwards

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The fourth live-action "Star Trek" TV show made some mistakes along the way, but it was arguably held back by the time it was made

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How a kitsch "Star Wars" cash-in spawned a bona fide sci-fi classic. So say we all!

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As the animated show comes to an end, we look back at the best 'Trek' gags from the final frontier.

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Never give up, never surrender… As the classic sci-fi comedy clocks up a quarter-century, we look back at a movie that wholeheartedly embraces its source material

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From 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' to superheroes and clones, it's set to be a busy 2025 on screens both big and small.

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Squeezing Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel into a two-hour movie was always doomed to misfire.

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An intricately plotted festive tale checks into a hotel that takes guests everywhere in history.

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The Doctor checks in to a very unusual hotel – here's how to watch "Doctor Who" Christmas special "Joy to the World" online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Disney Plus in the US.

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Forty years ago, this lesser-known sequel attempted to explain the mysteries of one of sci-fi's greatest movies.

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'The New Next Generation' is the last-ever episode of 'Lower Decks', but it almost feels like a backdoor pilot for a new 'Star Trek' show.

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The fate of multiple realities is in the hands of two Boimlers and a lot of Harry Kims in 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' season 5, episode 9 "Fissure Quest".

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It's time for Captain Freeman and the rest of the command crew to take center stage.

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It looks like Amblin-style adventures and galaxies far, far away were made for each other.

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A familiar head from the Enterprise-D shows up in this week's 'Lower Decks'. Here's how…

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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 6 introduces new arrival Ensign Olly — a junior officer with a history of leaving trails of destruction in her wake.

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The crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos visits a "cursed" Starbase in 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 5.

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The USS Cerritos' avian psychologist gets a taste of his homeworld.

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"Star Trek" has played around with swarms of microscopic robots before, but never quite like this.

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D'Vana Tendi gets back to her Orion roots in "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 5's opening episodes — and her species has a very long history in "Star Trek."

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As history catches up with a pivotal moment in the "Star Trek" timeline, we look back at the events of "Past Tense," which took place on Aug. 30, 2024.

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The magical black goo introduced in "Prometheus" is holding the Xenomorph back.

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Dr. Crusher's eldest son on "Star Trek" has come a long way since hanging out on the Enterprise.

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And you thought it was just a kids' show… Why "Prodigy" is the perfect continuation of Captain Janeway's story.
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