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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With a "Lower Decks" crossover, a musical episode and lots of James T. Kirk, Captain Pike and his crew couldn't move for novelty episodes.

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'Star Trek''s animated sitcom has brought comedy to the final frontier. Surely, it's time that galaxy far, far away followed suit…

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It may be engineered for gags, but the 35-year-old show has never shied away from sophisticated sci-fi ideas.

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Apple T.V.'s epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novels has been playing the very long game.

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Twenty-five years ago, two movies about deadly asteroids collided at the global box office – with very different results.

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Twenty years on, 'Rise of the Machines' powerful and bleak conclusion remains one of the highlights of the killer cyborg franchise.

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Why first officer Una Chin-Riley was on trial, and how it links all the way back to Khan Noonien Singh.

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The Man of Steel director is off to Rebel Moon for an adventure inspired by both Star Wars and Akira Kurosawa.

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Here we explain why June 16 has become an annual celebration of Jean-Luc Picard, legendary commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-D.

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The story of the last of the Babylon stations continues in "The Road Home", a time-hopping adventure reuniting many of the original cast.

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As the original trilogy closer turns 40, 'Return of the Jedi' can still hold its own against almost everything that followed.

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The Matrix "Reloaded" and "Revolutions" struggled to live up to the hype, but how do they look two decades later?

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Ten years ago a promising franchise lost its way with a Wrath of Khan tribute act.

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The captivating story of Din Djarin and Baby Yoda is in danger of becoming a footnote in the wider Star Wars universe.

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From his origins as Him to his role in 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3', a crash course in the life and times of the Marvel Comics super-being.

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After a strong start, Star Trek: Discovery lost its way when it relocated to the 32nd century. Here's how it can get back on course.

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Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher's son had always known he was "different". Here's everything you need to know about Jack Crusher.

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Picard's Liam Shaw is the latest in a long line of commanding officers who didn't receive the memo about being the best of the best.
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