Tag Archives: Star Wars

I vote for Star Trek. In a good way.

From the official Star Wars site: One of the earliest known records of “May the 4th” used in popular culture is in 1979, as described here by author Alan Arnold while he was chronicling the making of The Empire Strikes Back for Lucasfilm: “Margaret Thatcher has won the election and become Britain’s first woman prime minister. To celebrate their victory …

Via AdWeek: Star Wars: Episode VII doesn’t hit theaters until December, but the parade of marketing around the movie has already begun. Quiznos today is launching a parody ad on YouTube that playfully mashes up the film franchise with another flick—the movie version of the HBO show Entourage due out in June. “There’s such a big following with the Star …

Darth Vader lays the Holy Word on errbody.

Via the Hollywood Reporter: This is (naturally) a parody of footage of a woman being harassed while walking the streets of New York. The video became a sensation last month, but also sparked a backlash, with critics complaining that no white men were featured in the video. Well, this video is trying to address that lack of diversity, showing not …

Via the Verge: Star Wars Episode: VII finally has a subtitle: The Force Awakens. Disney quietly announced the title on Twitter this morning — a somewhat strange approach to what is easily the most anticipated film in production right now. The title feels like a very classic Star Wars name, and it manages to create that feeling even without directly …

Out today from Lucas Films: With more than 480 fan-made segments culled from over 1,500 submissions, The Empire Strikes Back Uncut (also known as ESB Uncut) features a stunning mash-up of styles and filmmaking techniques, including live action, animation, and stop-motion. The project launched in 2013, with fans claiming 15-second scenes to reimagine as they saw fit – resulting in …

“A long time ago in a cookies and milky way galaxy far, far away…Princess Parfaita was taken prisoner by the evil Galactic Empire and had to be saved by a group of unlikely heroes including the young Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo, and Chewie the Cookie.” And Only-One Cannoli! I like how the princess starts with a British accent that later …

Carrie Fisher appeared on out British comedian Alan Carr’s show yesterday. The camp comic was thrilled to have the American star, famous for playing Princess Leia, on his sofa. She had come on to plug the new Star Wars movie, out next year. But Carr, 37, caused a stir when he suggested having a role in the film himself. He …

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Via the Hollywood Reporter: It’s official: the latest chapter of Star Wars will be scored by John Williams. The composer, who has crafted the score for all six titles in the space opera saga, was confirmed to be joining J.J. Abrams’ Episode VII by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy on Saturday at a Star Wars fan event in Essen, Germany. The …

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After a petition to build a Death Star topped the required 25,000 signatures, the White House issued an official response. It begins: This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn’t on the horizon. Here are a few reasons: – The construction of …

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The Walt Disney Co. will pay George Lucas $4 billion for the company that brought us Star Wars. Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement that the acquisition is a great fit and will help preserve and grow the “Star Wars” franchise. “The last ‘Star Wars’ movie release was 2005’s ‘Revenge of the Sith’ — and we believe there’s …

Gizmodo has published a list of ten science fiction staples that they say will never come to be because of the pesky physical laws of the universe. 1. Lightsabers2. Human teleportation3. Time travel4. Faster than light speed travel5. Generation ships6. Gravitational shielding7. Personal force fields8. Cryonic reanimation9. Consciousness uploading10.Infinite data processing Gizmodo follows each of the above items with mumbo-jumbo-y …