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Finally someone has trimmed the fat — and the bad ideas — out of the conclusion to the Star Wars saga! The latest short from the "How It Should Have Ended" crew is a perfect re-imagining of Star Wars Return of the Jedi. More »
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Someone gave Keanu Reeves a camera crew, and sent him out hunting for famous directors to carry on the great debate of digital versus film. Watch film greats such as Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Steven Soderbergh talk movies — it's kind of a rare treat to see all these directors share their opinions on digital movie-making (especially with the entire 3D debate). Get a sneak peek at the documentary Side By Side now with the first released trailer. More »
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Because you dissed the Star Wars prequels, George Lucas has sworn he won't ever make another movie about that faraway galaxy. He says, "Why would I make any more, when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?" More »
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Want to know how much R2-D2's slapstick antics cost in 1970s ducats? David Pirie's 1981 book Anatomy of the Movies dissected the film's then-lavish $11-million budget, but sadly did not delve into the film's blue milk budget. Also, check out the amount of bank Sir Alec Guinness would eventually roll in. That crazy hermit was loaded. More »
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Remember Mr. Plinkett, that disgusting old coot who dissected The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Star Trek, and Avatar? Now he's turned his foul, critical eye toward Indiana Jones and The Crystal Skull. Learn the various plot failings of the film, all narrated in an hour-plus of horribly hypnotic geriatric slurring. I love it when Mr. Plinkett begins spitballing about Indiana Jones going to Siberia and the number of diseases that should've killed him by now.

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The exceptionally talented "filmumentary" maker Jamie Benning has released the first 17 minutes of his next behind the scenes movie making opus all about Indiana Jones. Officially titled Raiding the Lost Ark, the documentary compiles conference notes, script snippets, behind-the-scenes footage, production memos, and interviews with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and to create one ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the making of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Watch, it's really spectacular. More »
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Mysterious domain name snatchings are happening over at Lucasfilm. Has the latest Lucasfilm online activity just revealed a big Star Wars project on the rise? Definitely perhaps. More »
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A couple of die hard Star Wars fans camped out in the scorching California desert to watch the filming of the infamous barge scene in George Lucas' Return of the Jedi. Separated only by a chain-link fence, the group snapped some truly astounding behind-the-scenes images. Including Boba Fett's last call. More »
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If the Star Wars Blu-rays were a theatrical release, they'd be the biggest movie of the week, or possibly the month. As it is, they're just a record-breaking sales monster. The Blu-ray set has taken in $84 million worldwide in its first week, selling about 515,000 copies. That makes it the best selling Blu-ray title of all time. Apparently fans weren't too deterred by those much-ballyhooed changes to the films, after all. [THR and Washington Post] More »
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Chances are, you spent the weekend rediscovering the magic of Star Wars (with a few unwelcome tweaks.) The original Star Wars was a miracle of seat-of-the-pants film-making that captured the world's imagination and boosted science fiction to new popularity. More »
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Tomorrow, George Lucas will release the entire Star Wars saga onto Blu-ray — but it won't be the versions you saw in theaters, because Lucas can't stop tinkering. Instead of furiously shaking our fists over the newly re-dubbed Vader screams, we've decided to be proactive. More »
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Everybody knows that George Lucas loves to change his movies, so it shouldn't really surprise anyone that Lucas has yet again changed something else on the Star Wars Blu-Ray saga release. He's scrubbed out Frank Oz's Yoda puppet from The Phantom Menace and replaced it with a CG monster. More »
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Long before anybody had seen a single frame of Star Wars, these luminous drawings were all anybody could see of George Lucas' vision for a thrilling space epic. These "dyelines" were created to show possible backers and studio executives something tangible. More »
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Andrew Ainsworth built the original Stormtrooper helmet (and recently won a case against George Lucas to sell reproductions of said helmet in the U.K.). Here's a 13-minute video of Ainsworth building a mask — watch as it's transformed from an unassuming hunk of plastic to decorative headgear for Imperial cannon fodder. More »
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You can't stop the Imperial Stormtroopers. George Lucas sued the original designer of the stormtrooper costumes in Star Wars, seeking to stop him selling replicas. But even though Lucas prevailed in a U.S. court, he lost in the U.K. More »
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Star Wars. It's part of our culture. A crucial feature of our lives, like an energy field that binds all living things together. You may think you know everything about this rich universe — but there's always more to learn. More »
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Who's ready to explore the dark seedy underworld of George Lucas' Coruscant? New details about the mysterious, live-action Star Wars TV show have surfaced, comparing it to the The Godfather. Which means two things: alien gangsters and space hookers! More »
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Check out this pretty hilarious fake trailer for George Lucas Strikes Back, a story about the original George, not the evil doppelganger Hollywood created to ruin the Star Wars legacy. More »
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Everybody's talking about George Lucas having already filmed his mysterious live action Star Wars TV show today. Just a reminder, we debunked this rumor last week. Sorry, there's no huge stash of never-before-seen live-action Star Wars in the Lucas Bunker. More »
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Whatever happened to that live-action Star Wars TV show? A recent quote from George Lucas himself sparked a media frenzy. Has Lucas already secretly filmed 50 hours of the series and then shelved the project? We asked, and Lucasfilm answered. More »
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The entire Star Wars saga will be released in blu-ray on September 16th, with hours and hours of extra features, classic documentaries, and even pop culture spoofs packed into the discs. We've got the entire list right here. More »
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Truly, the Force is with Seattle when it comes to kick-ass exhibits of science fiction memorabilia. Seattle's Pacific Science Center just opened a new exhibit, "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination." Lightsabers, Yoda, and the Millennium Falcon are all there. More »
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For a guy who felt that science fiction was dead a few years ago, Ridley Scott seems to have renewed his interest in the genre of late. He's producing a show for the Science channel paying tribute to scifi's creators. More »
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Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of The Middleman television series and a former producer on Lost, spent a whole year without Star Wars. Why would he do such a thing? And what did he learn from going cold turkey on Star Wars? More »
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Harrison Ford has a serious death wish for all his iconic characters. It's common knowledge that Ford always wanted Han Solo to die in Return of the Jedi, and now he wants the same for Indiana Jones. More »
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Did you know R2-D2's infamous scream originated from a human? New reference book Sound of Star Wars goes into fascinating detail about how sound effects were made long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. Watch the trailer! More »
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It's been a while since we've been legitimately excited about the Star Wars: Clone Wars series, but this new season trailer certainly did the trick. See the young padawan Ahsoka Tano in a whole new light. Spoilers ahead... More »
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Buried deep in an interview with actor/director Mel Smith is yet another devious plot from the mind of George Lucas. Apparently he's been gobbling up the film rights to dead movie stars, so he can reconstruct them digitally on film. More »
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Many of your favorite movie scenes feature the technical brilliance of Industrial Light & Magic. So we're dying to see the new documentary about ILM's history, airing Friday on Encore. Glimpse the behind-the-scenes wonder in a new trailer. More »
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In today's Halloween Foxtrot, Jason Fox knows what keeps him awake at night. Maybe to give it broader appeal, he should give folks a preview of how Jar Jar's tongue will look in 3D. [Foxtrot via reddit] More »
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Big honking Saturday morning rumor here! According to IESB.net, George Lucas will be creating a new trilogy once the first six Star Wars movies go 3D. This echoes what Lucas did in the 1990s after the original trilogy was rereleased. More »
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Before Yoda was a Muppet, the makers of Empire Strikes Back considered casting a monkey as the movie's spiritual center. Plus the lost Wampa raid on the rebel base, and the original portrayer of Palpatine finally revealed after thirty years! More »
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First Lucasfilm announces a Star Wars box set on Blu-ray, and now they're planning to re-release them theatrically in 3-D. But are you willing to sit through the prequels to see Empire in 3D? You may have to. More »
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The answer to the question is, "No, of course not, that would be too random for words." However, it does transpire that he did inspire the visual look of Chewbacca in the original Star Wars movie through an interesting chain of events. More »
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Robot Chicken's Seth Green and Matt Senreich have been tight-lipped about their new Star Wars series, but over the weekend they finally opened up and shared some details. Are you ready for Jon Stewart crossed with Spongebob Squarepants? More »
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Good news first. In the fall of next year, Lucasfilm will release a collection of all six Star Wars films on Blu-ray with extras a-go-go. The bad news? The films may not be sold separately, and Greedo shot first. More »
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Gary Kurtz was George Lucas' partner in making the first two Star Wars films, but they had a huge falling-out after Empire Strikes Back. Now, for the first time, he's explained what went wrong with Star Wars. More »
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Party Down may be dead, but protagonist Roman DeBeer's psychotic scifi rants will live on forever. Tragically the show was just canceled, so we decided to compile the greatest hits from our favorite TV nerd. More »
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Today, we look at the year that gave us Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and "Ender's Game" — does 1977 deserve to be crowned the Best Year of Science Fiction Ever? More »
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Thirty years ago, George Lucas sprung his Star Wars sequel upon a young moviegoing public that was simply unprepared for what they'd see: An unrelenting operatic downer, filled with pain, sacrifice, revelation, and loss. Good times. More »
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