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Happy Easter all. Thought I'd take the short holiday to bring you all brand new fresh disaster!!! Maybe I put my all easter eggs in one basket here, but it's a good basket. More »
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Click to viewSome of the most magnificently cheesy Star Wars art I have ever seen is hanging on the walls at Big Rock Ranch, the building on Skywalker Ranch where Lucas Animation is housed. Earlier this week, while I was waiting to interview Clone Wars director Dave Filoni (more on that tomorrow), I was set free to wander the halls of Big Rock Ranch with my camera. I wasn't surprised by all the gorgeous original film posters from classic Westerns, old Hollywood, and Samurai movies. But I was a little startled by the airbrushed Leia in front of a purple background with lightning; and there was a pencil drawing of Anakin that I could swear Lucas must have bought from a fan site (maybe he did?). Check out these cheesy finds from the Lucas Collection. More »
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Though George Lucas has pulled back into the role of executive producer with new movie and TV series Clone Wars, he's still in the driver's seat when it comes to the Star Wars universe. That's why I spent the day out at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, CA, yesterday, attending a press conference with Lucas and interviewing many of the key people involved in making Clone Wars happen. Though Lucas put Clone Wars in the hands of director Dave Filoni (whom he called his Padawan), the man behind LucasArts had a lot to say about the show's direction, animation style, and why he'd rather pay engineers than big-name actors. More »
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