Is George Lucas planning a new Star Wars movie trilogy, to take place after Return of The Jedi? It depends on who you listen to. Last week, IESB reported the rumor that Lucas was planning on three new movies to follow the 3D re-release of the six existing movies, a la the prequel trilogy that [...]
A long time ago, in a magazine published far, far away George R.R. Martin wrote And Seven Times Never Kill Man! The plot included furry war-mongering creatures. Illustrator John Shoenherr came up with the corresponding image, and it was published in July 1975.
Remember earlier in the month we asked you what your favorite Star Wars fan film was? Well we heard you loud and clear and Time.com has narrowed their list down to the top 10, using your suggestions.
Aside from the Blu-ray unveil during The Main Event at Celebration V in Orlando earlier today; George Lucas presented Jon Stewart with a one of a kind 3.75-inch Jon Stewart Stormtrooper action figure from Hasbro. Stewart’s figure comes with two interchangeable heads – one with a goatee and one without.
I expect this debate to rage for some time. So let me cut to the chase, with any pretense of an answer: Is Empire Strikes Back the best Star Wars film?
Today is the annual “Star Wars Day” celebration at Comic-Con – and a poignant one at that. It was 20 years ago (make that 30 years ago) that The Empire Strikes Back hit theaters – check out our look at the first draft of the film’s script, which originally included a Chewie-Wampa brawl! – arguably better [...]
George Lucas may have already faced the tough, no-holds-barred questioning of Jon Stewart this year, but the Star Wars creator was apparently itching for a rematch… and this time, there won’t be an ad break to help him dodge the issues.
Late last night, I was catching up on news from the weekend, and I stumbled upon a casually written headline concerning The Empire Strikes Back – and a newly-leaked original script that would have taken the best big-screen sci-fi franchise in history in a crazy, different direction.
Here we go: At this weekend’s Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm Director of Fan Relations, told IGN that a Star Wars box set on Blu-ray isn’t far off.
This is part of an ongoing weekly series called “Freeze Frame,” where we break down our very favorite sci-fi/fantasy/adventure moments – the scenes that we look forward to, that remind us why we so love this job. As you might guess, such discussions are riddled with spoilers. So consider yourself warned. (See previous Freeze Frame [...]
The same day that the Oscar nominations became official, the narratives were laid out by the mainstream media. This is the year of David vs. Goliath, of big budgets vs. low budgets and sure things vs. long shots.
