It’s not quite a Star Wars musical (something Mad magazine presented decades ago), but a musical performance featuring clips from all six movies and a narrator will be touring Europe soon.

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This is the first theatrical Star Wars release with minimal involvement from George Lucas. What kind of difference does that make?
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In preparation for next week’s CGI Star Wars entry, we’re reviewing the second volume of the traditionally animated Clone Wars segments that aired on the Cartoon Network a few years ago.
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It’s pretty fashionable to hate on the prequels, but the guys over at Geeks of Doom have these eleven points that remind us it wasn’t all that bad.

Reportedly, George Lucas plans to add 3-D to the six Star Wars films, possibly starting with the original.

Will Han or Greedo shoot first out of the screen? Will light sabers be any more impressive when we feel like ducking them?

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The Secret History of Star Wars, at present available as an e-book, presents a researched and unauthorized look at the development of the series.
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chad writes, Star Wars fans worldwide are in celebration mode. LucasFilm has announced that an animated Star Wars feature film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will be released in North American theaters on Friday, August 15, 2008. The theatrical release will be followed by a related television series on the Cartoon Network and TNT. Long live Star Wars! More Star Wars!

Looks like the took a page from the Cartoon Network’s version of Star Wars on the design. Sweet. Sneak Preview from StarWars.com

GrimSean
writes, I stumbled across
this earlier today, and thought it might be of
interest to my fellow bureaucrats. It’s an
interesting take on the creation of the Rebellion
that gives R2’s role far more significance without
having to rewrite history.

chad writes, On September 12th, Fox will be releasing the original theatrical versions of the first Star Wars trilogy on DVD. While this is just a way for George Lucas to extort even more money from his fan base, it will be nice to finally see Greedo shoot second.

Wow. I’ve never seen so many submissions in the queue before. Here’s the official press release.