On the eve of a civil trial which would have (finally) started Monday, the family of the Star Wars Kid has settled for an undisclosed amount with the families of the students who loosed the footage on an unsuspecting world.
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Category Archives: Star Wars
Star Wars Television Series
A Star Wars television series is in the works, which will fill in the gap between episodes III and IV.
I sense a great disturbance in the Force….
Star Wars and Science
Lucas always identified Star Wars as science fantasy, but a current exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science uses the series to teach real science.
Star Wars: Fannish Rambling on Moot Points
Yeah, it’s Lucas’ world, and we just watch it. Still….
Dave has already written a review of Revenge of the Sith, which spurred lively discussion, and even one suggestion that Lucas perhaps shouldn’t write and direct these things. Let’s face it: the visuals are stupendous, and the emotional scenes, generally, stupid.
So…. Just for fun, let’s play Monday Night Quarterback, or How to Unfairly Belabor a Moot Point. Come on! Bureauites’ ideas for Enterprise awhile back were cool. If you were setting up the three prequels (with knowledge of the actual three films, of course), what would you have done?
Review: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
So the moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived, after some 27 years. Was it worth the wait?
Note: while the review tries to be spoiler-free, it’s almost a given that spoilers will abound in the discussion. Like it matters, because you’re all gonna see this movie no matter what I write.
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Incon-sith-stencies
As Sith opens, this article does a pretty good job of summarizing the main inconsistencies created by the Star Wars prequels.
Warning: Spoilers
Forbes compares Star Wars to Star Trek
Forbes.com is continuing Star Wars coverage
with Star
Wars vs. Star Trek, pitching the two best known
sci-fi franchises head to head. Which one comes out
on top?
Forbes covers Star Flops
Forbes.com has just
published this
article, detailing some entries in the Star
Wars universe that are significantly worse than
any of the prequels. It’s worth a look as we while
away the last week before episode 3.
Lego Star Wars – Revenge of the Brick
chad writes, The Lego Star Wars movie that was shown on the Cartoon Network last Sunday is now available online. View it here (or download directly from here [about 12MB]). It\’s got some funny parts, and I especially like how Obi-Wan and Anakin use the force to reconfigure their starfighters from scattered parts.
TV Review – “Star Wars: Clone Wars”
The first portion of the animated series is now on
DVD.
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