Scifi wire has the full story. Can’t blame him really. What with all the expanded Star Wars universe stuff out there (books, games, comics, etc). It’s already been done, and done well. Speculation/Hopes for his next project (after Episode III in 2005, of course)?

As with so many marketing machines these days, often more advance knowledge can be gained from the marketing than from any normal press release. Such is the case with the still-untitled second episode of \”Star Wars.\” These ultra-spiffy busts of the cast of SW2 were computer-generated, and while they don\’t tell us too much about the story of the second movie, they\’re still fun to look at.

Also: I hate to burst Lucas\’ bubble, but he\’s not the first one to use this technology to make licensed character toys. The WWF, of all people, have been doing it for a while.

Martial artist and sometimes actor Ray Park (Darth Maul, and Toad from last year’s X-Men movie) is set to play the title role in the movie adaptation of Marvel Comics’ “Iron Fist” title, according to the inevitable news story.

Nope, still no DVD release. I don’t think they’re planning that until, oh, 2006. In the meantime, the annual “new” edition of the Star Wars video tapes is out, and reviewed over here. There’s a very brief snippet of documentary video that spoils almost nothing about Episode II; if you want to see what you’re (not) missing, go read that review.

At long last, Lucasfilm has finally realized that fan-produced films aren’t at all omens of the Dark Side. Instead of suing them out of existence, there’s now an official home for ’em. Internet film distributor AtomFilms will handle the technical side of distributing fun farces like the Cops-inspired Troops and, if we’re lucky, even “Dark Redemption.” The site, when it opens up, will be over here.

As Dark Lord of the Sith, Vader was responsible for governing untold billions of people. He could surely whip our sorry United States, and its paltry 260 million, right into shape. Visit campaign headquarters.

fiziko writes, “In the spirit of cool things done with sci fi stuff, here’s a page with all the links and software you need to make some great looking Star Wars images. It’s free, and very high-quality. (It uses POV-Ray.)” The front-page graphics look nifty, but the inevitable image gallery isn’t there yet. Still, for the technically inclined among us, this is promising.