Our old buddy Gary Wood, the filmmaker behind Saving Star Wars, is doing something cool for the next week:Beginning today, August 23, through Friday, August 30, WoodWorks Films will donate $2.00 from every online viewing/rental of Saving Star Wars. We're excited to make this happen and hope you'll make this a Saving Star Wars/Make-A-Wish Weekend.
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So many things we celebrate on Geek Pride Day!

First, of course, it's the Glorious 25th of May, for all you Discworld fans.

It's also the 36th anniversary of the release of the original, non-Episode IV Star Wars. We weren't completely unprepared -- technically, Jaws was the first "blockbuster" -- but, besides being the coolest thing most of us ( Read more... )

Yes, Star Wars fans, once again it's that most magical time of the year: Time for the Disney's Hollywood Studios Star Wars Weekend Hyperspace Hoopla!

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• Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you*).
• Free Comic Book Day.
• Huge opening weekend for Iron Man 3.
• Fantastic image of the Horsehead Nebula that's gone semi-viral this week.
• The Kickstarter for the Dr. Demento documentary went nuts the last two days, and funded easily.
• And I got a book I did not know existed last week: the Nexus Omnibus Volume 1
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Sadness. Actor Richard LeParmentier has passed away at the age of 66.

For those of you who don't recognize him, here's a little reminder:

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Yep, good ol' loudmouth Admiral Motti was the first guy we ever saw get Force-choked.

LeParmentier worked in a number of other movies and TV shows (most notably Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), but without doubt ( Read more... )

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Disney to buy LucasFilm.

ETA: Fascinating speculation by Alyssa Rosenberg.

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Angry Birds: Star Wars Edition announced.

So, what edition of AB would you like, if any?

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How to watch the Star Wars movies and have them make sense and work better dramatically (thanks to Anne for the heads-up).

What are your favorite, and least favorite, scenes in the six main Star Wars films? I differentiate that because (for instance), though I think Ep 2: Attack of the Clones is by and large a piece of garbage (and it includes ( Read more... )