Posted on May 25, 2012 at 12:40 pm
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, my mom gave me a preview ticket for a movie and I went knowing nothing about it except that it was made by the director of “American Graffiti” and co-starred Alec Guiness. It was the original Star Wars
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Roger Ebert reports that “Star Trek” captain William Shatner and “Star Wars” princess Carrie Fisher are engaged in a battle bigger than anything involving Klingons or The Empire — the relative merits of their two franchises. Check out the warring YouTube videos on Ebert’s blog — lots of fun for fans of either and both.
Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Just last week, I decided to watch the original 1977 “Star Wars” again and enjoyed it very much. I’ve lost count of how many times I have seen it, but I can tell you that when my then-fiance and I saw it in the theater, we sat through it twice. (How long has it been since you could do that?)
But, as an amusing and informative piece in Slate by Michael Agger points out, even a sturdy knowledge of the original trilogy is of no help at all when the younger generation is hooked on the latest iteration of the saga that takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Clone Wars
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 8:00 am
George Lucas can’t stop fiddling with “Star Wars.” This week’s highly anticipated Blu-Ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga
And the Ewoks now have CGI-enhanced eyes that blink.
Nikki Finke cheekily quotes from Lucas’ 1988 testimony before Congress to her story on the controversy:
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.
In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be “replaced” by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.
Attention should be paid to this question of our soul, and not simply to accounting procedures. Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see this generation as it saw itself, and the past generation as it saw itself.
Ross Lulppold of The Huffington Post has a funny piece with some other suggested changes Lucas might want to consider. Chewie in pants? Googly eyes for the Sarlaac? Stay tuned.
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 8:00 am
I love this commercial!
Thanks to my friend Sammie Young for sharing this with me.
