Author: Dunc

The administrator of this facility. Not the only Club Jader, just the one who posts the most. Also tweets too much. Hates bios.
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Variety on George

Variety has done a profile on George Lucas, and TFN talks them into putting it online for free. Pretty cool.

George Lucas answers to no man. Indeed, his autonomy is unique in the history of the entertainment industry: Even Walt Disney had to cope with his skinflint brother Roy.

Lucas turns 61 in May, the same month “Revenge of the Sith,” the sixth and probably last “Star Wars” picture, makes its bow. But the visionary filmmaker has no clear plans to make any more films — at least none of the obviously commercial variety.

And while he has started up several self-sufficient companies — effects shop ILM, sound firm THX, etc. — it’s not clear that he will turn his focus to any of them. Instead, his peripatetic mind seems eager to blaze new frontiers.

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Canon-Bending, yay!

I don’t know about anyone else, but the EU item I’m most looking forward to right now is Visionaries. Having long been a fan of alternate universes and concept art, this looks like it may be the one of most original things to come out of Dark Horse in years. Having the actual concept artists along for the ride can’t hurt either.

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Battlestar Galactica: decornified and cheese-free

I’ve been terribly lax in writing about the new Battlestar Galactica series. It’s excellent, and if you’re not watching it, I beg you to give it a try. Sci-Fi is playing the first 5 episodes of the series (all that’s aired in the US so far) Tuesday night, starting at 7, and the miniseries/pilot is available on DVD. New episodes air Friday night at ten and rerun Mondays at the same time.

The showrunner, Ron Moore, keeps a blog, and it’s well worth reading. I especially enjoy his entry on the first episode, 33. Down with fanboy technobabble!

I’ve seen a few episodes of the original, and heard of original fans going up in arm over the changes that were made, but almost everyone I’ve spoken to has embraced the new series. Give it a try. Please.