Hint: They’re in June
Star Wars in the news
501st: Mark Fordham of Utah in Rob Walker’s ‘Consumed’ column in The New York Times.
Tim Zahn: His Allegiance book tour got coverage in The Oregonian and The Lexington Herald-Leader
Irate Wookiee: Our headbutting friend gets around – papers all over the world are picking up the story. I’m sure LFL is overjoyed.
Anniversary! Champagne!
Ten years ago today, Greedo shot first for the first time – that is, on January 31st 1997, the A New Hope Special Edition was released, ushering us into the a new era of Star Wars fandom. A kinda scary era where it seemed everyone on the internet was obsessed with Han’s blaster and prequel spoilers and the ethics of CGIing twenty-year-old films.
Seriously though, for some of us the ANH SE was the first chance to wait in line and see (at least so we’d remember) Star Wars on the big screen. I can’t recall ever waiting in line for a movie before this – my friends and I rushed to the theater right after school to be first in line for the 6pm show, playing Egyptian Ratscrew for hours.
What’s your ANH SE story?
That’s my Vader!
You know, we all have these vast little conspiracy theories about the fabled live-action Star Wars TV show… Boba Fett, lil Luke, Bail and friends… but what if it was something far more ominous? What if it was… A sithcom?
Hey, worked for Chad, didn’t it?
Just how much is that sacred cloth worth?
Have you been saving your pounds? The time is rapidly approaching for the auction of notable British film costumes on March 6th.
Sir Alec Guinness’ Jedi robe, previously humiliated by being offered up as a monk’s robe rental, is expected to fetch £60,000.
That’s a lot of action figures!
I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah
Check out Attakus’ Dagobah Swamp Diorama. You know, I had some friends in college who had a basement that looked just like that…
Surprise! SW is #1
Rumor mill: Saga Sexy Time Box Set
An archiving seminar at Sundance (scroll down) hints at new footage for the next DVD release, perhaps including brand new footage? It’s pure rumor, right down to friend-of-a-friend, but you know fandom – we won’t put anything past George.
Feiner says he worked for three years cleaning up the Star Wars movies for release in 1998. “We were then contacted by Lucas to go into another 100 shots that we hadn’t done before. I basically said, ‘Why are we doing this? You released the picture.’ He said, ‘Well, we want to go in and clean up stuff we hadn’t done before.'”
That’s when he picked up on a bombshell: “I heard through another source, some friends of mine up at ILM (Lucas’ special-effects company), they were doing additional shots to get cut into a new version. I’ve never seen it, and I don’t know anybody outside of George and his small cadre that have seen it. I’m just making an assumption that they’re going to use this for some future release.”
There has long been suspicion that Lucas might try to further integrate elements of his prequel trilogy with the original tale of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. LucasFilm spokesman John Singh said late Tuesday: “There are always a wide range of rumors flying around about Star Wars. There have been a lot of tests done over the years to help ILM explore new technology, but we don’t have any plans for another Star Wars release.”
Sure you don’t, LFL. Sure you don’t.
Why would you make a movie like that?
Oklahoma State freshman basketball player Obi Muonelo doesn’t get the appeal of Star Wars.