Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Finally realizing that they’ve only got a season left on their most buzzworthy bit of original programming (Sorry Flash) and there’s only so far they can stretch it, the Sci-Fi Channel has given Battlestar Galactica prequel/spinoff Caprica the go-ahead. Ron Moore and David Eick are on board, and production will begin in Vancouver this spring. I doubt there will be folk-singing Cylons, but you never know.
And don’t forget to tune into Letterman tonight for the BSG top ten!
Spike TV has been advertising Star Wars for a few weeks now, and now we have some definite times for the movie showings… The Phantom Menace will start Friday, April 4 at 8pm, with Attack of the Clones following on Saturday at the same time, and Revenge of the Sith Sunday. A New Hope starts Friday, April 11, with Empire Strikes Back on Saturday and Return of the Jedi on Sunday. All six will be shown in HD where available.
They paid a record fee ($65-70 million) for the rights to run the whole saga back in 2005.
UPDATE: Spike’s advertising, including billboards, on StarWars.com.
The author, whose best-known work is the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, died last night in Sri Lanka.
Coming Soon and StarWars.com weren’t the only folks talking to George at ShoWest – Entertainment Weekly got to sit down with the Maker as well. Although mostly focused on the two TV shows, he also talks Indy IV and Red Tails.
I hope they throw the poor guy a rave at Celebration Japan. Imagine a whole room of them! (via)
Coming Soon gets to talk to George Lucas. He talks about The Clone Wars and the live action series, which we won’t be seeing until 2010, now. He even talks about the EU, sort of:
But there’s no story past “Episode VI”, there’s just no story. It’s a certain story about Anakin Skywalker and once Anakin Skywalker dies, that’s kind of the end of the story. There is no story about Luke Skywalker, I mean apart from the books. But there’s three worlds: There’s my world that I made up, there’s the licensing world that’s the books, the comics, all that kind of stuff, the games, which is their world, and then there’s the fans’ world, which is also very rich in imagination, but they don’t always mesh. All I’m in charge of is my world. I can’t be in charge of those other people’s world, because I can’t keep up with it.
“They don’t always mesh.” Understatement of year! But hey, we knew what we were getting into, right?
Right?
…Never going to do that again. Pie charts forever! In any case, the results are clear: 30% opted to go back and make lots of money on IBM stock. 16% of you would go all the way to the End of the Universe, and 14% would skip ahead to the Star Trek era. Optimism! 14% of you would go back to the 1800’s (pretty dress!) 11% opted for the Renaissance, and 8% for the time of the Pharaohs. As for the final option, well… Go ahead to predict Super Bowl winners? Both of us missed that typo. In any case, I feel confident enough to predict that my hometown team (the Lions) isn’t going to get there any time soon. Fail team is fail!
Our new poll concerns some recent claims regarding the Star Wars live-action TV show. Vote early and as often as your IP will allow!
For the Be Kind, Rewind Youtube competition. Be sure to check out the props and production sketches. (via)
Because of the low turnout (and also my terminal forgetfulness in thinking up a new one) the time travel poll shall remain open throughout Sunday. You don’t need to know anything about Stargate to make the choice, so vote now!
Meanwhile, please feel free to drop suggestions for future polls in this entry. I have a few ideas, but it never hurts to stockpile!