The official site explains the why and how of the Revenge DVD’s Hip Hop Yoda Easter Egg.
(And if you can’t access the Easter Egg on your DVD, you can watch the video on Google.)
Good week for Lucasfilm’s pocketbook
The double-punch of the Revenge of the Sith DVD and Battlefront II have generated $210 million dollars so far.
ETA: Records! Shattered!
Massive and maniacal
How Stuff Works tackles another object from the galaxy far, far away – The Death Star. (via Metafilter.)
For a more realistic interpretation behind the scenes, check out PC World’s interview with ILM’s Brian Gernand.
Why the ROTS DVD will show up as “Charlotte” on your computer. Thanks to the DVD, rumors are also flying about a digital Yoda replacing the puppet in TPM.
And finally, TFN is reporting that John Hollis, who played Lobot in ESB, passed away last month.
About that DVD…
Look sir, exclusives! Why does Walmart always get the interesting stuff? Damn you, Walmart!
ETA: TFN reports that the Walmart bonus DVD costs extra – the movie alone is $14.99, while the version bundled with the bonus DVD is $19.99.
I loved you!
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll play it again: Romance of the Jedi, a trailer that remixes footage from ROTS to present it as a love story between Anakin and Obi-Wan.
Also be sure to check out the trailer for Shining, a heartwarming family tale starring Jack Nicholson! (via SF Signal)
ETA: The original link is dead: here’s another.
ROTS wins some glory
Considering there will probably not be anything beyond the possibility of a technical Oscar for Revenge of the Sith, we are pleased to report that Revenge of the Sith was named Hollywood Movie of the Year for 2005. (It knocked out Batman Begins and War of the Worlds for the honor.)
And while one might argue that the Star Wars internet presence swayed the voting just a bit (it’s voted on by the public), there still had to be some non-geek support to get this through. So we’ll go with being pleased by the award.
Those living in the Southern California area might wish to note that Uncle George, himself, will be accepting the award on Monday, the 24th.
Time to dust off that flannel!
Star Wars Newswatch
Two days in a row… Apparently, there’s a DVD coming out or something?
Stormtroopers in Times Square to promote Battlefront II. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared it officially Star Wars Day.
TFN tells us Brtish network Sky Movies has the rights to run all six films. Except TFN forgets to mention the whole British thing.
More pirated versions of ROTS will be turning up any day now. Entire internet says “duh.”
Details, details…
Starwars.com has posted Inside the DVD: Revenge of the Sith – details of the movie extras. Personally, what I need most? The actual movie. I can’t find a complete set of screencaps for the life of me.
Pssst…
I’ve heard that you can find screencaps of some of the deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith. But you totally didn’t hear it from me.
Fox limits ROTS distribution
Stores aren’t getting as many copies of Revenge of the Sith as they expect – Fox is limiting distribution to save on returns.