Quotables. Alice in Wonderland producer Richard D. Zanuck calls George Lucas “the Thomas Edison of our time.”
Weequay Thranta Fambaa. A girl on German game show can ID Lego action figures with her mouth. That’s a skill that’ll take her far. (via)
Under the stars. Take a peek at this Star Wars nursery.
Well, it is kind of true. Yoda is one of Cracked’s 6 famous movie wisemen who were totally full of shit.
@ Edison/Lucas: It makes for an interesting comparison, but the Lucas/Walt Disney resemblance is still much greater:
1. Entertainment empire – check.
2. Technological revolutionary – check.
3. Creator of pop culture idols – check.
4. Most successful when borrowing older story ideas – check.
5. Not a great artist – check.
6. Gave America back its innocence after a great depression- check.
All that’s missing is Star Wars Land, but I guess Star Tours 2 will do for the time being. ;-)