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CFQ Ultra-Lounge Podcast, Volume 2, Episode 45.2: Star Wars, The Walking Dead, and the Curse of Continuity
STAR WARS is back again – this time on home video – and a look at the 1977 original reminds Cinefantastique Podcasters Lawrence French, Dan Persons, and Steve Biodrowski that, despite having been retitled A NEW HOPE, the first film still works best as a stand-alone original, not as part four in an on-going franchise [...]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Ashley Eckstein: New York Comic Con 2011 Video
DC, Marvel, Dark Horse all claimed significant shares of turf at this year’s New York Comic Con, but only STAR WARS staked out its own universe, incorporating numerous vendors within the confines of its expansive area (including Hallmark, for all your limited-edition Xmas ornament needs).
And there in the midst of it was Ashley Eckstein — [...]
Sam Witwer is Darth Maul
BEING HUMAN star to voice resurrected Sith character on animated CLONE WARS
Let the Haunts Commence & Droids in the Hood: CFQ’s Black Hole Ultra-Lounge 2:38.2
La Llarona swallows a victim at Halloween Horror Nights.
Following their discussion of DREAM HOUSE, Steve Biodrowski and Dan Persons took a few minutes to discuss this year’s Halloween haunt at the Universal Studios theme park and the upcoming, STAR WARS-themed photo book, Dark Lens. Also, Dan sends a personal greeting to one of our far-flung [...]
Star Wars Re-Re-Redux & The Infectious World of Biothrillers: CFQ’s Black Hole Ultra-Lounge 2:35.2
After discussing the goods & bads of Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION, Lawrence French and Dan Persons take a few minutes to debate George Lucas’ motivations for constantly revising his STAR WARS saga and continue to explore CONTAGION’s place in the highly virulent universe of biothriller films. Click the player to hear the conversation.
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La-La Land: ‘Yesterday Was A Lie’ CD
Soundtrack CD Indie SF Thriller with STAR TREK/WARS alums, plus SALE on SF Action titles.
‘Star Wars’ Saga to go 3-D
A great distubance in the Force as STAR WARS is to be subjected to 3-D conversion.
Mark Hamill Never Shot the “Jedi” Lightsaber Deleted Scene
It turns out it wasn’t Mark Hamill in that recently-uncovered RETURN OF THE JEDI scene after all
Deleted ‘Return of the Jedi’ Scene, From Blu-ray
This clip, cut from RETURN OF THE JEDI, shows Darth Vader calling telepathically to Luke Skywalker, and reveals the new Jedi completing work of his new lightsaber.
Shown at the STAR WARS Celebration V in Florida, it will be included in upcoming the RETURN OF THE JEDI Blue-Ray release.
Enjoy it while it’s up.
Gary Kurtz on Star Wars
Did STAR WARS take a very different path than it might have, primarily because of merchandising concerns? Producer Gary Kurtz says that is indeed the case, confirming (or re-confirming) many fan’s suspicions.
This year is the 30th anniversary of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and Kurtz will be a guest at the LucasFilm sponsored STAR WARS Celebration V in Orlando, Florida [...]
‘Star Wars’ TV Series On Hold
Making it’s way just now across the internet are remarks from George Lucas from May, indicating that his proposed STAR WARS TV series is on indefinite stand-by.
“The live action TV show is kind of on hold because we have scripts, but we don’t know how to do ‘em. Because, they literally are STAR WARS, only [...]
Sense of Wonder: Was Hollywood ruined by Star Wars and Jaws?
A couple days ago, R. Patrick Alberty weighed in on the subject of whether JAWS (1975) ruined the modern Hollywood blockbuster. The inspiration for Alberty’s piece was this editorial by Ross Douthat, defending JAWS and STAR WARS against charges made by John Podhoretz and David Edelstein. I wanted to weigh in on the subject, not [...]
