The "Star Wars" Vault: Thirty Years of Treasures from the Lucasfilm Archives
Club Jade (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The episode guide says something about “undead warriors.” Death Troopers, what have you wrought? (Also, Lumiya.) Meanwhile, Underwire has a peek behind the scenes at at Lucasfilm Animation.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From the geniuses at ThinkGeek Labs, the furry Tauntaun responsible for saving Luke Skywalker from Hoth’s harsh climate will soon be providing warmth for long winter nights right here on Earth. Originally displayed on the ThinkGeek website as an April Fool's Day joke, the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag quickly became a favorite of bloggers, prompting tens of thousands of...
eWeek (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris present a lot for the typical smartphone user to like, including crisp call quality and excellent battery life. A few kinks aside, the Google Android operating system seems versatile and able to handle most minute-to-minute needs in the productivity, communication and entertainment qualities. Despite a few form-factor issues that could make the...
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Somewhere deep within the Skywalker Ranch servers, Gen. Grievous’ Trade Federation flagship The Malevolence sits, mothballed in eternal 3-D hibernation, alongside Anakin Skywalker’s command ship, The Resolute. See also: Resident Evil 5 Offers Sneak Peek at Avatar’s ‘Virtual Camera’ Virtual Sets Move Hollywood Closer to Holodeck While they wait to be called into battle...
MacEvangelism (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
THQ Wireless today announced Star Wars: Trench Run is now available for download globally on iTunes for $4.99. The game, developed by leading studio Infrared5 in conjunction with Lucasfilm Ltd., leverages the iPhone platform to deliver simple motion controls and realistic game play to enable players to recreate one of their favorite scenes from Star [...] 1 Vote(s)
iPhone News Tracker (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
THQ Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of THQ Inc., today announced Star Wars™: Trench Run is now available for download globally on iTunes for $4.99. The game, developed by leading studio Infrared5 in conjunction with Lucasfilm Ltd., leverages the iPhone platform to deliver simple motion controls and realistic game play to enable players to recreate [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of THQ Inc., (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced Star Wars™: Trench Run is now available for download globally on iTunes for $4.99. The game, developed by leading studio Infrared5 in conjunction with Lucasfilm Ltd., leverages the iPhone platform to deliver simple motion controls and realistic game play to enable players to recreate one of...
The Beard Trio (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Technology and movie-making have always gone hand in hand but the latest breakthroughs are changing the very nature of the process. Those in the industry say that thanks to the role of graphics processing units (GPUs), the director's vision can be more fully realised. It also means that special effects teams are involved in the making of the movie at a far earlier stage. In the past, their creations...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Photo: Lucasfilm/Disney There’s a bunch of new print ads out for Disney’s Star Wars Weekends, and they’re pretty funny. See Darth Vader wait in line, Ewoks get denied, TIE fighters at airport gates and more at The Chive.
Musing Minds (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It’s my Little Guy’s ninth birthday today. As he is a big fan of Star Wars The Clone Wars his morning present was a complete Star Wars the Clone Wars bedding set. He was really happy. Yay! *** I have received no compensation or consideration from Target, Jay Franco, George Lucas, Lucasfilm, or starwars.com. I went [...]
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
If you own an Nintendo Wii, then you have one of those ugly Wii sensor bars on top of your television. It kinda looks like the ugly cousin of the lightbar from the Kitt Knight Rider car. LucasFilm has officially licensed a Darth Vader figure which acts as a Wii SEnsorbar holder. The sensorbar is inserted into Vader's red lightsaber. You can read a press release after the jump. POWER A INTRODUCES OFFICIALLY...
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
From 1933, an article claims that this photo depicts a steel horse designed by an Italian inventor that could be used to teach (fez-wearing) children to ride. James Gurney explains here why he thinks it was a hoax. And a few more links: 1. Photos from the Lucasfilm/ILM Halloween party, including Mugatu from Zoolander. 2. A griffon runs amok in the Wild West. 3. Luke Toastwalker (Luke makes a very...
SFist (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Tarik Saleh's 'Metropia' by Amy Crocker This year’s San Francisco International Animation Festival , running through Sunday, explores the decidedly un-Hollywood side of the art form. From demonstrating Los Angeles traffic scenarios, to an anime documentary about samurai, cartoons are not just for singing princesses. "I’m interested in showing the margins of what animation is,”...
TheForce.Net (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
This week, we welcome Lucasfilm's Steve Sansweet back to the ForceCast. Steve drops by to talk about his latest book, 1,000 Collectibles , and to offer up a few bits of Celebration V and Clone Wars news. We also catch up on some of the latest Star Wars pop cultures references and continue our look back on Fan Days III.
TheForce.Net (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The most action-packed episode of The Clone Wars yet ( Landing at Point Rain ) sets the stage for heated discussion on this edition of the ForceCast Clone Wars Roundtable with special guests: RalphMcQuarrie.com's Paul Bateman and official Lucasfilm artist Spencer Brinkerhoff.
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