Star Wars World Premiere: Photos and Torch-Passings
Yes, the Star Wars: The Force Awakens world premiere was held last night in Los Angeles, and Hollywood turned out for the passing of the light saber. Let’s go …..
Posts tagged: George Lucas
Star Wars Notes: Out With the Old (Lucas) and In With the New (Ridley and Boyega)
George Lucas is at peace, more or less, with his new role of outsider as the frenzy builds for the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Or so he …..
They Scanned American Pharoah’s Heart and You Won’t Believe What They Found
A high-tech scan of the colt's internal organs showed that he could be a Triple Crown winner.
Mark Hamill Is Getting Fit for the Next Star Wars Movie, Maybe
The once-young hero of Star Wars is not so young any more. Can they whip him back into shape for the new sequels?
What’s Queen Elizabeth Up to Lately? A Photo Extravaganza
Because you can never have enough photos of the Queen.
How One Large Omelet Led to Disney Buying Lucasfilm
Young George Lucas probably didn’t imagine he’d sell his empire to Disney for $4 billion someday. Here’s how it happened.
David Bowie and Labyrinth
Let’s talk about the movie Labyrinth. Let’s talk about behind the scenes of Labyrinth.
Danny Devito Now Looks More Like Danny Devito Than Ever
Just a nice photo: Danny DeVito pauses for a photo with a London fan.
George Lucas Has Finished His Own Version of ‘Casablanca’
Rick’s Cafe becomes Rick’s Cantina in George Lucas’s new reissue of the Hollywood classic.
Ralph McQuarrie, Original ‘Star Wars’ Designer, Dies at 82
His spectacular drawings helped convince 20th Century Fox execs to finance the very first film.
The Phantom Menace: Dreadful, Calamity, or Just Pretty Bad?
Critics hate the 3D reissue of The Phantom Menace. Let’s enjoy!
Star Wars: The Crowdsourced Version
What happens when hundreds of people send in homemade 15-second clips from Star Wars and it all gets stitched together? Magic! Sort of.
George Lucas Strikes Back!
Finally we find out what really happened to George Lucas.
Chewbacca is 67!
Peter Mayhew, who played furry sidekick Chewbacca in the original Star Wars movies, turns 67 today.
Happy Birthday, John Williams!
Today is the birthday of composer John Williams of movie soundtrack fame. He turns 79.
Millions of people — maybe billions of people — have heard the music of John Williams, whose first movie score was for 1960s Because They’re Young.
During the 1970s, we learned to love Williams for the music in big disaster movies such as The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and The Poseidon Adventure.
Irvin Kershner, ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Director, Dead at 87
Irvin Kershner, who directed the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, has died after a long illness
Lawrence Kasdan on Writing ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
When I finished Raiders of the Lost Ark, I took the script up to George to give to him. I was very ceremonial back then.
The ‘Star Wars’ Audition Tapes
Blast from the distant past: Kurt Russell tries out for the part of Han Solo in Star Wars…