Star Wars

Photo of Carrie Fisher, Stunt Double from “Return of the Jedi”

source: Slice of SciFi

If you’re a “Star Wars” fan of a certain age, you may recall a certain scene in “Return of the Jedi” in which Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia wore a certain metal bikini. Earlier this week, Kottke found this on-set image of the filming of the third installment in the original trilogy, showing F...

Published Fri, Nov 6

Trick or Treat a Star Wars Mini Comic

source: StarWars.com

This Halloween look for comic book shops and cool neighbors handing out this spooky comic about Han Solo and Chewbacca!

Published Tue, Oct 27

New 3-D Star Wars Trilogy = Worst Movie Rumor of All Time. Today in Film Bloggery 10/22/09

source: blog.spout.com

I nearly had a stroke as my inner geek (which looks a lot like my outer geek) heard that Lucasfilm was planning on remastering the Star Wars films in 3D, and that a new Trilogy was planned.

Published Thu, Oct 22

Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction

source: io9

At the tender age of thirteen I was handed a copy of the first novel in the Hitchhikers Guide trilogy. This became a life-long love affair with not only all of Adams' work, but with speculative fiction as a genre. For the uninitiated, Adams' comically misnamed trilogy is a series of five books...

Published Sun, Oct 18

NMag - review scores

source: Go Nintendo

Metroid Prime Trilogy - 9.5 The Beatles: Rock Band - 8.5 Dead Space Exctraction - 8.0 Guitar Hero 5 - 8.0 Spyborgs - 7.0 MySims Agents - 7.0 FIFA 10 - 6.5 Spectrobes: Der Ursprung - 6.5 One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 2 - 6.5 Contra ReBirth (WiiWare) - 7.5 Super Star Wars (Virtual Console) - 8.0

Published Thu, Oct 15

Top 10 unanswered questions in sci-fi/fantasy movies

source: FlickMojo.com

2. The Empire Strikes Back: Time dilation - Luke and R2D2 leave Hoth to go to Dagobah at the same time Han, Leia, Chewbacca, and C3PO leave to go… well, they never really say what their initial destination is. Anyway, on Dagobah, Luke embarks on an intensive Jedi training course with Yoda — it’...

Published Fri, Sep 25

TGIF: The wrath of gigantic George

source: Club Jade

Watch out, Jabba! (This, and many more behind-the-scenes shots from the original trilogy, can be found at the Star Wars Rare Vintage Photos group on Facebook.) Watch out, Jabba! (This, and many more behind-the-scenes shots from the original trilogy, can be found at the Star Wars Rare Vin...

Published Fri, Sep 18

30 Real Animals with Science Fiction Names

source: io9

Erechthias beeblebroxi (Zaphod Beeblebrox - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) Han solo (Han Solo) Agathidium vaderi (Darth Vader) Darthvaderum (Darth Vader) Polemistus chewbacca, P. vaderi, and P. yoda (Chewbacca, Darth Vader, and Yoda)

Published Thu, Aug 20