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I haven’t seen Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3-D yet (which came out this past Friday). That no doubt comes as a shock to everyone who knows me as being perhaps too much of a Star Wars fan for one’s own good. Perhaps this coming week or so is when I’ll finally check it out. In the meantime…

A few days ago Timothy Sexton authored this intriguing – and no doubt controversial – essay in which he argues that the “prequel trilogy” of the Star Wars saga is better than the three originals which George Lucas produced between 1977 and 1983. It is Sexton’s contention that Episodes I, II and III “are deeper, better structured, and more politically astute than the final three. Not only is that why the prequel is superior, it is also a pretty decent elucidation of the original trilogy’s greater popularity.”

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George, George, George… I love your movies. I still love your movies, no matter what you do to them. I can’t wait to share them with my children someday. But how do I put this?

Ummmm… who do you think you’re kidding?!?

George Lucas is now claiming that Han Solo did NOT shoot first, and NEVER did, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

So in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past fifteen years: in the original version of the first Star Wars movie that we had for twenty years from 1977 on, Han Solo clearly shoots bounty hunter Greedo at (nearly) point-blank range in the Mos Eisley cantina.

Here’s the original scene…

Then when Lucas rolled out the “Special Editions” in 1997, the scene was edited so it looks like Greedo shot first, then Han returns fire. Apparently Han shooting first made ...

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“Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even stop the ones he cared about from dying.”

— Supreme Chancellor Palpatine,
talking to Anakin Skywalker
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

If you are a fan of Star Wars to whatsoever degree at all, leave your chair right now and IMMEDIATELY go to your nearest bookstore and buy a copy of James Luceno’s Star Wars: Darth Plagueis. Or go to Amazon.com and order a copy from there. However the heck you must, well… you must! Because Star Wars: Darth Plagueis wildly exceeded my ridiculously high expectations for this novel: a ...

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I am actually genuinely surprised that my good friend Brian (aka Darth Larry) had nothing to do with this, since he’s a bigger Star Wars geek than even I am and also an accomplished cello player!

Here’s the video that has musicians and saga fans alike everywhere talking today…

Thanks to Geoff Gentry for being the first among many to pass this along šŸ™‚...

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But I got to see it last month at a/perture cinema in Winston-Salem, along with Forcery co-producer Ed Woody and star Chad Austin, who appears a LOT throughout The People vs. George Lucas as, well… George Lucas!

The screening was on September 12th. Why didn’t I write about it sooner? Because it still hasn’t sunk in yet: that was my film Forcery, the idea for which hit just over ten years ago (I began writing the script on the night before 9/11), and my most life-long best friend playing George Lucas on the big screen as part of this multi-award winning documentary that has played at film festivals all around the world!

But as surreal as the experience was, that was mild compared to watching Melody Hallman Daniel‘s performance as Frannie Filks from Forcery, which The People vs. George Lucas is exceptionally peppered with! In fact, ...

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It was all the way back in 2005, when Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was hitting theaters, that James Luceno first mentioned he was interested in writing a novel about Darth Plagueis. Plagueis, as we know, was the Sith Master of Darth Sidious: AKA Palpatine. And that’s darn nearly all that we’ve ever come to know about the mentor of one of fiction’s most infamous villains.

Well the novel has been on-again and off-again, but Star Wars: Darth Plagueis is hitting shelves this coming December 27th. And today we finally get to see what the cover looks like!

Behold the Dark Side in its glory…

That cover is… stunning. Just as much as I have been dying to read this book I have wondered how the cover art would be handled and it wildly exceeded anything that I was expecting. Just look at that: ...

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And their mad skillz with the legendary Star Wars weaponry garnered wild applause for Tom Costello and Ryan Angco! Unfortunately while their classmates were thrilled with the mock combat, the principal of Westfield High School in Massachusetts – perhaps seduced by the Dark Side – suspended seniors Tom Costello and Ryan Angco and declared that they wouldn’t participate with their classmates at graduation!

But thanks to a groundswell of support from a Facebook group, Principal Raymond K. Broderick has turned back to the Light Side and rescinded the suspensions, so Tom and Ryan get to walk at graduation and get their sheepskins after all.

Here’s the story from WHDH and here’s the report from WWLP…

This story gives me a new hope that ridiculous “zero tolerance” policies will once and for all be thrown over the railing and into the abyss where they belong! Principal Broderick, my hat’s tipped ...

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Good friend Deborah Taylor (who was previously known as Deborah Wilson šŸ™‚ and her husband Dennie found this uproariously funny video and I just had to share it with y’all…

Y’know, Benny Hinn is known for pulling off mind tricks. And didn’t he once claim he could keep people from dying, just like Darth Plagueis was reputed to be capable of? Maybe there’s something to this….

I’m only wondering what should Hinn’s Sith title be. “Darth Pantene” perhaps?...

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This video made my day! While at Disneyland with her family Sariah Gallego got picked to jump on the stage of the Jedi Training Academy feature. But this was one girl who wasn’t satisfied with being a mere Padawan learner! No, she wanted something… more. She wanted to follow her passion. Even if that meant turning to the Dark Side of the Force.

And so in front of everybody including no less a person than Mace Windu, Sariah swore allegiance to Darth Vader and became his Sith apprentice! Behold the video…

Don’t know what else to say but… you go girl!! šŸ™‚...

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