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Adam Schickling created this rockin’ concept poster of what the original cast members of Star Wars might look like reprising their roles.
Completely unofficial obviously but something along these lines could be kinda sweet?
How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for 'Star Wars'
Wide-ranging feature from Devin Leonard in BusinessWeek. Covers a lot of ground. Leonard profiles both Lucas — including Lucas’s initial decision to retire, how he went about selling Lucasfilm, the pre-acquisition development of Episode VII — and Disney CEO Bob Iger. Really, really great stuff — read it all.
(But what’s up with those weirdo pull quotes? Why are they in Arial? Why are the W, D and sometimes O glyphs replaced with ones from the Walt Disney logo mark? Why are the baselines all jacked up? Just another unsolved mystery…)
So LEGO is releasing a new, 1,558 piece set in May. When constructed, you’ll get a model of Luke Skywalker’s X-wing fighter from Star Wars that’s a foot and a half wide and long.
Lorenz Lnggrtnr and Rene Hoffmeister have put together “Builders of Sound,” a large music boxy thing that plays a few bars of the Star Wars main theme with Lego dioramas of the movie.
While I’m busy working out how I’m going to steal it, Lnggrtnr has a lot of pictures and videos up.
"Darth Vader and Son"
Jeffrey Brown’s new children’s book “Darth Vader and Son” looks like a real hoot. Real charming illustrations.
BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS WILL COST $179.99 IN U.S. DOLLARS. I feel that I would be kind of a jerk if I didn’t let you know up front, before you start drooling over this, that it’ll cost an arm and a leg.
Now that you have been warned, feel free to start drooling all over this amazing R2-D2 LEGO kit coming out in May.
YouTube user bashthemonkey:
Our 4 year old, Faris, watched the Empire Strikes Back for the first time and this was his reaction to Luke finding out that Vader is his father….
I love it. You can see his mind warping.
(Via Anne K. Halsall.)
The Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray box set was released today. Like a lot of Star Wars re-releases, this one also contains some new modifications from the previous versions. Here’s one of them.
'Empire Strikes Back' deleted scene
Christian Blauvelt, EW.com:
”I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee”/”I can arrange that… You could use a good kiss!” wasn’t the original parting-shot in Han and Leia’s Echo Base lovers’ quarrel. In an early cut of the film, their squabble lasted much longer, and while that never-before-glimpsed deleted scene will be included on the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray (out Sept. 16), EW’s got it for you first.
The video is an exclusive so you’ll have to click through and watch it there. I’ll just say that the final version is a vast improvement.
Boba Fett’s helmet in the clutches of the sarlacc :o
One of my pieces made for “Stitch Wars Strikes Back” a group art show inspired by Star Wars. The show is at Bear and Bird boutique and gallery in Lauderhill FL. It runs from Aug 12th till Sep 25th. http://bearandbird.com/0811_StitchWarsStrikesBack/0811_StitchWars_webflyer_1200px.jpg
