LaughingPlace reports that once again John Williams has declined the opportunity to provide any original music for a Disney attraction, this time declining to score Star Tours II: The Adventures Continue (Williams was not involved in the original Star Tours or any of the Indiana Jones attractions). Instead, the awesome Michael Giacchino has been tapped [...]

George Lucas was joined onstage by Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill this morning in Orlando during “The Main Event” at Celebration V. Aside from the announcement that the entire saga will hit blu-ray in 2011, the trio gave fans a long-awaited treat… StarWars.com informs us… “Star Wars fans were treated to a glimpse of bonus [...]

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One of the longest-running Disneyland rumors got another boost this week when news resurfaced of an impending upgrade to the dated Star Tours ride, which debuted at the Anaheim theme park in 1987. A look back at the many hints dropped in recent years of the imminent arrival of Star Tours 2.0: April 2005 – [...]

ImprovEverywhere rocks, and their latest mission where they re-enact the Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope on a New York City subway car is priceless. Watch it here! Related posts Williams=Awesome,Not Fun / Giacchino=Awesome,Fun (0) Missing Scene From JEDI Will Extend Your Saber!!! (0) Finally – [...]

Looks like you’ll have to get your “David Prowse IS Darth Vader” autographs elsewhere… From PROWSE: It is with regret that I have been informed by my friends at C2 Ventures, Ben and Phillip, that I am not to be invited to C5 this year or any other Lucas Film associated events. After enquiring, the [...]

This is a step in the right direction but I personally sill need two things: REX to return as our pilot as well as an option to travel on the “classic” journey to Endor. Kathy Rogers, Senior Show Producer at Walt Disney Imagineering, gave a huge update on the reimagining of Star Tours today. The [...]

To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, LucasArts has released a slew of Star Wars-themed Xbox avatar items, including Boba Fett, Lando and my personal fave, the Tauntaun pet. See the whole list below (with more images), and check back tomorrow to get ‘em all!! Related posts Williams=Awesome,Not Fun / Giacchino=Awesome,Fun [...]

I picked up Gentle Giant’s Admiral Ackbar bust really cheap the other day and was. Of course, in sharing such a find, it elicited a host of “It’s a Trap” responses from people. So I went looking for fun Ackbar videos, enjoying the Robot Chicken sketches, and then found this one that I hadn’t seen. [...]

Star Wars Uncut is almost ready for primetime. The project is fused with 15-second clips created by fans who essentially remade Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but preserved the existing audio. It’s a mix of live-action, animation, LEGO stop-motion, action figure, dogs and other wacky elements and it’s absolutely amazing. Check out the [...]