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  • September 2008

    • UK University Helps Students Learn Ways of the Jedi

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 11, 08 7:57 PM CDT

      UK University Helps Students Learn Ways of the Jedi

      (Newser) - The force will now be with university students: Queen’s University in Belfast is offering a new course on Jedi knights that it hopes will impart universal lessons to students, be they fans of Star Wars or not, the Telegraph reports. The one-day class, entitled “Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way,” promises to teach “real-life psychological techniques behind Jedi mind tricks.” More »

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      education  • university  • Star Wars  • Jedi

  • August 2008

    • Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot

      Variety  |  Aug 24, 08 6:41 PM CDT

      Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot

      (Newser) - Tropic Thunder banked $16.1 million to become the third flick this summer to win two straight weekend box office crowns, Variety reports. Sorority laffer The House Bunny earned $15.1 million to debut in second, followed by Universal’s remake of Death Race ($12.3 million), The Dark Knight  ($10.3 million), and the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars ($5.6 million). More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • box office  • movies  • The Dark Knight  • Star Wars  • Jack Black  • Ben Stiller  • Robert Downey Jr.

    • Thunder Rolls at Box Office

      Variety  |  Aug 17, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Thunder Rolls at Box Office

      (Newser) - Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder bombarded the box office this weekend by banking $26 million in top spot, Variety reports. Batman flick The Dark Knight fell to second but raked in $16.8 million and became the second-highest grossing domestic pic ever. Filling out the top five were Star Wars: The Clone Wars , Mirrors , and Pineapple Express , Bloomberg reports. Woody Allen's Vicky Cristinia Barcelona debuted on 692 screens and came in tenth. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • box office  • movies  • The Dark Knight  • Star Wars  • Jack Black  • Ben Stiller  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Tropic Thunder

    • Force is Weak in Clone Wars

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 15, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Force is Weak in Clone Wars

      (Newser) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars fills a gap in the saga's chronology, and although the animated feature may give devoted Lucasfilm fans their fix before the TV series launches this fall, the oddly lifeless movie "isn't the Star Wars we've known and loved, Todd McCarthy writes in Variety. More »

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      movie review  • Star Wars  • science fiction  • George Lucas  • animated movie  • Samuel L. Jackson  • Darth Vader  • Lucasfilm

  • June 2008

    • I, (Gay) Robot? Radar Rates the Androids

      Radar  |  Jun 29, 08 2:44 PM CDT

      I, (Gay) Robot? Radar Rates the Androids

      (Newser) - Gay marriage in California and Brokeback Mountain's emergence on the opera scene all point to an America that’s "getting its gay on," writes Evan Mulvihill in Radar —including its androids. Using a 'Homometer' (0: asexual; 1: beer and steak; 5: bisexual; 10: flaming), he takes a look at cinema’s most fabulous robots. R2-D2, C-3P0, Star Wars : 9 Hal, 2001: A Space Odyssey : 7   More »

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      robots  • Star Wars  • science fiction  • gays

  • April 2008

    • Leia & Solo's On-Set Romp

      Sun (UK)  |  Apr 29, 08 11:08 AM CDT

      Leia & Solo's On-Set Romp

      (Newser) - Princess Leia has finally 'fessed up to some off-camera laser-play with Han Solo during the filming of Star Wars , the Sun reports. "I went on the film saying ‘I’m going to have an affair,’ like it was a kiwi, an exotic fruit," Carrie Fisher tells the British show Bring Back , "because I’d never had one!"  She confesses to having a crush on co-star Harrison Ford. More »

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      affair  • romance  • Harrison Ford  • Star Wars  • Carrie Fisher

    • Stormtrooper Designer, Lucas Head to Court

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 7, 08 7:59 AM CDT

      Stormtrooper Designer, Lucas Head to Court

      (Newser) - George Lucas and the man who invented the stormtrooper costume are headed for a court battle over who has the right to make it, the Guardian reports. Lucasfilm is suing British prop designer Andrew Ainsworth, who recently discovered his original stormtrooper molds, and began selling replicas for some $3,600 each. “As far as I am concerned I am the original maker and I'm using the original molds,” says a defiant Ainsworth. More »

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      lawsuit  • copyright infringement  • Star Wars  • George Lucas  • Lucasfilm

  • January 2008

    • Reshuffling Yahoo Casts Off Another Exec

      New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 1:58 PM CST

      Reshuffling Yahoo Casts Off Another Exec

      (Newser) - Another key media honcho is leaving Yahoo, the latest casualty of the company’s effort to narrow focus and scale back peripheral operations. Vince Broady was a senior VP and headed Yahoo’s entertainment division. The New York Times Miguel Helft blogs that his departure is no surprise, given a December reshuffling that left him without a clear role. Dozens of Yahoo execs have left recently. More »

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      Yahoo  • media  • Harry Potter  • Jerry Yang  • Star Wars

  • November 2007

    • 10 Things a Kid Had to Have

      CNN  |  Nov 18, 07 4:50 AM CST

      10 Things a Kid Had to Have

      (Newser) - Demanding kids have been sending crazed parents on a quest for the must-have toy for decades, says CNN. A list of past faves that made shoppers go wild: Mr. Potato Head, 1952 Easy-Bake Oven, 1964 G.I. Joe with kung fu grip, 1974 More »

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      list  • children  • toys  • Star Wars  • gifts

    • Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

      Esquire  |  Nov 3, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

      (Newser) - Lord Voldemort is the Darth Vader of the 21st century—if you don’t know what that means, you could be at a massive cultural disadvantage in a decade or two. Esquire 's Chuck Klosterman claims he hasn’t read a page of the Harry Potter series—hearing Harry didn’t die at series’ end, he “wasn’t even aware he was sick”—and he doesn't want to. But he worries out loud that he'll be punished for opting out when readers grow up. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • culture  • Star Wars  • Voldemort

  • October 2007

    • Why Couldn’t Rowling Just Let Dumbledore Be?

      Time  |  Oct 23, 07 2:15 PM CDT

      Why Couldn’t Rowling Just Let Dumbledore Be?

      (Newser) - The outed Dumbledore is loveless and pathetic, says Time ’s John Cloud. He sees no progress for gay equality in JK Rowling's revelation, but rather a role model as problematic as Larry Craig. Shouldn’t the writer be happy with the news about Harry Potter’s heroic mentor? “Yes, except: Why couldn't he tell us himself?” More »

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      Harry Potter  • homosexuality  • Larry Craig  • JK Rowling  • Star Wars  • Star Trek  • Albus Dumbledore  • outing  • Mark Foley

    • May the Force Be on TV

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 17, 07 11:49 AM CDT

      May the Force Be on TV

      (Newser) - C-3PO, R2-D2…and TiVo? Star Wars mastermind George Lucas has “just begun work” on a live-action series TV series set in his storied universe. But don’t expect Luke to turn to the dark side in the pilot episode: Lucas is “taking chances” by not featuring anyone named Skywalker or Solo or Vader, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      television  • Star Wars  • George Lucas  • computer animation

    • Citizens Make Own Galaxy Far, Far Away

      Wired  |  Oct 2, 07 5:09 PM CDT

      Citizens Make Own Galaxy Far, Far Away

      (Newser) - One unemployed theater techie is giving Industrial Light & Magic a run for its money, bringing lightsaber skills to a Manhattan dance studio and “high personal ethics” to everyday geeks. New York Jedi braintrust Master Flynn teaches swordplay, along with meditation and yoga techniques, to men bearing replicas of the 20th century’s other iconic weapon, Wired reports. More »

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      Starbucks  • Manhattan  • Star Wars  • yoga  • light saber  • Jedi

  • August 2007

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