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 'Drunk' Ewoks Storm 
 Today Show, Blogosphere 

Halloween segment turns into fun-size free-for-all

Nov 1, 09 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The weekend's hottest viral video is a Today show segment that began with Halloween decorating tips and ended with a pair of Ewoks running wild. The Star Wars-themed show saw the Return of the Jedi supporting players earn a leading role by fighting, moonwalking, swilling a Boo-tini, and humping Al... More »

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television • NBC • Al Roker • Star Wars • Today show • drunk • live television • drunkenness • morning TV • Ewok • Return of the Jedi

 Best 
 Sci-Fi 
 Languages 

Wired declares Klingon the king of sci-fi slang

Aug 26, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Creators of true geek art follow JRR Tolkien’s example and craft fictional languages to populate their worlds. Wired lists the best examples:
  1. Klingon. The Star Trek creation is the king of all sci-fi languages, with fully realized grammar and vocabulary.
  2. City Speak. Blade Runner’s vision of
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film • list • fantasy • Star Wars • book • science fiction • J. R. R. Tolkien • movies

 Top-Earning 
 Celebs  
 Over 50 

Successful franchises pay out for their creators in 2008

Aug 13, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes ranks the entertainment industry’s top earners age 50 and older in the last year:
  1. Oprah, 55, $275 million. Viewership for her show may be waning, but Winfrey’s diverse enterprises, from a magazine to satellite radio to her Harpo production company, remain wildly profitable.
  2. George Lucas,
... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Jerry Seinfeld • Oprah Winfrey • George Lucas • Star Wars • Madonna • Jerry Bruckheimer

 100 Top Sci-Fi Flicks 


Aug 4, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Science fiction movies run the gamut from cerebral to "joyful space opera." The writers at Total Sci-Fi run down the 100 best; here's the top 10:
  1. Blade Runner: This "masterpiece," with standout performances from Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, is "backed up by a
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entertainment • film • Arnold Schwarzenegger • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Star Wars • Blade Runner • science fiction • Harrison Ford • Solaris • 2001: A Space Odyssey • Planet of the Apes • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial • Alien • Metropolis • Terminator • Rutger Hauer

 April Fools Prank May 
 Pay Off for Star Wars Fans 

Tens of thousands try to order a 'Tauntaun sleeping bag'

Jul 10, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - What started as an April Fools joke may turn into a dream come true—almost literally—for Star Wars fans, LA Weekly reports. The Tauntaun sleeping bag seemed just plausible enough that retailer ThinkGeek was bombarded with orders—and raked over the coals when the truth came out. Now Lucasfilm,... More »

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sleep • George Lucas • merchandise • Star Wars • Lucasfilm • nerdiness • Luke Skywalker • geeks • Tauntaun • ThinkGeek • Han Solo • sleeping bag

 Jacko Was Devoted 
 Dad: Carrie Fisher 

He was not capable of 'what they accused him of doing'

Jul 8, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson was a very good father, though “he was a child himself,” writes friend Carrie Fisher on her website. His kids “are very well behaved, respectful children, who seemed content in Michael’s company.” And though he may not have been a “conventional” parent,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Star Wars • Michael Jackson • Carrie Fisher • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • Blanket Jackson • celebrity death • Prince Michael Jackson II

OPINION

 The Top Arcade Classics 

Star Wars impressed, but Donkey Kong was barrels of fun

Jul 7, 09 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - They may seem primitive alongside your Wii, but lest we forget the glory days of arcade games, Peter Hartlaub counts down the best in the San Francisco Chronicle. The top five:
  1. Donkey Kong: 30 years on, “they’re making documentaries about this incredible video game,” whose barrel-throwing
... More »

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entertainment • list • Donkey Kong • arcade games • Star Wars • video games • X-Men

OPINION

 Box Office Records Are Bunk 

Measuring a film's success in dollars is misleading

Jul 6, 09 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not a year seems to go by without a film breaking a box-office records: Dark Knight a contender for biggest all-time earner! Bourne Ultimatum the top August opener! But that’s not because the films actually draw more viewers than the previous record-holders; it's because the figures are in... More »

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film • Spider-Man • box office • The Bourne Ultimatum • Titanic • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • broken records • movies • The Sound of Music • Shrek • Gone With the Wind • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

 Transformers From 'Da Hood' 
 Spark Racism Charges 

New characters compared to Jar Jar Binks

Jun 25, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are comparing Transformers to Star Wars, and not in a good way, E! reports. Twin autobots Skids and Mudflap are causing an uproar over ethnic stereotypes. The new characters are from “da hood,” can’t read, and inspired one critic to describe them as—horrors!—“... More »

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entertainment • Michael Bay • racism • Transformers • Star Wars • racist • controversy • Jar Jar Binks • Skids • Mudflap • Tom Kenny • Reno Wilson

OPINION

 Best. Bromance. Ever. 


May 13, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some people may see Star Trek for the action. Some go for the bromance. In Star Trek II, when Spock used his dying breath to tell Kirk, “I have been and always shall be your friend,” it cemented them as the greatest bromance ever. But not all... More »

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Tom Cruise • Star Wars • Star Trek • M*A*S*H • Anthony Edwards • Kelly McGillis • Top Gun • Jay-ZTV • bromance • Shawshank Redemption • Alan Alda

(Newser) - “Luke, I am your father,” is probably one of the most famous lines in film. Too bad Darth Vader never said it. The Guardian lists the top 10 movie misquotes:
  • "Luke, I am your father," from The Empire Strikes Back. Actual quote: "No, I
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entertainment • film • Casablanca • Star Wars • Dirty Harry • misquoting

Yeah, Baby, Yeah: The Top 15 Movie Catchphrases

Film.com goes ahead and makes your day

Apr 4, 09 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As time goes by, movie catchphrases become a dime a dozen. Luckily, Film.com lists the top 15 one-liners, and as lists go, you must remember this:
  • “Here's looking at you, kid.” (Casablanca, 1942)
  • “Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me aren't you?” (The Graduate, 1967)
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film • Casablanca • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • The Graduate • Taxi Driver • Juno • Annie Hall • A Few Good Men • movies • Jerry Maguire

GLOSSIES

 Star Wars' 
 Secret Shame: 
 The Holiday 
 Special 

1978 TV show included singing, dancing, and Wookiees

Dec 22, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - It sounded like a good idea at the time. In 1978, Star Wars was huge, but a sequel was 2 years away. So why not make a TV special? Why not a holiday special? Centered on Wookiees? "The only sound they make is like fat people having an orgasm,... More »

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television • George Lucas • Star Wars • Christmas • Bruce Vilanch • movies

UK University Helps Students Learn Ways of the Jedi

Prof explores 'wider issues behind the Star Wars universe;' light saber not included

Sep 11, 08 7:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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education • university • Star Wars • Jedi

 Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot 

The House Bunny hops to second place

Aug 24, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(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 ... More »

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

Thunder Rolls at Box Office


Aug 17, 08 6:44 PM CDT
(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 ... More »

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

MOVIE REVIEW

 Force is Weak in Clone Wars 

Animated Star Wars feature doesn't quite replicate the feel of the real thing

Aug 15, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(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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George Lucas • Darth Vader • movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Star Wars • Lucasfilm • science fiction • animated movie • Clone Wars

 I, (Gay) Robot?
 Radar Rates
 the Androids 

Just how fabulous are the robots of the silver screen?

Jun 29, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(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... More »

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robots • Star Wars • science fiction • gays • gay robots

 Leia & Solo's On-Set Romp

Carrie Fisher admits to on-set romance with Harrison Ford

Apr 29, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Stormtrooper Designer,
 Lucas Head to Court 

Lucasfilm plays hardball with costume creator over rights

Apr 7, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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George Lucas • lawsuit • Star Wars • Lucasfilm • copyright infringement • stormtroopers • movie costumes • Andrew Ainsworth

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