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NEWS ABOUT: George Lucas

George Lucas stories: 11 news summaries

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

 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

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

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

Indiana Jones
& Raiders of
the Fat Fridge

Pediatrician slams
Indy film's
junk food tie-ins

May 21, 08 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indiana Jones has a new enemy. Pediatrician Rahul Parikh is irritated about Indy's marketing tie-ins to high-calorie foods like Burger King's "Indy Double Whopper" and Snicker's "Adventure Bar." Parikh has been enjoying the films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for decades, but he's also watching kids... More »

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obesity • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • childhood obesity • marketing • George Lucas • junk food

MOVIE REVIEW

Indy's Still Kicking Butt in Crystal Skull

Seeing Indiana Jones 'is like meeting an old friend,' LA Times says

May 18, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who you calling old? It may be 19 years since Indiana Jones last donned a fedora, but Harrison Ford amply kicks Russian butt in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kenneth Turan writes in the Los Angeles Times. The flick, opening in the US... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Steven Spielberg • Cannes Film Festival • George Lucas • movie review • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford

 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

New 'Indy' Vexed Film Legends

Lucas spent 15 years persuading Spielberg and Ford of new idea

Jan 6, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - It seems like a sure thing: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, in on 13 of the 100 highest-grossing movies ever, revive the billion-dollar Indiana Jones franchise. But Lucas spent 15 years trying to convince Spielberg and Harrison Ford to do Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, due... More »

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Hollywood • Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • George Lucas • Harrison Ford • Crystal Skull • movies

The Very Best of Viral Video

Many have tried, but few have surpassed the popularity of these online mega-hits

Nov 12, 07 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Humor, embarrassment, obscenity, and silliness are a recipe for success in the age of YouTube. PC World clicks on the classics of a young medium:
  1. Bush and Kerry Sing "This Land Is Your Land": JibJab puts itself on the map.
  2. The Coke and Mentos Experiments: Geysers of
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YouTube • list • George Lucas • Chad Vader • viral video • LonelyGirl15

May the Force Be on TV

George Lucas begins work on live-action TV ‘Star Wars,’ sans Skywalker and Vader

Oct 17, 07 11:49 AM CDT
(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... More »

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television • George Lucas • Star Wars • computer animation • Mos Eisley • Skywalker

3-D Format
Will Foil
Film Pirates

Camcorder killer coming to a
theater near you

Jun 28, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie makers are preparing to launch a major assault on video piracy—in 3-D.  In two years, more than 4,000 theaters will be 3-D-ready, and top studios are gearing up to create films in the new format, which can't be recorded off the screen. Steven Spielberg and Peter... More »

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technology • Hollywood • theater • film • Dreamworks • piracy • DVD piracy • George Lucas • 3D • camcorder • Jeffrey Katzenberg • movies • movie theaters

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