LOL: Star Wars “The Force” Action Figure
Lets face it, LucasFilm is a whore when it comes to merchandising. I personally don’t have a problem with any company making money of a large fanbase. If a market exists, and fans are hungry for the product, than that’s great. But I do find it kinda sickening the extent of the outer and extended universe offerings. For example, action figures of characters who showed up in the extreme background of a scene. I found this image over on Fukung (via: TDW ) that says everything I want...

'Star Wars' scientists create laser gun to kill mosquitoes
Scientists in the U.S. are developing a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in minutes.

Star Wars&squo; Darth Vader actor David Prowse battles prostate cancer | Herald Sun
The 73-old-actor, who appeared as Luke Skywalker's nemesis in the original Star Wars films, has been undergoing radiotherapy for the last couple of months, according to the UK's Daily Mail. He explained on a radio show in the UK yesterday that he was feeling fine, apart from 'hot flushes' and praised highly the hospital where he has been attending. He has been going for treatment to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, the same hospital where reality TV Star Jade Goody had been atten

Original 'Darth Vader,' David Prowse, battling cancer
David Prowse, who wore Darth Vader's black armor in the original Star Wars movies, revealed that he is battling prostate cancer, but is responding well to radiotherapy treatment for his illness, according to a report in the British Daily Mail newspaper. The 73-old-actor, who appeared as Luke Skywalker's nemesis, has been undergoing radiotherapy for the last couple of months, the newspaper reported. Speaking on a British radio show, Prowse added that he was feeling fine. Prowse is being treated...

Zach Snyder Set for Star Wars Reboot!
Jaw-dropping news hit the convention floors at this year's Showest as attendees of the Lucasfilm panel witnessed Watchmen director, Zack Snyder and George Lucas himself announce to the world that Snyder has been tapped to reboot the Star Wars franchise. Snyder is apparently writing and directing a new version of the seminal George Lucas opus, with plans to "re-imagine" Lucas's original fan-beloved trilogy, with episodes 4, 5 and 6 of the franchise. "To be honest, Zack wasn't always my...

Moviehole. Blockbusters bound for Australia?
Adelaide Now has confirmed recent rumours that Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea : Captain Nemo" is looking to shoot in Australia, adding that South Australia itself is under consideration. They've also gotten wind that the studio's "John Carter of Mars" is checking out the area. Usually films of such large-scale head to New South Wales ("Star Wars : Episode II", "Superman Returns") or Victoria ("Ghost Rider", "Knowing", the forthcoming "Green Lantern") because of the studio spa

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Dress up as Dr. Manhattan and more Moore heroes with Watchmen costumes
Eastern Toys, an online retailer of officially licensed costumes and accessories which already sells costumes from the Star Wars , Batman and Iron Man franchises, today announced a new line based on the recent Watchmen film.

Capt. Kirk's chair coming soon to a Trekkie's living room near you
doll , a commemorative Shatner vs. Takei "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" play set and a willingness to take the life of a combative Star Wars nerd in the show's defense. Now you can add a fourth requirement to that list: a replica of the Captain's chair. Trekkies across the country are building replicas of the Captain's chair that Kirk's alien babe loving butt sat in oh so many years ago. And they aren't hiding them in their parents' basements or backyard sheds from the prying, judgmental...

Darth Vader actor battles prostate cancer
David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" films, has revealed he is suffering from prostate cancer but is still feeling "fantastic."

Zachary Quinto To Record ‘Star Trek’ Audiobook
It's being reported that Spock himself, Zachary Quinto will lend his voice to the reading of the novelization of JJ Abrams upcoming reinvention of Star Trek for the recording of the audio book. The book will be written by Alan Dean Foster, who isn't new to the novelization game, not in the least. Foster was a ghost writer on the adaptation of the Star Wars movie, and he wrote a Sequel to Star Wars called Splinter of a Mind's Eye. Other notable novelizations he's penned include The Thing,...

Will there be a familiar face in George Lucas' Star Wars TV show?
New Zealand actor Jay Laga'aia is talking to George Lucas about a role in a live-action Star Wars television series next year, the New Zealand-based newspaper The Dominion Post reported. Lucas had previously cast Laga'aia as Captain Gregar Typho, Amidala's head of sercurity, in Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith. It's unclear if he's in talks to reprise the role or to play a different one.

Zack Snyder To Direct Star Wars Reboot? Or April Fools Joke!?
At this year’s ShoWest, Zack Snyder and George Lucas announce to the world that Snyder has been tapped to reboot the “Star Wars” franchise!? April fools joke? Maybe but here’s the word from MovieWeb.com:“To be honest, Zack wasn’t always my first choice,” Lucas told a crowd of skeptical journalists and fans. “But I feel he [...]

S.S. Natalie Portman’s Star Wars Wardrobe Test Shoots
Putting up these pictures from Natalie Portman’s Star Wars wardrobe test shoots will no-doubt secure my recognition in the archives of my online Jedi Council Forum, right behind Alderaan21’s Trapper Keeper drawings of Princess Leia naked and Qui-Gon Tims’s miniature Twi’ilek collection.

Orci & Kurtzman: Why they don't call Star Trek a reboot
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, co-writers of J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek movie, told SCI FI Wire that they don't consider the movie a "reboot" of the franchise or the original series and argue that the film's time-travel element was necessary to bridge the new story with everything that has come before. They also told us why this Trek may have more Star Wars in it. (Spoilers ahead!) In this final part of our three-part exclusive interview, Orci said, "We couldn't imagine not having this...

Harrison Ford & Calista Flockhart: Engaged!
Harrison Ford and his longtime love Calista Flockhart are engaged, reports People . Harrison , 66, surprised Calista , 44, with an engagement ring on Valentine’s Day weekend while the two were away on a family vacation with son Liam . The couple met over seven years ago at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. Congratulations to the happy couple! FYI: When Calista was on The View last week, she admitted she hadn’t even seen the Star Wars films, where Harrison ...

How will 'Battlestar Galactica' void be filled?
One of the best science fiction series ever put on television closes out tonight, as "Battlestar Galactica" ends its four-season run with a two-hour finale. In a galaxy somewhere south of it, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," an animated series on the Cartoon Network, ends its first season on a ratings roll.

Is Natalie Portman Set To Star In Thor?
Along with Nikki Finke's list of potential candidates for Thor, she also had a small blip about Natalie Portman in the lead for a female role. Excuse me for a second... (was your mind blown too?). The actress, whose career begun with films like Léon: The Professional and the Star Wars Prequels, might have a role in [...]

Dancing with the Stars: Week 4 Results
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing with the Stars, Episode Reviews(S08E07) - "I'm not scared of the double elimination or rattlesnakes" - TyI was happy aboutone thing last night that I forgot to mention: all the music fit. I dreaded that this week would have more obscene tango music (Star Wars Tango?) and six performances of the Lindy Hop set to Christina Aguilera's "Candyman," but the classics fit. Speaking of no bad music, the guest performers would have been given a harsh critique by Simon Cowellif...

Five reasons why Battlestar Galactica is the coolest sci fi show on TV
Back in 2003, executive producer Ronald D. Moore had a vision for an updated Galactica which would be everything sci fi classics such as Star Trek were not: Gritty. Explicit. Sexual. Flawed. And decidedly not about gadgets or technology. For those of us used to Star Wars-style space opera, it hit like a robot’s shot to the solar plexus. (read my first attempt to grapple with it in 2003 here ). Moore’s grand experiment ends at 9 tonight on the Sci Fi Channel with a two-hour movie,...

Darth Vader actor pays tribute to Jade Goody
The actor who played Darth Vader in Star Wars has paid tribute to fellow cancer sufferer Jade Goody.

Umm Ok, Natalie
Not sure if Natalie Portman went clinically insane lately and I didn't get the memo or if there's some kind of real reason for these photos. Either way, Star Wars geeks are probably jumping all around their bedrooms right about now. As for me, I'm just a little confused.

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FIRST LOOK:WHERE THE WILD THINGS AREedit: i forgot to include this part from the article (it wasn't in the screencaps and i assumed it was)Max has been in videos for Death Cab for Cutie and Cake but has almost no performing experience other than a bit part in school "that was pretty pathetic." Save for Star Wars, he says, "I wasn't a huge movie person. "I'm not into what won the Oscars this year."What he is into is books, and Wild Things is one of his favorites. "It's sort of different and not a...

Darth Vader actor David Prowse treated for prostate cancer
David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has been treated for prostate cancer.

James Bond Named Top Hero
Bond, who has been played on screen by Sean Connery , Roger Moore , Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig , came in at number one in the Entertainment Weekly Top 20 Heroes Poll, with Harrison Ford 's adventurer, Indiana Jones, coming in second. Also making the top 10: Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver , Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane. Ford is the only Star to land two characters in the top 10 - his Star Wars hero Han Solo also...