Tag archive: George Lucas

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen has been told before, in a perfectly serviceable HBO drama starring Laurence Fishburne, but that adaptation lacked something that Red Tails brings to the screen in abundance: copious amounts of pew pew and vrrrnnnnn and whooooosh and blaow. Producer George Lucas knows from whooooosh and vrnnnn. One of the holy grails of Star Wars fandom is a black & white rough cut of Star Wars where old WWII dogfight footage… Read More

It’s a marketing move that could result in die-hard Star Wars fans around the world booking a plane ticket to Tokyo forthwith: some subway trains in the Japanese capital have been fitted with lightsaber handrails. Unfortunately you can’t remove them from their static position, but they do light up with the press of a button on the handrail. It’s probably a good job they’re fixed in place – those trains get so crowded during rush hour that… Read More

The force appeared to be with British prop designer Andrew Ainsworth on Wednesday, when a ruling made by the UK Supreme Court on whether he could sell replica Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets, which he helped design back in the 1970s, went in his favor. George Lucas’s production company, Lucasfilm, failed in its bid to persuade the court that selling the helmets breached UK copyright law. According to a BBC report, 62-year-old Ainsworth convinced… Read More

The jury is still out on his Captain America: The First Avenger, but director Joe Johnston has dreams of bringing an even bigger cult favorite to the silver screen. Talking to ScreenRant about George Lucas possibly seeing Captain American, Johnston said, “You know if he wants to see it, I would show it to him. I’m trying to get George to make a feature based on Boba Fett.” Those words gave birth to a new hope for Star Wars fanboys everywhere.… Read More

Paul came out this weekend, the latest reunion for Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The duo stars in the comedy that they also wrote, a story about an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) who is marooned on Earth and being pursued by shadowy government operatives. Digital Trends' own Ryan Fleming enjoyed the movie, and with good cause. While it is especially friendly to geek viewers, director Greg Mottola… Read More

A long time ago in this very galaxy a man named George Lucas shared a story. It was a science fiction story called Star Wars that was told in three parts, and it made people very happy. Some time later, Mr. Lucas decided to tell another story, a runthrough of the events that shaped his original. This one wasn't so hot among fans. There were a bunch of lightsabers though, and Yoda jumped around like a little ninja-lizard, so it was cool.… Read More

A long time ago, in a press conference far, far away, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that finally, fans of Star Wars would have another chance to give money to George Lucas. After years of reluctance, the entire Star Wars collection will be released sometime in September. Amongst the bells and whistles of CES, with 3D technology casting a massive shadow and tablets everywhere you look, Darth Vader was still an impressive… Read More

The Force is weak in this– No, you know what? I had a ton of Star Wars puns that I planned to drop into this review, but it is just too depressing. There is simply no easy way to put it, and it pains me to say this, but Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is just not a good game. I love Star Wars, and I always will despite George Lucas’ best efforts to punish my wallet for being a fan, and yet I cannot get behind Lucasarts on The Force… Read More

George Lucas loves him some 3D! Or maybe he just loves money…  Either way, Blue Sky Disney is reporting that Lucasfilms is planning on re-releasing all of the Indiana Jones movies in 3D, beginning with Raiders of the Lost Ark. And yes, they will even be re-releasing The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 3D so you can watch Shia LaBeouf swing from the vines with a bunch of monkeys and watch a man survive a point blank atomic bomb detonation… Read More

A few years ago, the rumor that George Lucas was working on a true sequel to Star Wars would have been enough for nerds to do their best ninja impressions in order to sneak into Skywalker Ranch to look for even the slightest morsel of confirmation. A crumpled piece of paper with the words “Episode VII” could have sent a wing of Comic-Con fans to the hospital in rapturous seizures of joy, while an unpublished outline would have given fans a… Read More

Have you ever just sat around and thought “you know, I really wish I could give more of my money to George Lucas”? If so, then you are in luck! Beginning in 2012, the dream of seeing Jar Jar Binks fully realized in 3D will become a reality, when The Phantom Menace 3D hits theaters near you. The remaining movies will follow at a pace of one per year, ending in 2017 with the re-release of Return of the Jedi, 34 years after its original… Read More

Sierra Entertainment's new video game Scarface: The World is Yours is scheduled to hit retail stores October 8, and will feature sound design and audio effects on par with big-budget Hollywood blockbusters, mixed at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch by Oscar-winning sound designer Randy Thom. “Scarface is an icon of American cinema and the game needs to live up to not only the film's enduring legacy but also quality… Read More

In spite of strong statements from creator George Lucas that 2004′s digitally remastered, restored, and enhanced versions of his original Star Wars triology were the definitive versions of his films, Fox and Lucasfilm have announced they will release new two-disc DVD sets that will include the original versions of Star Wars,The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi as they were originally shown in theaters when released in 1977,… Read More

All of the unforgettable heroism, villainy and epic adventure of George Lucas's STAR WARS trilogy comes to the ultimate home-entertainment format for the very first time around the world this September from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ending the wait for the most-anticipated DVD release ever. The four-disc collection will be released on Sept. 21 in the U.S. and Canada, with international release dates… Read More