Fan Trailer: JJ Star Wars trailer

The above speaks for itself. I like the idea; always loved the composer, and the "used galaxy" logo is more cool than I could imagine.

I love Empire Strikes Back - and none of the above could take away from Irvin Kershner. I like the way the look was modified to give a glimpse of what could come. Now if only Return of the Jedi footage was used instead. Hmmm....

Enjoy!

Casualties of Maul (Clone Wars)

Like it or not as a whole, Clone Wars has a way to do it big sometimes.  It would be a disgrace to any Star Wars fan to write the whole series off.  I can't say every show is gold; but I will say payoff is king in this animated timeline-filler.

The last episode had some fantastic payoffs.  All I would say about it is sith, Death Watch, Mandalorian, pew pew...and a blue lightsaber ignites.  Yeah, that's about as spoiler-free as I can be.  And Ki Adi Mundi says something.  Ok - no more hints.  Click the image above to read a great article (and some pretty cool images) of the most recent sith-ish arc...and some video clips to go along with it.  This article is via IGN and written by Eric Goldman.

Further down the Walt hole...

And that's about all I have to say about the Disney purchase.

Happy (I)B-Day, Star Wars

Star Wars, wow. You're how old now? Oh yeah - the older you are, the older I am. Nevermind. A few people knew I had to write something today. Especially since I did make reference to it on the "unofficial" Star Wars Day, as I deemed it. Some wondered what amazing thing I could bring to the table which would blow the minds of fans, geeks, G-to-the-L haters, and even film or tech aficionados. I know the last thing(s) to blow me away were the "home movies" inside an Academy Award-winning commune the dirty couches, poor lighting, and plethrora of facial hair which went on to become the ILM we all know and love [or as I would say, they put the ILM in film™]. For those who never saw this footage, here's some love. Star Wars has a lot of names, abbreviations, and in-the-know jargon. Today I'm talking about SW:ANH, I mean A New Hope - er, episode IV, um... 4 four. Old school 1977 Star Wars (which I shall further call "Star Wars" to ease confusion). I'm not going to call myself a hater, a purist, a convert. I loved Star Wars as a whole and I still do. I choose what I like and often my opinion can change. Let's set out to have an open mind - possibly unlearning, and rethinking spoon(s). People have been complaining about Star Wars being changed and different. Sure you have a laserdisc copy which is this and that, or you have this or that remix and you know what the original was. Do you? What if I was too tell you there there is another. One which actually gets hunted down by the real-life version of Emo Anakin Vader's posse of Force-user extinguishers? It's out there. And its initials are IB. Still curious? Keep reading...