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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas created a franchise that would invade pop culture like no other.

Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Dark Lord of the Sith

Posted on Mar 29, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: A New Hope, the United States Postal Service will be releasing 15 Star Wars postage stamps. You can vote for your favorite stamp and play a Star Wars/USPS trivia game to win a trip to Celebration IV Star Wars convention. This is all…

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Revenge of the Nerds

Posted on Mar 28, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

There's a new trailer for Heart of an Empire, a documentary about the Fighting 501st, an international club whose only membership requirement is that you have a Star Wars film-quality Imperial costume, from stormtrooper to Darth Vader. As far as I can tell, these costumes are not sold anywhere, nor are instructions for their manufacture…

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A Long Time Ago…

Posted on Mar 14, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Today, March 14th, marks the tenth anniversary of the theatrical release of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Special Edition, the last in a series of re-releases that cleaned up the presentation of the twenty-year-old trilogy. The Special Edition did more than just modernize the three films' special effects, though (and I don't mean making…

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Spoof of Life

Posted on Mar 6, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

There's nothing like a good spoof — and most of the parodies I see are nothing like a good spoof. Originality is a key factor. Star Wars parodies abound, and wading through the morass takes some effort. (Just look at the search results in YouTube.) But be it in Star Wars or elsewhere, there are…

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The Force will be with you… always

Posted on Jan 31, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Up until ten years ago today, I, along with my friends Peter, Pelun, and our entire generation, had experienced Star Wars the only way it'd been possible: on the TV screen. But if we'd only seen it that way, we hadn't seen it at all — not until Friday, January 31st, 1997, at 10:20 PM…

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Can't Be Worse Than "Darth Tater"

Posted on Jan 28, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The current brouhaha in a galaxy far far away is the Darth Who naming contest. Seems that Han Solo and Leia Skywalker's brat is following in his grandfather's footsteps, and readers get to decide what his street name will be. To understand why he's doing this, I looked up little Jacen Solo's Wookiepedia entry. Link…

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This Will Be A Novel Long Remembered

Posted on Dec 29, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

I recently watched all three original Star Wars films for the first time since seeing them in theaters in 1997 (I bought the DVD set in the fall of 2004). But before watching episodes IV and V, I read the novelizations, as I also did immediately after episode VI. In any such converstion of media,…

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They're Not Dolls, They're Action Figures

Posted on Dec 14, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

It's no TROOPS, but The Phantom Medalists — a winner in Hasbro's 2006 film shorts contest — is an amusing take on what happens after the battle of Star Wars' Yavin IV. Props to old Ben for his performance, and to Han for engaging in a variety of party tricks.

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