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Lucas racconta la sua decisione di abbandonare Star Wars per guardare altrove. Una scelta sofferta come ogni rito di passaggio.

Marcelo Zuniga ha raccolto ogni singola modifica che negli anni George Lucas ha apportato alla sua trilogia originale di Star Wars. Non si parla solo di CGI, ma anche di dialoghi e testi.

Alex French e Howie Kahn raccontano la scommessa di George Lucas, inventare la Industrial Light & Magic e cambiare per sempre il modo di fare cinema.

Star Wars was a film that literally couldn't be made; the technology required to bring the movie's universe to visual life simply didn't exist.

Nel suo libro How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, Chris Taylor ripercorre l'intuizione e il processo che ha portato George Lucas a costruire uno dei più grandi franchise della storia del cinema capace di bucare l'immaginario diventando cultura di massa.

How did a few notes scribbled on a legal pad in 1973 by George Lucas, a man who hated writing, turn into a four billion dollar franchise that has quite literally transformed the way we think about entertainment, merchandizing, politics, and even religion? A cultural touchstone and cinematic classic, Star Wars has a cosmic appeal that no other movie franchise has been able to replicate. From Jedi-themed weddings and international storm-trooper legions, to impassioned debates over the digitization of the three Star Wars prequels, to the shockwaves that continue to reverberate from Disney's purchase of the beloved franchise in 2012, the series hasn't stopped inspiring and inciting viewers for almost forty years. Yet surprisingly little is known about its history, its impact -- or where it's headed next.

Tegan Jones ha scoperto tutti gli easter egg che collegano le trilogie di Star Wars alla saga di Indiana Jones e viceversa.

Empire Strikes Back

Bullwhip

This little gem can be spotted at the beginning of the movie when the main characters are still on Hoth. If you look closely at Han, you will see that on the left side of his utility belt he's wearing the bullwhip that would be made famous by the Indiana Jones trilogy. Now I can hear some perceptive readers say "But Tegan, Raiders of the Lost Ark hadn't even been filmed, let alone released yet." Right you are! Raiders wasn't released until a year after Empire, in 1981. However, Lucas had already written the story and already had both the bullwhip and Harrison Ford in mind. This wasn't the only time that Lucasfilm included preemptive easter eggs within the films – they would often include references to upcoming franchise games also.

A settembre la Dark Horse pubblicherà la miniserie in otto numeri The Star Wars, scritta da J.W. Rinzler e disegnata da Mike Mayhew.
I comic book si basano sul concept originale di George Lucas per Star Wars prima delle revisioni.

L'imperatore non è la mente malvagia che muove i fili. Han Solo è un alieno verde. Luke Skywalker è un vecchio generale che addestra il giovane Annikin, figlio di Deak Starkiller. Vader è solo un generale, non è un sith e non conosce le vie del Lato Oscuro. I droidi in un primo tempo lavorano per lui. La principesa Leia non è la sorella di Luke e la Morte Nera è conosciuta come Stazione da Battaglia Imperiale.

Disney ha comprato la LucasFilm, la casa produttrice fondata da George Lucas, per oltre 4 miliardi di dollari e ha tutta l'intenzione di proseguire la saga degli Skywalker. Per il 2015 è infatti prevista l'uscita nelle sale del settimo episodio di Star Wars.

Il sogno impossibile infine si avvererà.

"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed thatStar Warscould live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I'm confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney's reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment, and consumer products."

George Lucas, Seth Green e Matthew Senreich hanno realizzato una nuova serie animata dedicata alle vite molto speciali degli strani abitanti di una galassia lontana, lontana.
Star Wars: Detours.

There is no Empires striking back or attacking clones here. Instead, 'Star Wars Detours' focuses on the universe's regular folks and their everyday problems... which, to be fair, do frequently involve famous bounty hunters, crazed Ewoks, and even a Dark Lord of the Sith.

Il 25 maggio del 1977 usciva nelle sale Star Wars, un giorno conosciuto come Episode IV A New Hope.

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy...

Anche quest'anno i Disney Hollywood Studios hanno realizzato splendidi poster per gli Star Wars Weekends.