Tuesday, February 12

• Star Wars Clone Wars Coming to Big Screen

  The latest chapter in the never-ending Star Wars saga will be hitting the big AND small screens later this year.

  Lucasfilm has announced that the new Clone Wars TV series for the Cartoon Network will launch with a 90-minute theatrical version at theaters nationwide on August 15th.

  George Lucas and Co. are distributing through Warner Bros. on this one, which will make Clone Wars the first Star Wars feature not released through 20th Century Fox.

  
  

  Posted 02/12/2008 by Jeff

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Monday, October 15

• Star Wars May Finally be Headed to Small Screen Soon

  EW reports that sources have confirmed the long-rumored Star Wars TV series may finally be getting closer to actual production. According to EW's sources, George Lucas will be in Los Angeles next week to start hiring writers for the series. The writers would be working on the project on a freelance basis, but word is they would be relatively well-known writers.

  Lucas would reportedly be hiring writers for 13 episodes which will be independently financed by Lucas.

  Fans around the globe are collectively holding their breath for the announcement that Lucas will hire someone other than himself to direct the series.

  
  
  

  Dailies Clip

  MovieMakers gathered in Beverly Hills to honor Star Wars.

  Posted 10/15/2007 by Jeff

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Friday, September 28

• Looks like ILM hates Jar-Jar Binks as much as we do

  Yesterday we got a chance to visit the hallowed halls of Industrial Light and Magic, the legendary special effects house founded by Star Wars guru George Lucas. While the bulk of the day was devoted to a behind-the-scenes look at the visual effects of Transformers (look for a detailed report next week), the ILM folks were kind enough to treat us to a tour of the facility, which houses an amazing collection of props and memorabilia from hundreds of ILM releases, dating all the way back to the original Star Wars: A New Hope.

  One of the more interesting items housed there is a life-sized Jar-Jar Binks frozen in carbonite (pictured left; click here for a larger version). An ignominious fate for the former senator from Naboo, to be sure, but certainly a much kinder one than most of us would have hoped.

  
  

  Posted 09/28/2007 by Thomas

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Tuesday, March 20

• R2-D2 coming to a mailbox near you

  Calling all Star Wars fans: The force is definitely with you.

  To commemorate the 30-year anniversary of Star Wars, Lucasfilm and the US Postal Service have collaborated on a special project. Four hundred mailboxes in 200 cities across the nation will be dressed up to look like the loveable little R2-D2.

  As you can see, Star Wars diehards are already taking advantage of the R2-D2 mailboxes for photo ops. One dedicated fan site, TheForce.net has even created an interactive map, and is encouraging fans to write in and help chart the location of all the mailboxes across the country.

  This campaign is a teaser for a new stamp that will be announced on March 28.

  
  

  Posted 03/20/2007 by reelz

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