George Lucas

THX 1138 | Episode 505

Jim reflects back on the first time he saw George Lucas’ Feature Film Directorial Debut – “THX 1138,” starring Robert Duvall, Maggie McOmie, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, and Sid Haig. In a future dystopian society, one man tries to find freedom and make sense of his life.

Willow

The 42cast Episode 218: Willow They or Won’t They

Willow was released in theaters in 1988. The film was George Lucas’ take on a fantasy epic. Unfortunately, it didn’t perform up to expectations in the box office, so a sequel film was never made. However, it did develop a cult following that spawned The Chronicles of the Shadow War

Episode 100

The 42cast Episode 100 Special: Voices in the Wilderness

This episode we continue our celebration of 100 episodes of The 42cast. We recorded far too much material for our 100th episode that we just couldn’t fit it all in. In this episode as a bonus to you, you get the conversations that we couldn’t include! In this episode, Nathan

Panasonic Bringing Star Wars 3D Home This Year

by Keith Davidsen, Source: Bleeding Cool; Up front: Don’t get too excited because it’s only The Phantom Menace… though, on the other hand, this could be a sign of the way things are going to work across the whole series. Last year, Panasonic gave away copies of the Star Wars

The long-awaited Star Wars live-action TV series finally gets a name!

By Carol Pinchefsky, Source: Blastr.com Attention Star Wars fans! (And that’s everybody, right?) The live-action television show we’ve talked about? As of now, it has a title (well, a working title). And it’s called … … Star Wars: Underworld! IGN interviewed producer and George Lucas’ right-hand man, Rick McCallum, who

2011’s 73 hottest unproduced scripts include a Chewbacca comedy

By Matthew Jackson, Source Blastr.com; The Black List, an annual grouping of the most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, is out this week, and that means it’s time for the scripts at the top of the list to get a publicity bump and a chance at new life. Lots of promising

Spielberg won’t ‘go Lucas,’ will release original E.T. on Blu-Ray

By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com At an event celebrating Raiders of the Lost Ark’s 30th anniversary, Steven Spielberg revealed that when it comes to his genre masterpieces, fans will be able to get the versions they fell in love with. On the heels of the uproar over George Lucas’ ongoing

Lucas loses Supreme Court case (and his stormtrooper copyright)

By Scott Edelman, source Blastr.com Back in 2009, George Lucas saw his lawsuit against prop designer Andrew Ainsworth, who manufactured replica stormtrooper helmets, squashed by the U.K.’s High Court, and so he appealed to a higher authority. (No, not Yoda.) But now the U.K. Supreme Court has delivered its own

Shia LaBeouf says Indiana Jones 5 is closer than you think

By Don Kaye for Blastr.com Although the world wasn’t exactly thrilled with 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a fifth installment in the series might happen sooner rather than later. Shia LaBeouf, who played Indy’s son in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, told MTV News that

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