Category: Star Wars

RISE OF THE EMPIRE
USAToday recently asked George Lucas a few questions about the next STAR WARS installment. “…The director said the title of STAR WARS: EPISODE III won’t officially be announced until November, when the first trailer hits theaters. But he conceded that fans on Web sites already have guessed correctly. So we threw a couple of rumored titles at him: RISE OF THE EMPIRE? “No, that’s not it,” Lucas said. How about REVENGE OF THE SITH? With that, Lucas smiled knowingly, backed away and teased, “That’s a possibility. Lots of titles out there …”

Giving Birth:
According to Dark Horizons, the new title of STAR WARS EPISODE III will be BIRTH OF THE EMPIRE and the film will climax with the battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin. “There’s going to be a big announcement soon,” said the scooper. “They’ve tried lots of titles but the most popular is BIRTH OF THE EMPIRE.”
Meanwhile, if you haven’t seen it, AICN has a picture from a supposedly recut version of RETURN OF THE JEDI that puts Hayden Christensen in the final scene. Just scroll down through the miles of purple text. Keep scrolling. It’s called burying the lead, folks.

‘STAR WARS’ ‘TOON RETURNS
The ‘toon version of “Star Wars” begins its rocket-fueled finale this week.
But the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky – best known for the animated-action series “Samurai Jack” – never thought the “Star Wars” series would make it to TV.
“It seems like things like this don’t happen in real life,” Tartakovsky said. “When the Cartoon Network approached me and asked me if I wanted to do an animated ‘Star Wars,’ I couldn’t believe it.”
The latest installment of “Star Wars: Clone Wars,” the Cartoon Network’s 20-episode “micro-series” – each episode is about three minutes – airs Friday (9:30 p.m.) after a hiatus of several months.
The series, commissioned by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, follows the side adventures of some well-known and not well-known characters in the “Star Wars” universe.
“Lucas has been great,” said Tartakovsky. “I think he likes it because he kind of sees somebody else having fun with [the ‘Star Wars’ mythology].”
The cartoon takes place between the 2002 film “Attack of the Clones” and the sixth installment of the double trilogy set to hit theaters in 2005.