The original lightsaber used by Luke (Mark Hamill) will blast off into space in October aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery bound for the ISS.
This pointless (but geeky cool) exercise is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope.
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It’s no secret I am a huge Star Wars fan, the original film 30 years ago captured my imagination and the imagination of millions around the globe.
Reader John Booth from fieldsedge.com has written a series of essays about his memories of the whole Star Wars saga. He was six and a bit when A New [...]
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This is just gold..
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This is the Mark III suit that Robert Robert Downey Jr will wear in the Jon Favreau directed Iron Man film due out May 2008. The suit has been created by Oscar-winning special effects guru Stan Winston and is very closely based to the one in the comics.
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According to HollywoodNorthReport.com, Scott Derrickson will direct FOX’s remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. There are not many details at the moment but it looks like the story of Klaatu and his robot Gort’s quest to save humanity from self destruction will be filmed in Vancouver. The original was [...]
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According to a SFX Magazine poll, the world’s best sci-fi movie is Serenity with the classic Star Wars in second place.
Here are the top ten as determined by the poll.
1. Serenity (2005)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Blade Runner (1982)
4. Planet of the Apes (1968)
5. The Matrix (1999)
6. Alien (1979)
7. Forbidden Planet (1956)
8. 2001: A [...]
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Here are the new posters of Optimus and Megatron from the upcoming Transformers movie. Whilst I don’t have high expectations for the movie, I do think the posters are pretty cool.
click on the posters for higher res.
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The Spider-Man 3 International Poster was released last week and it’s pretty damn cool imo.
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Based on Frank Millers book on the classic Battle of Thermopylae, from all reports this movie kicks ass!
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“Here’s the money shot..”
Here is the 3rd Simpsons trailer installment..looking quite good imo.
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