Star Wars

Rare Footage Of The Special Effects Team Behind Star Wars

David Berry worked at George Lucas’ special effects studio, Industrial Light & Magic, in the mid-1970s, when the now-legendary group brought Star Wars to life. He filmed everyday life around the ILM workshop, capturing special effects shot setups, model-making, and parking lot waterslide shenanigans. Now he’s released a 10-minute video of the days of ILM…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 10

Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?

Great amazing fantastic change-your-life Star Wars news. Remember the “so awesome I want to curl into a ball and die” tauntaun sleeping bag? Well, actual production is lumbering forward like a great snow beast. But will LucasFilm approve it? The L.A. Times spoke to the folks over at Think Geek for an important update on…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 9

Mandalorians Rule Star Wars: TOR Trailer, But Will Lucas Put Them In His Live-Action TV Show?

The Old Republic video game has just released a Mandalorian 101 trailer, showing why these guys are an awesome pain in the ass to our Jedis. In other Star Wars news rumor has it Lucas may be speaking at SDCC. Here’s the official synopsis from the site, and yes if you were wondering that video…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 8

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Movie sequels that don’t suck are rare creatures — like flying unicorns — but they do exist. But it’s almost impossible to find an example of a third movie in a series that didn’t self-immolate. Why is that? After yesterday’s list of sequels that don’t suck — and I still cling to RoboCop 2, although…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

15 Science Fiction Movie Sequels That Don’t Utterly Suck

Transformers 2 suffered from a terrible case of sequel-itis, raising our fears that upcoming Star Trek and Iron Man sequels will contract this deadly ailment. But it doesn’t have to be that way: Here are 15 sequels that didn’t suck. https://gizmodo.com/the-cure-for-rampant-sequel-itis-5027120 X2 The original cast and director returned for this second outing, and it brings…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 6

Live-Action Star Wars TV Series Gearing Up To Shoot In The Land Down Under?

Even though we still have our suspicions about the pace at which the much-rumored Star Wars live action TV series is getting made, rumors are popping up saying it may actually be sooner rather than later. https://gizmodo.com/is-there-really-new-star-wars-later-this-year-5303056 The possible heavy on the Fett series, which has been casting for the Rebel Alliance, is rumored to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 2

Divas, Alien Invasions And America Reborn In This Week’s Comics

After the busy-ness of the last few weeks, it’s not too surprising that this week’s raft of new releases hitting your local comic store is much smaller than usual. But with new Star Wars and Reborn, it’s not less interesting. DC Comics launches two new series this week; Justice League: Cry For Justice is a…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jun 30

Tie Fighter Playhouse Recruiting For The Dark Side Early

I want to meet the kids that want to play on Darth Vader’s team, and the parents who support this. Would you let your tykes play with the neighborhood kids training to serve the Emperor? This toy Tie Fighter runs about $75, which is actually pretty reasonable. But I also feel the need to comment…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 29

Is There Really New Star Wars Later This Year?

TheForce.net notices that IMDB’s listing for John Williams includes working on “Untitled Star Wars TV Series (2009)” – Is this the much-discussed live-action series, and if so, is it really that close to airing? We suspect typos, but hope otherwise.

Television Graeme McMillan Jun 28

R2-D2 Appears in Transformers 2

Apparently Industrial Light and Magic is now inserting R2-D2 in every single movie they make. Before it was Star Trek, and according to film’s visual-effects supervisor Scott Farrar, now it is Transformers 2: https://gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-this-is-where-r2-d2-is-in-star-trek-5286649 There’s an R2-D2 flying around in there somewhere. There’s a little bit of space junk thrown in there; see if you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 26

Now You Can Attend Comic-Con From The Comfort Of Your Own Living Room

Here’s a sign that San Diego Comic-Con has achieved some kind of critical mass – At least two panels from the con are going to be broadcast to everyone who didn’t manage to get tickets, as they happen. News broke earlier this week that G4 would be broadcasting Lucasfilm’s Saturday afternoon Star Wars panel as…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jun 26

Nintendo and Lucas Releasing Official Lightsaber, Blaster Wii Accessories

There have been plenty of cheap, crappy, plastic lightsabers for the Wii before, but now there are official cheap, crappy, plastic lightsabers for the Wii. Oh joy! Coming this fall, you’ll have the opportunity to spend your hard-earned dollars on the official Star Wars Lightsaber and Clone Trooper Blaster accessories for the Nintendo Wii. No…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 25

For The Clones: The Empire’s Imperial Service Organization

Even the Empire’s hard-fighting Stormtroopers need a little leggy encouragement from time to time. Meet the Empire’s version of the USO, the ISO: Imperial Service Organization. The Imperial Service Organization is a social network of volunteers pledging their support to the Stormtroopers, which spends a great deal of time assisting the 501st Legion. This charitable…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 25

20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction

When humans finally conquer space, we’ll still want to keep other creatures as pets. Some science-fiction pets are among our favorite characters, but others, you just want to flush out the airlock. Here’s our list of the best and worst. BEST: Spot, Data’s Orange Tabby Cat from Star Trek: The Next Generation Who: Data’s number…

io9 Alexis Jun 24

Portrait Of An Imperial Bureaucrat In Turmoil

This intense portrait of the evil Grand Moff Tarkin is just one of several cool vintage scifi portraits by concept designer Jason Chalker. Chalker worked on the film A Scanner Darkly, and has a new show about monsters. Chalker’s show opens this Saturday in Chicago, at the Oh No! Doom! gallery and is called Monsters,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 24

This Is How Darth Vader’s Mask Looks Inside

Here’s the (probably) most famous mask in the world from the inside, which you can barely see in the movies. Lord Darth Vader’s mask is supposed to help him breathe, but what do all those other little electronic parts do? Monitor his state? Give him physical feedback about his environment? Amplify his powers? Pick his…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 24

Young George Lucas: “In This Country, The Dollar Is Above The Individual”

A 1971 interview with George Lucas, in which the Star Wars creator talks about being a toymaker who makes films, has surfaced. He talks about studio interference over THX-1138 and confesses he’s a toymaker who makes films. He talks a lot about his friendship with Francis Ford Coppola and their partnership to make THX-1138, and…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 23

Shut Up And Eat Your Disaster!!!

I am going to plug into the world wide web to surf down… Disasters!!! FREAKY WEATHER: Yeah, it’s raining tadpoles in Asia. You gotta take care of that. https://gizmodo.com/china-pelted-with-deadly-hail-japan-with-dead-tadpoles-5294986 STAR WARS ARCHITECTURE: This week we learned how much Star Wars influenced modern architecture, but I wanted to point out a couple of important examples that…

io9 GarrisonDean Jun 21

Jesse Alexander On What To Expect – And Not To Expect – On Day One

Wondering what to expect from Jesse Alexander‘s new NBC series Day One? The creator has been talking about the show’s influences, format and why it’s not as like Jericho as you may have originally thought. https://gizmodo.com/nbcs-new-post-apocalyptic-cast-peeks-out-from-the-wreck-5239722 During an interview with John Siuntres on the WordBalloon podcast, Heroes and Lost alum Alexander explained the set-up and…

Television Graeme McMillan Jun 21

The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery

The Romulan mining vessel Narada undulates as it prepares to claim another defenseless planet. Spaceship design has come a long way since the 1960s. Here’s a gallery of five different eras in starships, battlecruisers and planet-destroyers, with 150+ images. 1950s and 1960s: Space vessel design in the actual Space Age tends to involve either sleek…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 19

Rare Footage Of The Special Effects Team Behind Star Wars

Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?

Mandalorians Rule Star Wars: TOR Trailer, But Will Lucas Put Them In His Live-Action TV Show?

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

15 Science Fiction Movie Sequels That Don’t Utterly Suck

Live-Action Star Wars TV Series Gearing Up To Shoot In The Land Down Under?

Divas, Alien Invasions And America Reborn In This Week’s Comics

Tie Fighter Playhouse Recruiting For The Dark Side Early

Is There Really New Star Wars Later This Year?

R2-D2 Appears in Transformers 2

Now You Can Attend Comic-Con From The Comfort Of Your Own Living Room

Nintendo and Lucas Releasing Official Lightsaber, Blaster Wii Accessories

For The Clones: The Empire’s Imperial Service Organization

20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction

Portrait Of An Imperial Bureaucrat In Turmoil

This Is How Darth Vader’s Mask Looks Inside

Young George Lucas: “In This Country, The Dollar Is Above The Individual”

Shut Up And Eat Your Disaster!!!

Jesse Alexander On What To Expect – And Not To Expect – On Day One

The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery

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