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New Zealand Mint Offering Special Series Of Legal Tender ‘Star Wars’ Coins
The New Zealand Mint is set to offer a very special new set of coins featuring the likes of some of your favorite characters from George Lucas‘s classic Star Wars series.
The first series includes eight 1oz 999 silver coins in two separate sets. The first comes in a Darth Vader helmet case (that even makes the iconic villain’s breathing sound when you open it), and features Vader, Emperor Palpatine, a Stormtrooper, and the Death Star. The second comes in a Millennium Falcon case (which makes the “jump to light speed” sound when opened), and features the dynamic duos of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, R2-D2 and C-3PO, and Han Solo and Chewbacca.
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Tags: Chewbacca, Coins, Darth Vader, Death Star, George Lucas, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Millennium Falcon, New Zealand Mint, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, R2-D2, Star Wars, Stormtrooper, Yoda
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Watch Now: The Star Wars Holiday Special In Five Minutes
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By cGt2099
| December 30th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
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For those who celebrate Wookiee Life Day as opposed to all of the other end-of-year holidays, we have a treat for you… the Star Wars Holiday Special in 5 minutes, specially edited to only focus on the “live-action” stuff. Watch it here below.
If you haven’t seen the Holiday Special before, it’s certainly a gem from its time. If you thought Expanded Universe debates and Originals vs. Prequels debates turn out to divide fans, wait until you get in the middle of an argument about this thing.
Complete with Bea Arthur and Jefferson Starship, The Star Wars Holiday Special first aired in November 1978 and also featured Han and Chewie, Luke Skywalker with the WORST possible haircut ever, and Princess Leia singing a song that is sure to induce brain hemorrhages.
The original full special also marked a few firsts: one of which was the very first appearance of Boba Fett (before his debut in The Empire Strikes Back) in a short animated story involving Luke, Han, Chewie, the Droids, and some weird beast of burden Fett rides.
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Tags: Bea Arthur, Boba Fett, Carrie Fisher, Chewbacca, Empire Strikes Back, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Jefferson Starship, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, Original Star Wars Trilogy, Peter Mayhew, Princess Leia, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode V, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Expanded Universe, Star Wars Holiday Special, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, The Empire Strikes Back, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Wookiee, Wookiee Life Day
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Is That Mark Hamill In The Deleted ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Scene?
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By Merkader
| August 16th, 2010 at 11:14 am
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Over the weekend at Star Wars Celebration V, George Lucas showed the attendees a never-before-seen clip from Return Of The Jedi that shows Luke Skywalker constructing his lightsaber [read Watch Now: Deleted Lightsaber Scene From “˜Return Of The Jedi’].
According to a video interview below that Original Prop Blog did at last year’s Comic-Con, Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, remembers shooting no such scene. Hamill does go on to say that it doesn’t mean the clip wasn’t shot for Return Of The Jedi, after all, he wasn’t in the scene where Luke’s hand is being repaired either. So, there’s a chance that it’s not Mark Hamill in this newly revealed lightsaber scene.
Well this makes the missing scene a little less awesome.
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‘Batman: Arkham Asylum 2’ To Be The Last Of Mark Hamill’s Joker
When it comes to the voice of infamous Batman villain The Joker in animated series, video games, and even things like toys and other merchandise, there is simply no one better than Mark Hamill.
The man best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the original (and only, to some) Star Wars trilogy has also handled the voice of the colorful Joker on the Batman and Superman animated series, The New Batman Adventures, more comical shows like Robot Chicken, and of course, in the highly-popular 2008 video game, Batman: Arkham Asylum.
With that game going on to make an insane $562 million, a sequel was guaranteed and pretty much went directly into production on Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, already delivering a teaser trailer this past December (Read: Video Game Awards “˜09: “˜Batman: Arkham Asylum 2″² Trailer). But according to reports, Mr. Hamill himself was not so guaranteed.
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The Empire Strikes Back: A Track-by-Track Commentary of the Original Score
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The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)
Composer: John Williams
London Symphony Orchestra
1997 Release
WARNING! THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS!
It’s been thirty years since The Empire Strikes Back, the much-anticipated sequel to George Lucas‘ 1977 mega-hit cultural touchstone Star Wars, opened in theaters around the world and the impact it made upon audiences and critics has not dulled a bit, and for good reason. The movie proved that the success of the first Star Wars film was no well-timed fluke and even a movie that essentially paid homage to space operas, samurai films, and westerns could evolve beyond its influences and become its own beast. Best of all it was better than Star Wars in every possible way: the script by Leigh Brackett (screenwriter of such classic films as The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, and The Long Goodbye) and Lawrence Kasdan (who later went on to co-write Raiders of Lost Ark and enter his own directing career) opened up the universe Lucas had created and expanded the scope with an epic, serpentine tale that was more darker, richer, and emotional than the original and overflowing with memorable characters, and quotable dialogue; the direction by Irvin Kershner was professional and assured; and the cast, free of George Lucas’ stilted writing and relative inexperience with actors (despite the fact that he had directed the actor-heavy American Graffiti to great success), were able to give deeper and more nuanced performances under the direction of the deferential Kershner.
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Tags: Darth Vader, Death Star, Empire, Fox, George Lucas, Han Solo, Heroes, John Williams, Luke Skywalker, Musical, Princess Leia, review, soundtrack, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda
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