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Splinter of the Mind's Eye?

Hahaha! :P

In a galaxy far far away a brother can open kiss his sister. :facepalm:
 
adgy-san said:
Good deal. Byatch, you ever read any of the comic books? I recent grabbed a bunch of the Star Wars Omnibus trades put out by Dark Horse, but haven't started reading them yet.
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The Star Wars Republic series is great. It's an 83 comic run with story arks that last 1 to 6 or 7 issues. I found #55-59, an ark called "The Last Stand on Jabim" to be particularly memorable. I'd avoid anything with Quinlan Vos in it. I don't know why, but the writers had a big hard on for him and I never understood why. The Rebellion series is also very good, and it has the bonus of featuring 'classic era' like Luke Skywalker.
 
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He?s a stormtrooper on vacation from the Empire who?s surfing around the world.

Visit Surfing Trooper to see photos of his travel adventures so far and be on the lookout for him in your area. You never know when and where he?ll show up!

Chances are, he?ll have a surfboard, but even when he doesn?t, the pics are great, like this one ? probably my favorite one of his travels thus far ? where he goes to kick some hobbit ass in Hobbiton in New Zealand!!!
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George Lucas Helps Scholars for 'Star Wars and History' - NYTimes.com

The events in “Star Wars,” the opening credits reveal, happened “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” But did similar events happen before?

That is the question posed by “Star Wars and History,” a book planned for 2013 by the publisher John Wiley & Sons. In an e-mail posted in June, Nancy Reagin, a history professor at Pace University, and Janice Liedl, an associate professor of history at Laurentian University in Ontario, asked their peers to submit essays that explore the parallels between world history and Star Wars history.
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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTymEgv-MK4&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - ‪The Star Wars Zone‬‏[/nomedia]
 
Joe Johnston Wants to Make Films Featuring Marvel’s Winter Soldier and Boba Fett

I’m trying to get George [Lucas] to make a feature based on Boba Fett…I would like to [direct the film], it would be a lot of fun.

George Lucas was instrumental in getting Joe Johnston into the film business, giving him early breaks as a designer on the first Star Wars films, where Johnston helped create designs for many of the now-iconic aspects of the franchise. So the notion that he might get the chance to direct a film specifically about Boba Fett isn’t outlandish, even if it is nothing more than a wishlist idea right now.
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Seems like an obvious idea, but would it happen?
 
Out on October 1st:

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Star Wars and sequential art share a long history: Star Wars debuted on the comic-book page in 1977, when Marvel Comics began publishing a six-part adaptation of the first film, which morphed into a monthly comic book. Now, more than three decades later, new series by Dark Horse Comics continue to expand the Star Wars galaxy.

The second book in the Star Wars Art series, Star Wars Art: Comics brings together the very best artwork from the entire history of Star Wars comics publishing, showcasing original art from the top comics artists working in the industry. Hand-selected and curated by George Lucas, the art featured in this volume includes interior pages and fully painted covers from artists such as Al Williamson, Howard Chaykin, Adam Hughes, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Dorman, and many more—as well as new work created exclusively for this book by over 20 renowned artists, including John Cassady, Sam Kieth, Mike Mignola, Paul Pope, Frank Quitely, Jim Steranko, and other comics superstars. Star Wars Art: Comics is a tribute to sequential storytelling, a worthy and justly celebrated art form.
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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuSCErmoYpY&feature=player_embedded"]‪Students Create 'JediBot'‬‏ - YouTube[/nomedia]

Stanford University students have created a “JediBot” that can fight a duel against a human opponent using a Microsoft Kinect sensor hack.
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Star Wars Comic-Con Bits And Pieces Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

For example, tonight saw the premiere of some deleted scenes from the original trilogy that are going to be included on the upcoming Blu-ray set. Well… I say scenes. Snippets. We’ll have to buy the box set to see the sequences intact.

The video shown at Con has now been released and a few folks have uploaded it to YouTube. Here’s David Poland’s copy.
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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxPSgPdkQw&feature=player_embedded"]‪Star Wars: Deleted Scenes‬‏ - YouTube[/nomedia]

These mini-bits of deleted scenes alone make me want to buy this box set, no matter the price.
 
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