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Guy arrested for attacking holiday shoppers with lightsaber | Blastr

man was arrested in Oregon after assaulting three customers at a Toys 'R' Us with a lightsaber, yet more proof that everything is better with lightsabers. Even manic episodes.

According to Oregon Live, after he ceased his attack on customers, the unnamed assailant soon left the store but remained in the parking lot. When police arrived, they tried to arrest him, but he kept swinging his saber in a threatening, Sith-like manner.

Police then tried to taser him. Obviously imbued with the power of the Dark Side, the assailant swatted away the wires with the lightsaber.

The officers finally arrested the man after grabbing him and pinning him to the ground. The suspect, identified only as a 33-year-old Hillsboro man, was treated by medics at the scene and taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation. He faces "several criminal charges" after he is evaluated, Simpson said.
We hope this man gets the attention he needs. We also hope that a Jedi Master can speak to him about turning to the Light Side.
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OK fanboys, it's quiz time. First one to decipher my cousin's kid's new tattoo gets... well nothing except a respectful bump in nerd status:

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Just thought I'd pop-on to the thread to say the 3D Episode 1 trailer on the 3DS looks decent. Nothing mind-blowing.
 
French Fast Food Joint Releases ‘Star Wars’ Burgers For ‘Phantom Menace’ 3D Release | Geeks of Doom

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A French fast food restaurant called Quick is making some specialty burgers in conjunction with the re-release of Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace in 3D.

The trio of burgers each draw inspiration from the Star Wars universe. The first is the “Dark Burger,” inspired by Darth Maul (or “Dark Maul”), which can be seen here. Then comes the “Jedi Burger,” inspired by Master Yoda and the Jedi, and last but not least, the “Dark Vador” burger, which is of course inspired by Darth Vader and can be seen above. The Vader burger is the most notable of the three because it comes on a jet-black “carbonized” bun.



The Darth Maul and Darth Vader burgers will be available until March 1st while the Yoda burger will be available until March 5th.

There’s no denying that these are some absurd burger creations, as you can tell by the images. And they don’t end there, either — a visit to the chain’s Facebook page shows off some wacky Frankenstein-level beasts of a sandwich. Even one with foie gras (fattened duck or goose liver) on it! And you thought America came up with some zany food items.
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STAR WARS Live-Action Series May be Titled STAR WARS: UNDERWORLD

Check out the bullet points or watch the whole interview below:
•Scripts are timeless, so even though they’re a few years old already, the stories can be produced at any time. McCallum says the scripts will only get better.
•Stories take place in the twenty year period between Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope when Luke Skywalker is growing up.
•Stories aren’t about Luke, but about the criminal underworld during that period. McCallum draws comparisons to modern day Wall Street.
•The main impediment to getting the live-action TV series done is the budget. The difficulty lies in integrating the effects from the movies within the budgets and time constraints of a weekly series.
•Lucas obviously won’t go to a network like HBO which will demand rights to the property in exchange for financing.
•McCallum says it’s about breaking even, “not about making a ****load of money.”
•Calls Nielsen Ratings a “Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme.”
•McCallum says that there are 50 one-hour scripts, each of which is “bigger than any of the prequels were. They’re complex, they’re dark, they’re adult,” but technologically they can’t do them for $5 million an episode or less due to all the digital animation on the digital characters.
•Cites difficulties in getting their series onto major networks, even if they financed the project themselves, due to lack of patience by the networks for shows will smaller audiences and lower ratings.
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In 2009, Casey Pugh asked thousands of Internet users to remake "Star Wars: A New Hope" into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors were allowed to recreate scenes from Star Wars however they wanted. Within just a few months SWU grew into a wild success. The creativity that poured into the project was unimaginable.
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