Tag: GEORGELUCAS

Just hours after dorks worldwide had worked themselves into a tizzy over George Lucas's prediction that the world would end in 2012, the Jedi Master announced, via his intergalactic PR team, that he had been joking "when he talked about the end of the world in 2012." The initial report of the director's doomsday prophecy came from actor Seth Rogen, who said he had begged for a seat on Lucas's ...

We may call B.S. on this one (simply because of how unsurprising it is), but apparently George Lucas is a fan of the world-ending-in-2012 theories. Seth Rogen (of 'Knocked Up') recently met with the creator of 'Star Wars,' and reported that Lucas went on and on about Armageddon. Rogen told the Toronto Sun, "If you're George Lucas and you actually think the world is gonna end in a year, there's no ...

Fans eagerly awaiting the release of the 'Star Wars' saga on Blu-Ray now have a major big screen event to look forward to, as well. Sources close to George Lucas tell the Hollywood Reporter that the director is planning to release all six 'Star Wars' movies in 3-D, beginning in 2012. The new releases, logically enough, will begin with Episode I, 'The Phantom Menace,' which is reportedly slated ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The "Old Spice Guy" just valiantly strode off with an Emmy award, and Urlesque is honoring the viral phenomenon's accomplishment with a variety of LOLcat-themed captions. [From: Urlesque] The appearance of 'Halo Reach' on filesharing sites has prompted Microsoft to ominously, in the words of a 12-year-old messageboard flamer, warn ...

In celebration of 'A New Hope,' whose 35th birthday is next year, the always anniversary-conscious George Lucas will unveil all six of his beloved 'Star Wars' films on Blu-ray. Lucas, who personally announced the 2011 release plans at the recent Celebration V event, promised that the new editions would be formatted with the "highest picture and audio quality," along with extended special features. ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Lucas' 'The Empire Strikes Back' set the gold standard for space opera hijinks, and the classic turns thirty today. Ars Technica looks back, and this 'making of' snap ...

Don't flinch, world. George Lucas is producing a CGI musical, which is currently in pre-production at his Skywalker Ranch workspace in Northern California. According to the Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, the movie is being helmed by Kevin Munroe, director of 2007's CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, 'TMNT', and penned by David Berenbaum, writer of 'Elf' and 'The Spiderwick ...

'Star Wars' fans love to speculate on missed opportunities, particularly when it comes to the franchise's inclusion of certain characters. Jar Jar Binks wasn't the first George Lucas creature to infuriate thousands of nerds, though. Hordes of hardcore 'Return of the Jedi' aficionados continue to lambaste the usage of a planet occupied by cute and cuddly Ewoks, instead of the infinitely cooler, ...