When LucasArts releases Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Sept. 16, the video game will bridge 2005's Star Wars: Episode III and 1977's A New Hope
The co-founder of a 'Star Wars' religion talks about his beliefs on the eve of the movie's 31st anniversary
It's midnight on the streets of Atlanta, and bar owner Rufus Terrill patrols his neighborhood with a rolling crime fighter of his own creation. Meet "Bum-bot," as Terrill describes it; others in his neighborhood call it simply, "Robocop."
Will there be a good movie this year? Do we have to wait till November for Hollywood to unveil the niche prestige items that it saves for Oscar consideration?
On the 30-year anniversary of George Lucas's milestone film, would-be Wookies are joining the celebration in LA
Our heart-to-heart with Captain Jack inspired us to set out on our own heroic adventure. Trusty steed? Check. Knight in armor? Check. Damsel in distress? Check. Here's our top 10 favorite quest films -- and the ones which had us rooting for the Dark Side.
The Cayman Islands' sun-bleached, platinum sand causes newcomers to squint. But when vacationers trade sunglasses for scuba gear, they leave behind the washed-out surface for a realm of color. Underwater, they clearly see the beauty here.
"Sue! SLOW DOWN!" Quincy Jones screamed, his normally baritone, saxophone-esque voice jumping into Aretha terrain, his body straining against all six racing belts holding him in the seat. In fairne...
"Sue! SLOW DOWN!" Quincy Jones screamed, his normally baritone, saxophone-esque voice jumping into Aretha terrain, his body straining against all six racing belts holding him in the seat.
News Corp., the media conglomerate that owns the Fox movie studio, is in talks with Apple about a deal to sell its films on Apple's popular iTunes music store.
When LucasArts releases Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Sept. 16, the video game will bridge 2005's Star Wars: Episode III and 1977's A New Hope
The co-founder of a 'Star Wars' religion talks about his beliefs on the eve of the movie's 31st anniversary
It's midnight on the streets of Atlanta, and bar owner Rufus Terrill patrols his neighborhood with a rolling crime fighter of his own creation. Meet "Bum-bot," as Terrill describes it; others in his neighborhood call it simply, "Robocop."
Will there be a good movie this year? Do we have to wait till November for Hollywood to unveil the niche prestige items that it saves for Oscar consideration?
On the 30-year anniversary of George Lucas's milestone film, would-be Wookies are joining the celebration in LA
Our heart-to-heart with Captain Jack inspired us to set out on our own heroic adventure. Trusty steed? Check. Knight in armor? Check. Damsel in distress? Check. Here's our top 10 favorite quest films -- and the ones which had us rooting for the Dark Side.
The Cayman Islands' sun-bleached, platinum sand causes newcomers to squint. But when vacationers trade sunglasses for scuba gear, they leave behind the washed-out surface for a realm of color. Underwater, they clearly see the beauty here.
"Sue! SLOW DOWN!" Quincy Jones screamed, his normally baritone, saxophone-esque voice jumping into Aretha terrain, his body straining against all six racing belts holding him in the seat. In fairne...
"Sue! SLOW DOWN!" Quincy Jones screamed, his normally baritone, saxophone-esque voice jumping into Aretha terrain, his body straining against all six racing belts holding him in the seat.
News Corp., the media conglomerate that owns the Fox movie studio, is in talks with Apple about a deal to sell its films on Apple's popular iTunes music store.
Halloween always manages a few delicious frights. But there are some chills that we don't need.
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Luke Skywalker would be jealous. Rofin-Sinar, a company headquartered in Detroit and Hamburg, Germany, develops technology that make light sabers look like child's play. And while you may not have heard of Rofin, a 30-year veteran and leader of the laser industry, the company's prospects appear to be heating up and its stock looks like an attractive buy.
Captain Jack Sparrow.
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"Star Wars" fans need not mourn the end of the sci-fi saga.
I was a Star Wars fan in the 1980s. I knew the lightsabers were not real, but I wondered how the heck they made them. Now I design collectors' versions of those props. We have a big Disney license, but Lucasfilm is our bread and butter. About 60% of our products are Star Wars. We sell limited-edition items to high-end collectibles shops and less expensive replicas to Best Buy and Walmart.com. For the Darth Vader helmet, we cast a mold off the actual model worn by Hayden Christensen. But some things are totally digital. So Lucasfilm gives us a lot of computer-design shots. I have to make them into real working products. Take our FX lightsabers. There is an LED light bar inside and it comes with sound effects triggered by motion and impact sensors. This past year we sold a couple hundred thousand. We have a new one coming out in two months--the double-bladed Darth Maul FX lightsaber. It's seven feet long. Some guys return our stuff, and when we ask why, they say, "My wife made me because it costs $500." I'v...
A colleague here at work refuses to buy the DVD of "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" when it goes on sale Tuesday. He's convinced tinkering with "Star Wars" won't end until George Lucas is dead.
Halloween revelers are giving Hollywood a nod this year, with Darth Vader and Batman expected to be some of the most popular costumes this year, according to retailers.
AT FIRST BLUSH, THE IDEA OF AL GORE getting into the cable business makes about as much sense as Eliot Spitzer hanging out his shingle on Wall Street. In order to make a success of Current, his new...
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A little piece of Jedi history comes at a high price: $200,600 to be exact.
Screenwriter William Goldman once said the cardinal rule of Hollywood is "Nobody knows anything." Usually, Goldman is right -- even in a time of granular marketing and sequels to sequels, it's still hard to predict what will work and what will fail.
While some companies rely on tried-and-true sales methods like taking clients out for a round of golf or dinner at an extravagant restaurant, others are looking to "Star Wars" for help.
Having spent two scattershot blockbusters whetting our appetite for the fall of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), George Lucas makes it easy to experience "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" as a rush of deliverance -- even if the movie itself doesn't fully deliver.
When I was an immature 15-year-old nerdy punk (or punky nerd?) in the summer of 1980, attending a pre-college program in Lake Charles, Louisiana, I went to see "The Empire Strikes Back" with several friends.
Jedi knights and other die-hard fans stormed into London for celebrations ahead of the British premiere of the final "Star Wars" movie.
The Force is about to be with you in a big way -- if it's not already.
Hasbro has an exclusive license to make and sell Star Wars toys and games until 2018. But it needs to see the payoff from that deal in 2005, when the last scheduled installment of the movie franchise is set to be released.
Ice-T means business. Discounter Target picked the rapper to wake up shoppers early for its two-day after-Thanksgiving sale and he's taking that job very seriously.
a voice of wisdom to calm our fears, quiet our greed and guide us through the wilds of the financial world?
Spark looks at some of the latest gadgets and gizmos.
George Lucas made several changes in "Star Wars" when the film was re-released in 1997. With the "Star Wars" trilogy on DVD, he's tinkered a little more. Here are five changes Lucas made:
It's easy to become a victim of the economy. Don't be a fashion victim too! Below, hot spring looks. --LEAH WEATHERSBY
Even midlevel computers these days are being pitched as multimedia machines capable of playing audio CDs, MP3 music files, videogames, Internet radio stations, and DVD movies. To keep costs down, h...
Forget about casting the Enron made-for-TV movie. FORTUNE posits that the saga is already being played out on ABC's hit show Alias. As details about Enron's shady dealings continue to emerge, the f...
MANAGING Rules of the Game All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling talks with FSB about how the lessons of baseball apply to entrepreneurship.
Last month regulators allowed Bell Atlantic to begin offering long-distance service in New York State. It was the first Baby Bell to win such approval anywhere. The funny thing: No one cared.
Don't worry, kids. Kmart wants to help. In a new TV ad for the discount retailer, a scared little boy finds the courage to march off to his first day of school. "I wanted to stay home with Mom," he...
No, not cooked books! A cookbook! Yes it's true, former junk bond king Michael Milken has come out with his very own cookbook. It's all recipes of healthy food to help prevent and fight prostate ca...
The pitch was irresistible: Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley, announced that the theme of its county fair this year would be "Hayrides and Hard Drives." There'd be prizes for Bill Gates l...
It was April 16, the day after Intel reported its quarterly earnings, and all hell was breaking loose. In the wake of the Intel numbers--in line with the Street's (reduced) expectations--three anal...
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