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  Obama strikes back with a tweet after illogical 'Jedi mind meld' comment

  By Adi Robertson on March 1, 2013 06:01 pm + 140 comments

  How do you get people to care about the latest abstract budgetary crisis? You rile up two of the Continue reading…

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  The ‘80s are alive in 'Star Wars Pinball'

  By Andrew Webster on February 27, 2013 11:00 am + 40 comments

  Physical pinball machines may be dangerously close to extinction, but Zen Studios is doing its part Continue reading…

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  The mythology behind the mythology of 'Star Wars'

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on February 25, 2013 10:46 am + 22 comments

  Star Wars' apparent influences range from spaghetti westerns to Kurosawa's samurai dramas — but Continue reading…

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  Harrison Ford rumored to return as Han Solo in new 'Star Wars' film

  By Adi Robertson on February 15, 2013 01:18 pm + 105 comments

  Star Wars film rumors are flying hard lately, ranging from the now-confirmed reports that J.J. Continue reading…

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  Was Darth Vader's attack on the rebels at Hoth a complete military blunder?

  By T.C. Sottek on February 12, 2013 11:30 am + 146 comments

  The Galactic Empire may have tried to strike back in Star Wars: Episode V, but according to new Continue reading…

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  Legendary 'Star Wars' makeup artist Stuart Freeborn dies at 98

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 6, 2013 08:27 pm + 13 comments

  Stuart Freeborn, the pioneering makeup artist behind Yoda, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt, and the Ewoks, Continue reading…

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  Disney CEO confirms spinoff 'Star Wars' films are in the works

  By Dan Seifert on February 5, 2013 06:03 pm + 130 comments

  It's well known at this point that Disney and Lucasfilm are actively working on a new entrant in the Continue reading…

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  'Star Wars' producer: 2015 release not certain, 'the timetable we care about is getting the story'

  By Bryan Bishop on January 31, 2013 12:02 am + 19 comments

  Since word first broke of Disney's $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm, the estimated release Continue reading…

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  J.J. Abrams wants 'Star Wars' sequel to tell 'personal, intimate, and emotional' story

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 30, 2013 07:41 am + 94 comments

  Now that Lucasfilm has confirmed J.J. Abrams as the director of Star Wars Episode VII, fans Continue reading…

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  The new 'Star Wars' films: can Disney restore the franchise to its former heights?

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 29, 2013 05:01 am

  The Walt Disney Corporation rocked the science fiction world when it announced it would produce a Continue reading…