Star Wars Bits: ‘Return Of The Jedi’ 30th Anniversary Screenings And Making Of Book, Angry Birds Update And More
How beautiful is that fan-madeStar Wars Episode VIIposter? It’s by artistAdam Schicklingand it’s so cool, we decided to round up a few pieces ofStar Warsnews just so we could showcase it. After the jump read about the following
2013 marks the 30th anniversary ofReturn of the Jediand besides the celebration that’ll happen atStar Wars Celebration,Entertainment Weekly’s new CapeTown blog is throwing a bash in its honor. A full day of screenings will take place on May 4 (May the Fourth Be With You) at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA. It’s iconic location as it held the premieres for the originalStar WarsTrilogy and stars will be on hand. For more on the festival,click this link.
Yup, looks likeStar Wars Angry Birdsis getting a Cloud City update in the near future. Thanks toSlashGear.
Any hugeStar Warsfan will tell you,J.W. Rinzler’s Making Of books are absolute must owns. you may read, re-read and flip through them every single day and learn something new about the originalStar Wars Trilogy. After successful books forA New HopeandEmpire Strikes Back,Random Househas just revealed a detailed synopsis forThe Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jediwhich will be released October 8. It’s long, so here are just a few stories the book details. Read more atTheForce.net.
George Lucas, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, and director Richard Marquand huddle in a script conference to debate the destinies of iconic Star Wars characters, as well as plot twists and turns for the epic final showdown between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire.
Artists and craftspeople at the groundbreaking Industrial Light & Magic facility top their own revolutionary innovations—despite the infamous Black Friday—with boundary-pushing new analog visual effects
A crack team of sculptors, puppeteers, actors, and “monster-makers” bring Jabba the Hutt and his cohorts to startling, slobbering life from the inside out
A who’s who of heavyweight directors—from such films as Superman, Gremlins, Halloween, Dune, Scanners, and Time Bandits—are considered for the coveted job of bringing a new Star Wars adventure to the silver screen
Actors and crew race to the finish line at Elstree Studios, in a fiery desert, and beneath the trees of a dense redwood forest—before money runs out—to answer the questions that audiences had waited three years to find out: Is Darth Vader really Luke’s father, who is the “other”—and who or what is the Emperor?
I can’t wait for that book.
Last week we heard aboutthe future of LucasFilm Animationand now we have a hint at what’s in store for the video game company,LucasArts.According toGames Industry(viaTheForce.net) rumors are spreading that company is on a hiring freeze pending decisions from Disney as to what’s next. That might also include the company going away. It’s all rumor, but read more at the links.
The Disney Blogfound this awesome viral video teasing the upcomingStar Tours: The Adventure Continuesupgrade coming toTokyo Disneyland. Theylink to anotheron there too.
/Film reader Travis G alerted us to thisIO9 articlefeaturing artwork by artistDenis Medriwho reimagined several iconicStar Warsscenes with a 1980s feel. Here’s just one example, of Lando meeting Han on Cloud City, but head there to see many more.
Finally, theBBC(viaBlastr) reports that a new law that’s being considered in Scotland, The Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill, allows people to get married under any belief system, without specifying a religious link. So, if one so wanted, the law could probably allow for a couple to be married as a Jedi. Head there to read more.
