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By
Jim on
August 27, 2007
Ever wondered what the “Imperial March” from the Star Wars series would sound like on classical guitar? Well, wonder no more:
And if that’s not enough Imperial goodness for you, check out the Imperial March in Hawaiian style as played by Kenny Haining.
(Source: SF Signal)
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| Tagged imperial-march, star-wars
By
Jim on
March 2, 2007
Steampunk Meets Star Wars – One of the coolest things you’ll see today.
Posted in Asides
| Tagged chewbacca, darth-vader, han-solo, jabba-the-hutt, science-fiction, Speculative Fiction, star-wars, steampunk
By
Jim on
February 11, 2007
Apparently, George Lucas thinks that The Empire Strikes Back was the worst of all the Star Wars movies. Ironic, then, that it is the one most commonly held up and revered by die-hard fans as being the best of all time. (And, according to SF Signal, it’s also the one written by a sci-fi author [...]
Posted in thoughts
| Tagged empire-strikes-back, george-lucas, movies, return-of-the-jedi, science-fiction, Speculative Fiction, star-wars
By
Jim on
January 29, 2007
Some time back, I read a review of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I don’t remember where I read it, but I do remember the reviewer being disappointed in how easily the Jedi were dispatched by the clone army. The comment made was something to the effect that the Jedi were destroyed [...]
Posted in Speculative Fiction
| Tagged george-lucas, jedi, palpatine, science-fiction, sith, star-wars, stormtroopers
By
Jim on
November 24, 2006
FXhome.com :: Cinema :: Movie Info :: Art of the Saber ::
A friend of mine stumbled across this video the other day. It’s a beautifully choreographed light saber duel, with an opening narration that pays homage to a Civil War soldier. The video is brief – right around five minutes in length – and it’s close leaves you wanting more. [...]
Posted in Speculative Fiction
| Tagged Entertainment, media, star-wars, video
By
Jim on
October 11, 2006
John Scalzi has an interesting write-up on Star Wars as entertainment. He posits that the Star Wars series cannot be classified as entertainment because George Lucas didn’t create it to be entertainment. Rather, Lucas, by his own admission, created it to be a mythology. Scalzi further states that this does not negate the fact that [...]
Posted in Speculative Fiction
| Tagged george-lucas, john-scalzi, star-wars