GeekDad Exclusive: Official Star Wars Day Decorating Tips Video
In a video made by Lucasfilm, exclusively viewable on GeekDad, two extremely entertaining Jawas show you some decorating tips for Star Wars Day, coming this Saturday (May the Fourth be with you, in...
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Star Wars – The Fandom Editors – A Real New Hope
Fanedit Cover artworks by (r-l, t-b) Harmy, ThrowgnCpr, Rikter, QuickCut, Hebrides, Ving, and Adywan I’m trying hard to resist opening this post with the clichéd original Star Wars (Episode IV: A New...
View ArticleMay the Fourth Be With YouTube
For Star Wars Day, YouTube Space LA and Lucasfilm gave a few YouTube channels the chance to shoot videos in the Mos Eisley cantina (well, a replica set). College Humor has the above “Cantina Band...
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Bounded Enthusiasm #7: Tony DiTerlizzi, Ralph McQuarrie, & Star Wars
Tony DiTerlizzi photo courtesy of Angela DiTerlizzi, used with permission. Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is an interview with Tony DiTerlizzi. He’s an author and illustrator of many books for...
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A Shot-by-Shot Dissection of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
It’s here! Yesterday, the world caught its first glimpse of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in a 90-second teaser that played into the greatest force of all: nostalgia. Every Star Wars fan, young and...
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Strange Magic at Skywalker Ranch
On Tuesday, I spent the day at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, where I watched the new Lucasfilm animated musical Strange Magic and took a tour of the grounds. More accurately, we toured a portion of...
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George Lucas Talks about Strange Magic
Strange Magic, the new animated film from Lucasfilm and Touchstone, carries the credit “story by George Lucas.” Following a screening at Skywalker Ranch, Lucas fielded questions from a group of 24...
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8 Things Parents Should Know About Strange Magic
1. What’s it about? Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood) is a fairy princess who is engaged to be married to Roland, a preening, arrogant, self-absorbed creep of a knight who is eager to be elevated to the...
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Elijah Kelley Discusses Strange Magic
Elijah Kelley. For actor Elijah Kelley, playing an animated character was a new experience. “I’ve never done a voiceover, like, before in my life,” he says, explaining that his character, Sunny the...
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Director Gary Rydstrom Talks About Strange Magic
Director Gary Rydstrom talks about Strange Magic. Photo courtesy of Merlot Mommy Director Gary Rydstrom has a lengthy career in Hollywood, most famously as a sound designer at Lucasfilm and Skywalker...
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Congratulations to the Star Wars Celebration VI Ticket Winner!
Thanks to all the GeekDad readers who entered our drawing for a pair of four-day passes to Star Wars Celebration VI next month in Orlando. We tattooed all the entrants’ names onto frogs in Jabba’s...
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HUGE Airventure Giveaway to Celebrate Red Tails on Home Video!
The Lucasfilm-produced film Red Tails came out on DVD and Blu-ray in May, but you can get the chance to celebrate the release later this month in style! You can win a trip to the OshKosh Airventure in...
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Congratulations to the Winner of the Red Tails – Airventure Giveaway!
Huge congratulations to TJ Wasik of Rochester, New York, whose entry was picked randomly from all the eligible entries to win the huge Red Tails – Airventure giveaway! We at GeekDad hope TJ and family...
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Top 10 Things We Are Looking Forward to/Fearing After the Disney-Lucasfilm...
Darth Vader is copyright Lucasfilm, LTD. Just breathe deeply. Breathe deeply. That’s it. Not working? OK, scream like Vader (whose lines of dialogue keep getting revised by a meddlesome director years...
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The GeekDads Respond: Disney Buys Lucasfilm
Did the Mouse shoot first? (With apologies to Disney and Lucasfilm) The Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm this week is a pretty big deal in the GeekDad world, and many of us had an opinion to voice...
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‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ Is a Jedi’s Dream
Source: Bandai Namco It’s been a little while since it was officially released, but with most local arcades having gone the way of the dodo I was thrilled to finally see the new Star Wars: Battle Pod...
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Speculate With Me Through Each Shot of the ‘Force Awakens’ Teaser
When the first 90-second teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens released in November of last year, I just had to write a speculation-heavy, shot-by-shot dissection for GeekDad. Well, with yesterday’s...
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40 Years of Visual Effects With Industrial Light & Magic
When production first began on Star Wars in the spring of 1975, George Lucas wanted to create something the likes of which audiences had never seen. His desire to transport his audience across...
View ArticleStar Wars and the Power of Costume Kicks Off 12-City Tour in Seattle
This incredible exhibit is making its way to 12 cities across the U.S., starting at the EMP Museum in Seattle. Click through to read all of "Star Wars and the Power of Costume Kicks Off 12-City Tour in...
View ArticleThe ‘Star Wars’ Saga Coming to Digital HD!
Did you hear? The complete 'Star Wars' Saga will be available on Digital HD this week! You guys don't know how excited I am about this! Click through to read all of "The ‘Star Wars’ Saga Coming to...
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