- Star Wars
is out in theaters now!!!!! On
it's opening weekend, Star Wars grossed an
esitmated $36.2 million dollars. That is the best
opening from any movie in January, and the 10th
best opening weekend ever. The amount of money
Star Wars made on opening weekend was greater
than the sum of the other time nine grossing
movies for that weekend put together!
- I saw Star Wars opening night at a great
theater. For the full story and my review
of the Special Edition go here.
- Time magazine has a good article on Star Wars in
it's latest issue. You can't miss the issue has a
big picture of Lucas on the cover. I plan to buy
it as soon as I get my paycheck for this week.
- The release dates for SW: Special Edition are
out! A New Hope will come out January 31, 1997
with The Empire Strikes Back coming out about a
month after that on February 21, 1997, and Return
Of The Jedi coming out a couple of weeks after
that on March 7, 1997. This information is
courtesy of Gary L. Price on
alt.binaries.starwars, who saw Steven Sansweet at
StarCon in Denver. Steven Sansweet is the
Lucasfilm ambassador.
- There is going to be a special showing of each of
the Star Wars movies the day before they are
scheduled to be shown. This showing will only be
at the Mann Chinese theaters in Hollywood,
unfortunately. If you are lucky enough to go see
the shows you will receive a commemorative ticket
and other collectible souvenirs to keep. It is
$24 U.S. money for tickets to go see all three
movies. I only wish I was lucky enough to be able
to go see this showing as it will be BIG!!!!
- There was a special showing of ANH at many
theaters across the nation on January 18th.
Members of the Star Wars fan club were randomly
selected to receive free tickets to the special
showings. George Lucas and other Star Wars
celebrities will be attending the special showing
at a theater in Los Angeles. The official Star Wars web
site had a live hook-up there to show you all
the celebrities that were in attendance.
- The Special Edition soundtrack to Star Wars is
out. I just bought it this night and it is very
nice. It includes a lot of tracks that the
original soundtrack anthology didn't have as well
as 4 outtakes that haven't been put on any
soundtrack before. The CD's come in a special
book case (not the normal jewel cases) with the 2
CD's in pockets on both inside covers. The
outside cover has the star wars trilogy special
edition medallion on the cover as well as the
title. It looks very nice!There is 27 pages worth
of text in the case, mostly about the different
tracks and also lots of pictures from the special
editions. The only problem with the soundtrack is
that is it expensive, retailing at $35 at a local
music store.
- Star Wars is getting more popular this year. Star
wars toys are number 2 in sales, beaten only by
Barbie. That means that Star Wars is more popular
than G.I. Joe or any other type of toy out there
(besides Barbie).
According to Forbes magazine,
George Lucas is now worth 2 billion dollars. Now
you know where all that money you've been
spending on Star Wars stuff has been going...
The New Star Wars: Making Magic
CD-ROM is out! This CD is described as "A
Behind-the-Scenes look at the making of the Star
Wars Trilogy Special Edition." This CD has
video clips of a lot of the the new scenes,
storyboards for the special edition, and
interviews with the cast and crew of the Special
Editions including George Lucas. This is a good
buy as it is included with The LucasArts Archives
Volume 2, which can be purchased directly from
LucasArts or your local computer software
retailer.
The
Official Star Wars website is now up! The website
has information on what new scenes there are,
release dates for both the U.S. and other
countries around the world. There are better star
wars pages out there, but it's the only official
page up, so keep an eye on it for the latest
information.
Sound Files
Han Solo talking about "Hokey
Religions" -
Star Wars
"But their going to kill her!"
- Star Wars
"Large leak, very dangerous!"
- Star Wars
"What is thy bidding, my
master?" - Star Wars
R2-D2 beeping - Star Wars
May
The Force Be With You!
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