Articles Tagged: star wars

Have you ever wondered what history would look like if things happened differently? What if Star Wars characters or superheroes existed in the past? How would they have looked, where would they have been, and how would things have changed? Well, in this photographic series, you’ll see history rewritten using fictional (and some historical) characters.

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When George Lucas released the Blu-Ray editions of Star Wars, he of course couldn’t resist making some stealthy (or not so stealthy) edits to the films, in particular, adding a “nooooo” by Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi, right when he throws the Emperor down into the core of the Death Star II. Although [...]

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George Lucas just can’t leave good enough alone. When he first released the Special Editions of the original Star Wars films, there was a mix of anger and joy, because some of the visual effects were enhanced, although there were also undesired scenes added, such as the extended Jabba’s palace scene. When the DVDs, and [...]

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Ralph McQuarrie is one of the artists who worked on the original Star Wars storyboards.  His artworks helped define the environments, spaceships, mood and overall visuals for the Star Wars franchise, which is still heralded as one of the pioneering film franchises in visual effects. Check out these rarely before seen storyboard artworks from Star [...]

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Darth Vader is one of the most iconic film villains, with his dark armor and helmet, red lightsaber and deep, imposing voice.  Second in command of the Empire, Darth Vader has a tough job, ranging from hunting down rebels and Jedi, to maintaining peace and justice in the Galactic Empire. Being Dark Lord of the [...]

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Star Wars has been considered one of the most revolutionary films in terms of filmmaking creativity, special effects and overall project development.  There have been countless documentaries on how various special effects techniques were achieved, and Star Wars technologies continue to fuel modern filmmaking techniques as well as experimental technologies. Behind the special effects glamour [...]

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Okay, so most of us have a film, book, band or other media franchise that we like more than any other, and some of us are probably even fanboys for it.  However, there is a fine line between being just a fan, and being an extreme fanboy.  Sometimes this line is crossed by memorizing every [...]

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