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George Lucas Made American Graffiti to Prove He Was Human
The future creator of Star Wars mined his own past for the 1973 Oscar-nominated film. George Lucas Made American Graffiti to Prove He Was Human Liz Shannon Miller
3 ‘Star Wars’ Movies Announced, Daisy Ridley Will Return As Rey & Other Star Wars Celebration Announcements
Finally, we got news on how the Star Wars film universe will continue and other big announcements. The post 3 ‘Star Wars’ Movies Announced, Daisy Ridley Will Return As Rey & Other Star Wars Celebration Announcements appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Willow Review: Fantasy Television That’s Here For a Good Time
The Pitch: It’s been quite a time for super-serious sci-fi and fantasy epics, as anyone who’s attempted to keep up with House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Sandman, and many, many other shows will tell you. But here comes Disney+’s Willow, with a modern rock song in its heart, a young hot ensemble ready to jump into action, and its own take on swords and sorcery to share. Willow? You Mean Three-Time MTV Video Music Award Nominee Willow, Don’t You? Okay, as a longtime fan of the 1988 film Willow, a person who has spent a lifetime yelling “What do you mean, you haven’t seen Willow?” at people… I know that there’s a good chance that most people are not familiar with the original Ron Howard-directed fantasy adventure. So here’s the deal: In the original movie (w...
Han Solo’s Blaster from Star Wars Auctions for Over $1 Million
The blaster that created the million-dollar question “Who shot first?” for generations of Star Wars fans has now become the million-dollar smoking gun, as the prop used by Harrison Ford’s character Han Solo in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was recently sold at auction for $1,057,500. The sale occurred at a collector firearm event hosted by Rock Island Auction Company with initial estimates for the DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol ranging from $300,000 to $500,000. During the proceedings, the auctioneer noted the increased press from Comic-Con leading up to it and hyped the item up by saying, “The world is watching on this.” Purportedly the only remaining model in existence of the three made for Star Wars, the blaster design was derived from a German Mauser pistol. George Lucas h...
