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( fr ) Star Wars is an influential science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the 1970s. The saga began with the film Star Wars, which was released on May 25, 1977. The film, later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, became a pop culture phenomenon, and spawned five more feature films and an extensive collection of licensed books, comics, video games, spin-off films, television series, and other products all of which are set within a fictional 'galaxy far, far away.'

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Live-Action Star Wars Series In Pre-Production In Australia?
Remember the time when rumors that a live-action Star Wars television series was in pre-production would have ignited swirls of fan frenzy? How things have changed. Now SciFiWire's report that writers are being assembled down under is just another line item in a crowded RSS feed. The show has long had a planned start date of late '09, so this report goes along with what we've already known. Assuming we do see a Star Wars series premiering next year, what will it actually be?Goerge Lucas, who will be relatively hands-off as an Executive Producer, has said several times that the show would run at least 100 episodes, and at one point there was word that could be upped to 400. He has described the show as Deadwood meets The Sopranos in space and repeatedly claimed that no major characters from [Read more]
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VOTD: Interview With 27-Year-Old George Lucas
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Takes Bonnaroo
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