"Nothing can surpass the excitement of the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith DVD release on Nov. 1, but Arizona's Star Wars fans have something else to cheer about. The Arizona Lottery and The Edge 103.9 are inviting Star Wars fans to strut around as their favorite saga character at the 'Arizona Lottery Backyard' at the Arizona State Fair on Friday, Oct. 28 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Participants could win a set of 16 Arizona Lottery Star Wars Scratchers tickets and authentic Star Wars merchandise. All participants will get cool Edge 103.9 merchandise and free spins on the Arizona Lottery prize wheel. The winner will be entered to win a Home Theater System valued at $5,000." Source: theforce.net
"The exhibit is interactive, and it focuses particularly on robots and modes of transportation -- those in the movie and the real-life versions that have evolved from Lucas' imagination. Of course, you can see all of the authentic models and costumes from the films at the exhibit. You can even sit in the cockpit of a full-size replica of the Millennium Falcon and take a trip to hyperspace. "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" opens at the Boston Museum of Science Thursday at 9 a.m." Source: thebostonchannel.com
"Eidos Interactive today announced that Lego Star Wars is now available for the GameCube. The game was previously released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC, and Game Boy Advance last spring. Traveller's Tales (Crash Twinsanity) once again handled the game's development. Lego Star Wars is rated E for Everyone and retails for $29.99." Source: gamespot.com
"Like the console versions, Battlefront II for PSP aims for en epic Star Wars experience where players choose a faction to join (Imperial, Rebel, CIS and Clone Troopers) then battle it out on a variety of famous locations such as the swamplands of Dagobah and the ice planet Hoth. Battlefront II packs 13 maps in all, spanning the original film trilogy and even a few locations from the last movie, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." Source: ign.com
"The company of legendary United States film director George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars saga, on Thursday launched an animation studio in Singapore to produce television shows and feature films for the global market. Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, financially backed by the Singapore government to boost the island's multimedia industry, will take part in the development of a TV spin-off from Star Wars." Source: mg.co.za
"Expect Darth Vader and the whole Star Wars crew to come knocking for treats this year, as indicated by a survey of more than 3,000 visitors to ExtremeHalloween.com, a complete online resource of adult Halloween costumes, and costumes and accessories for children and pets." Source: ExtremeHalloween.com via emediawire.com
"Spike TV has opened up the vaults to secure television rights to the entire George Lucas space opera. The Viacom-owned male-centric network signed an exclusive six-year deal worth a reported $65 million to $70 million. According to Daily Variety, Spike won a fierce bidding war against NBC Universal's USA Network and Sci Fi Channel and Turner Broadcasting's TBS and TNT that pushed up the price from an initial $50 million, where it hovered a few months ago, to Spike's record offer." Source: eonline.com
""Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 2" will be available Dec. 6. The five 12-minute "chapters," Nos. 21-25, were originally shown on the Cartoon Network before the spring release of "Star Wars -- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." "Sith" is scheduled for DVD release Nov. 1." Source: indystar.com
""The live-action television series is something we're planning for just at the beginning of 2007," said producer Rick McCallum. "George Lucas envisions somewhere like 100 hours, set between Episode III and Episode IV with a lot of characters that we haven't met but [who] have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We're really excited about that because I think finally we're going to have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series." The show will be dark and gritty, McCallum said, which would be in keeping with current trends in science fiction television." Source: syfyportal.com
"On November 1st, Star Wars fans around the world will be able to own the complete saga on DVD, with the release of the missing piece of the puzzle, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Developed by the same team that put together the DVD releases of the other Star Wars films, the Episode III DVD was produced in conjunction with the hit movie." Source: canmag.com
"Hi, I'm Joe Shackelford, a friendly and portly game designer. I was tasked with making space combat fun and engaging for Star Wars Battlefront II. Despite my kicking and screaming, I had to actually "work." In all honesty, it was a difficult job to bring the open-ended aspect of Battlefront into space, but I think we succeeded." Source: gamespy.com
"Sky Movies has secured the exclusive UK rights to air all six Star Wars films in 2006. Each of the movies will air as multistarts through August and September 2006, including Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. The season will be supported by other Star Wars-related programming across the Sky network as a whole." Source: digitalspy.co.uk
"The actor who played Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" movies is becoming an American citizen. British-born Peter Mayhew says he'll recite what part of the citizenship oath he can remember, but that "it will be a Chewie growl for the other parts."" Source: ktre.com
