Star Wars references return to 30 Rock, Ron Paul has quite the ominous campaign song, people ponder the destructive power of the Death Star, Gizmodo Australia gets to meet Dennis Murren, and more! Let's get to it...
Star Wars popped up again on 30 Rock this past week when Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and her new boyfriend Criss (James Marsden) were discussing the one and only Lando Calrissian. During the scene, Alec Baldwin's character of Jack Donaghy also appears resembling a Force Ghost. Click here to check out the full episode at NBC.com. If you just want to see the reference itself, scroll ahead to approximately the 12:12 mark.
According to IBTimes.com, Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul is using the Imperial March as his campaign theme song.
A recent Star Wars Night brought in a record crowd for the Evansville IceMen hockey team of Indiana as they skated to victory against the the Fort Wayne Komets. You can read all about the game at CourierPress.com.
Ewan McGregor sat down with Collider.com to discuss his highly anticipated film Haywire, which opens this Friday, and also touched on his upcoming film with director Brian Singer called Jack the Giant Killer. It should be noted that the Brian Singer directed film also features Warwick Davis. It should also be noted that it's now being reported that Jack the Giant Killer has been pushed back to March of 2013.
Not only did Gizmodo Australia get the chance to visit Lucasfilm, but they also got to meet Star Wars FX legend Dennis Murren. Click here to read all about it.
Following up on all the Star Wars live-action series rumblings over the past couple weeks, Den of Geek details what they'd like to see from Star Wars: Underworld.
Congrats goes out to college sophomore and 501st member Zachary Titus who will be moving from Michigan to Florida in order to participate in a Walt Disney World internship that focuses on costume and prop production. Read all about it at ChicagoTribune.com.
Speaking of The Phantom Menace, Zack at Nintendo Gamer Thoughts gives you some Star Wars Nintendo-related things to do as you pass the time until the February 10th 3-D release.
UniverseToday.com asks the age old question that has plagued scholars since 1977: "Could a ?Death Star? Really Destroy a Planet?" (Thanks Som!)
Finally, the latest edition of the UK's movieScope Magazine (Issue #26) features an article about the TPM 3-D conversion. (Thanks James!)
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