Tag Archives: Star Wars
Star Wars:Return of the Jedi VI – Battle of Endor (Space Only) 1080p
Epic Spaceship ID and Size Comparison Chart
Dirk Loechel has designed a ridiculously complete comparison and identification chart, uploading it for free to his DeviantART page. Check it out and let me know which is your favourite!
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Star Wars: Episode VII Trailer – George Lucas’ Special Edition
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
Okay, so being a fan of both the Star Wars franchise and Disneyland, it was really only a matter of time before I made a little write-up about the Star Tours: The Adventures Continue attraction at Disneyland (and Walt Disney World).
Apart from griping about the fact that some permutations of the ride experience involve elements from the godforsaken prequel films, Star Tours is just as campy and silly as the original ride. Disney Imagineers did a fantastic job of updating the entire experience for a new generation of fans. The queueing area feels more like a “legitimate” spaceport and less like some Quonset hut in a backwater rim world–this I’m not sure how I feel about. The original Star Tours had the same kind of feel as the original trilogy films: low-tech, analog, hastily constructed, and ad hoc. Now, the whole scene seems more elegant: Solari boards are replaced with high-resolution LCD displays, maintenance droids are replaced with security officer droids (albeit with similar whimsical attitudes about their jobs), and there’s no more People Mover running through the station.

Whether or not I appreciate the “upgrades,” I love the attention to detail and subtle nods to the original attraction. Oh, and the fact that Patrick Warburton voices one of the afore-mentioned security droids. In all, it’s definitely worth the trip to the park if you haven’t ridden it yet.

After a little searching, I happened to find a copy of the original video feed from the ride. Rex (the original pilot droid, voiced by the incomparable Paul Rubens) does not appear in the footage as it is the actual screen projection (probably recorded on VHS considering the tracking issue), but all the music, sound effects, and voices remain. The part that I enjoy the most is fact that it was filmed completely with models–not the CGI bullshitery that permeates Hollywood now (and ST:TAC is unfortunately no exception to this rule)–something about it just makes it look that much more real.
Han shooting 2nd and Hayden Christiansen both prove Neal Boortz’s theory about the “wussification” of America.
Han shooting 2nd and Hayden Christiansen both prove Neal Boortz’s theory about the “wussification” of America.
“Star Wars (John Williams Is The Man)”
I know every Star Wars and music geek out there has probably seen this (and memorised it), but I thought it might be fun to include a little bonus for those of you who read Zen And The Art. Okay, so this a capella “Star Wars” track gained notoriety when Corey Vidal uploaded his split-screen lip-synch video to YouTube. Yeah, it’s a lip-synch. The actual recording is a vocal group out of Provo, Utah called moosebutter [sic], and they’re pretty spectacular. I mean, they’re not Rockapella, but they are pretty fantastic. So go, watch the video, check out the moosebutter website, and oh, what’s this…?
Drunk Ewoks on Today Show