Star Wars

  • We all know Jabba the Hut the big blob in Star Wars, he basically was a Mafia Godfather. However originally Jabba the Hut wasn’t an alien but a man from Belfast, well at least actor from Belfast. Declan Mulholland was born on December 6, 1932 in Belfast, Northern Ireland as Thomas Declan Mulholland. He is…

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  • Introduction When Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back premiered in 1980, audiences in the United Kingdom were treated to an unusual and haunting short film titled Black Angel, shown before the main feature. Directed by Roger Christian—an Oscar-winning art director who helped define the look of Star Wars—Black Angel emerged as a brief but resonant…

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  • In a galaxy, far, far away where technology and the Force intertwine, a new era dawns. In the wake of the Galactic Empire’s fall, a different threat looms on the horizon: the rise of artificial intelligence. As machines evolve and minds merge with circuits, the balance of power shifts once more. Amidst the chaos, a…

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  • Hooray for Hollywood

    I don’t think there is one person on the planet who doesn’t know what Hollywood is, or what cultural significance it has. It is a place where dreams are turned into reality, and reality turned into dreams, sometimes nightmares. This is just a pictorial blog about that place we all love and sometimes hate, or…

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  • We all know Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, or as the Sith lord Count Dooku. Some of you may even know him as the evil wizard Saruman from the Lord of the Rings. Others may know him as the dentist father of Willie Wonka. Few will know of his real life heroic exploits during World…

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  • The Wilhelm Scream

    What do the movies. Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back,Toy Story 3,Juno,Where Eagles Dare and Distant Drums(and a few hundred more) have in common? It’s not the cast or screenplay or even the studio but there are 2 seconds in all these movies which are identical. Those 2 seconds are called “The Wilhelm Scream” which is a…

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  • No movie buff could ignore this day’May the 4th’ or better known as “May the 4th be with you”. The day that is now widely accepted as Star Wars day. But why is that: The original movie “Star Wars -A New hope” opened on May 25th 1977. It would forever change the way movies were…

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  • It’s no secret that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are good pals, but perhaps the best demonstration of their friendship is the fact that not even a $40 million bet has been able to come between them. Star Wars has made creator George Lucas a lot of money over the year. But in 1977, he made…

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  • I reckon at least 70% of all Star Wars fans will hang their heads in shame after reading this blog for not knowing this.I did after I heard about this. “Rising to the challenge of a Skyhopper race against the cocky Fixer, Luke wins the race and the respect of his peers. When Luke spots the capture of…

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  • In a galaxy far far away.

    Well actually it was not that far far away. It was actually on this planet all along. These are just some “behind the scene” images of Star wars. The above picture is lunch time on set. Filming Star Wars inside of the iconic “Millennium Falcon” spacecraft. Would you care for a dance your higness Getting…

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