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12 Star Wars Scenes That Will Be Glorious in 3-D

Starting in 2012 , Lucasfilm will be releasing one Star Wars film per year in 3-D. And right on cue, there’s already an outcry over the fact that the first film will be The Phantom Menace . Oh, boo hoo . Look, I’m not a fan of the prequels, but those three films were absolutely made for 3-D — so why not embrace the conversion? In anticipation, here are 12 scenes from the Star Wars saga that, if I didn’t know better, were tailor-made to witness with a third dimension.

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DirecTV Revives Damages

DirecTV is ending this long, hot Monday on a high note. The company has announced that it is rescuing Damages from cancellation by offering a two-season run to the FX series, which has garnered Glenn Close back-to-back Emmys. What’s more, unlike Friday Night Lights (where DirecTV partnered with NBC ), Damages will not have a second run on a broadcast network. Now, if only DirecTV could save Party Down … [ NYT ]

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Lucasfilm Bans Darth Vader from Star Wars Celebration

Ordinary subway patrons may love it when Darth Vader shows up unannounced , but Lucasfilm representatives aren’t as keen on the idea. In fact, they’ve gone and banned the man who played Darth Vader from an upcoming Star Wars get-together.

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Who Wants to Win an Actual Cease-and-Desist Letter From George Lucas?

Just when Star Wars ‘s inspiration and influence had me smiling again , along comes this more typical, souring George Lucas anecdote: Lucasfilm has issued a cease-and-desist letter to manufacturers of a mega-powerful laser being touted as a real-life lightsaber. And now it’s going for $350 at eBay. The letter, that is, not the lightsaber. Click through for photos.

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‘Star Wars’ Empire Strykes Back Over Toy Plane

Filed under: Movies , celebrity justice If it looks like an X-wing and flies like an X-wing … chances are the ” Star Wars ” people will find you and sue you faster than you can say “May the Force be with you.” According to a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday, Lucasfilm says a company called… Read more

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Laughin’ with Lando

According to horrifying new reports, Lucasfilm Animation is teaming with Seth Green and Matthew Senreich (of Robot Chicken ) for a Star Wars comedy series . Thrilling, of course. Hopefully the Luke/Leia incest will be reimagined as a Marx brothers mistaken identity routine, and Darth Vader will be voiced by a slightly more somber Gilbert Gottfried. Then again, the Star Wars franchise is no stranger to terrible TV comedy … [ THR ]

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Star Wars – Revelations

Star Wars: Revelations is a fan film created by fans of George Lucas’s Star Wars saga. As Lucasfilm has generally turned a blind eye to the creation of many not-for-profit derivative works, Revelations is one of many fan-produced Star Wars creations.

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