http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (Ed Johnson Presents)Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:06 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com1679125Fan Created Webcomicstar,wars,clone,trooper,jedi,sith,droid,darth,skywalker,alienGames & Hobbies/HobbiesTV & FilmKids & FamilyArts/DesignTV & Filmtheedj1@gmail.comEd JohnsonEd Johnsonnostar,wars,clone,trooper,jedi,sith,droid,darth,skywalker,alienSTAR WARS WebcomicSTAR WARS: THE CLONE CHRONICLES: "A Clone in the Dark" "Provided with information from a separatist defector - Commander Cody and Captain Rex lead a squad of troopers to an unexplored area of the outer rim." Jedi-less and with only the knowledge that the Separatist seek to retrieve another powerful secret weapon, they fly steadfast in hopes of preventing Dooku and his murderous lot from gaining an upper hand...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifEdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicleshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/s_RkZp1aEyM/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:06 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-348917294864262013<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>EA opens DICE LA to make Star Wars games</b> </div> <div> <p>DICE head would also like to poach top talent from rivals Infinity Ward and Treyarch. </p><p><img src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2013/86/battlefield_4_sad_face_89481_thumb.jpg">&nbsp;</p><p> Electronic Arts has announced the new Los Angeles-based offshoot of <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/battlefield-4/">Battlefield</a> developer DICE. </p><p> </p><div> <a rel="popup:imageviewer nofollow" href="http://asia.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/index.php?single=1&amp;path=2013%2F134%2Fea_expansion_94618_screen.jpg&amp;caption=%2522So..%2Bwe%2Bare%2Bexpanding%252C%2522%2Bsays%2BDICE%2Bon%2BTwitter.&amp;blog=1&amp;cvr=Y.m."> <img src="http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2013/134/ea_expansion_94618_embed.jpg" alt="" 2="alt"></a><p><a href="http://asia.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/index.php?single=1&amp;path=2013%2F134%2Fea_expansion_94618_screen.jpg&amp;caption=%2522So..%2Bwe%2Bare%2Bexpanding%252C%2522%2Bsays%2BDICE%2Bon%2BTwitter.&amp;blog=1&amp;cvr=Y.m.">"So.. we are expanding," says DICE on Twitter.</a></p></div> <p> DICE head Karl-Magnus Troedsson told <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324715704578483171152663246.html">The Wall Street Journal</a> that the studio will develop games using <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-and-disney-team-up-for-star-wars-games-6407982">EA's freshly acquired Star Wars license</a>, and will also look at creating entirely new franchises of its own. </p><p> Troedsson hopes the new LA studio will also be able to lure workers away from rival studios Infinity Ward and Treyarch, which develop the Call of Duty series for Activision. "There is an extreme talent pool over there that we want a part of," he said. "It's no secret that our main competitor is there." </p><p> The LA studio is aiming to maintain the values and atmosphere of its Swedish parent, Troedsson added, saying that managers seek a consensus from staff before coming to decisions. </p><p> DICE intends to fill 60 positions at the studio before the end of 2013, and has said that some workers from EA's existing LA-studio, Medal of Honor developer Danger Close, have already come over. </p><p> Troedsson also said that the chance to work on Star Wars games will make potential staff more interested in the fledgling studio. "People stood up and cheered, when I announced that we were working on Star Wars," he said. </p><p> DICE's <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/battlefield-4/">Battlefield 4</a> is due out later this year. </p><p> </p><div style="width:480px"><p><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games-6408377">[ Watch Video ]</a></p><div><ul> <li><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/battlefield-4/videos/battlefield-4-fishing-in-baku-gameplay-trailer-6406025/#generic_comments">Comment<span> on this video</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/battlefield-4/videos/battlefield-4-fishing-in-baku-gameplay-trailer-6406025/?hd=1"><span>Watch <span>this video </span>in </span>High Def</a></li></ul></div></div> <p><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games-6408377#post_comment">Read and Post Comments</a> | <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games-6408377">Get the full article at GameSpot</a> </p><hr> <div style="font-size:80%;color:#222;border:2px solid #ccc;padding:6px;background-color:#eee;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> "<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games-6408377">EA opens DICE LA to make Star Wars games</a>" was posted by Martin Gaston on Wed, 15 May 2013 03:28:43 -0700 </div> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games-6408377">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/s_RkZp1aEyM" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-15T09:43:06.479-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/ea-opens-dice-la-to-make-star-wars-games.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/JxBrkTkfajw/eerie-pics-show-tunisias-abandoned-star.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sat, 11 May 2013 14:20:58 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-1351976758783095944<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Eerie Pics Show Tunisia's Abandoned 'Star Wars' Sets</b> </div> <div> <img src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA1LzExLzJlL1JhZGlNYXJ0aW5vLjNjZDU5LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/01ffe41f/d9a/RadiMartinoThumb.jpg" alt="Radimartinothumb"><div style="float:right;width:50px"><a style="margin:10px" href="http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Eerie+Pics+Show+Tunisia%27s+Abandoned+%27Star+Wars%27+Sets&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2Fstar-wars-tunisia%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss"><img border="0" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg" alt="Feed-tw"></a><a style="margin:10px" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2Fstar-wars-tunisia%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&amp;src=sp"><img border="0" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg" alt="Feed-fb"></a></div><p>Little known fact: Tatooine isn't actually located in a galaxy far, far away. It's right here on Earth — Tunisia, to be precise </p><p>The North African country was where many of the most iconic <em><a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Stars Wars</a></em> scenes were shot decades ago. Its dramatic, desolate landscape provided an ideal setting to help bring George Lucas' imagination to life </p><p>Visual artist and filmmaker Rä di Martino recently saw the abandoned sets — some of which have stood the test of time better than others — firsthand. Her eerie, beautiful photos are remarkable both for their nostalgic value and their subject matter, giving those who see them a window into a surreal world. She's letting us run a handful here; check out di Martino's <a href="http://radimartino.com/">website</a> for more of her work <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/11/star-wars-tunisia/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Read more...</a>More about <a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Star Wars</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Entertainment</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/film/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Film</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/pics/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Pics</a>, and <a href="http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Watercooler</a> </p></div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/AFYwp98aA9Y/">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/JxBrkTkfajw" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-11T17:20:58.453-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/eerie-pics-show-tunisias-abandoned-star.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/Yf1f-P9LKZ4/weekend-fun-lego-star-wars-yoda.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sat, 11 May 2013 05:09:50 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-2163590325430835910<div> <style> BODY { margin:1em; font-size: 16px; background-repeat: repeat; line-height: 1.5em; color: #262626; } a { color: #82BD1A; } table { font: inherit; } .source { color : #909090; font-size : 14px; } .article { padding : 1em; background-color: #eaeded; color : #404040; margin-top : 1.5em; } .visit { border-radius : 4px; background-color: #CFCFCF; text-align : center; padding : 8px; } .visit a { text-decoration : none; color : #666; } .header { padding-top : 0.3em; padding-bottom : 1.5em; font-size : 28px; line-height : 1.2em; font-weight : bold; } .footer { padding-top : 3em; padding-bottom : 6em; color : #444444; text-align : center; } </style> <br> &nbsp; <div class="article"> <div class="header"> <a href="http://m.cnet.com/news/weekend-fun-lego-star-wars-the-yoda-chronicles-is-free-for-ios/57583934"><b>Weekend fun: Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles is free for iOS - CNET Mobile</b></a> </div> <div class="source"> Navigated from <a href="http://m.cnet.com/news/weekend-fun-lego-star-wars-the-yoda-chronicles-is-free-for-ios/57583934">Weekend fun: Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles is free for iOS - CNET Mobile</a> | shared via <a href="http://www.feedly.com">feedly mobile</a> </div> <br> </div> <div class="footer"> feedly. feed your mind. <a href="http://www.feedly.com">http://www.feedly.com</a> </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/Yf1f-P9LKZ4" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-11T08:09:50.293-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/weekend-fun-lego-star-wars-yoda.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/OQSR1mFyoQA/the-second-part-of-that-first-person.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Fri, 10 May 2013 06:36:59 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-3779325622105020537<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>The Second Part Of That First-Person Lightsaber Battle</b> </div> <div> <img width="640" alt="first-person-lightsaber-fight.jpg" src="http://geekologie.com/2013/05/09/first-person-lightsaber-fight.jpg" height="382"> Remember <a href="http://geekologie.com/2013/02/zippity-zap-darth-vader-first-person-lig.php">that first-person lightsaber battle</a>? Me neither, but then I watched it again, and now I HALF remember it. Like a dream, if dreams are things I wrote about on Geekologie, which they're not but sometimes I CHOOSE to write about mine anyways. <em> A man chooses, a slave obeys. </em> Anyway, this <a href="http://theawesomer.com/first-person-lightsaber-duel-2/231780/">is the continuation</a> to that first lightsaber duel featuring not one but TWO Jedis taking on Darth Vader in an epic battle to <strike>the finish</strike> be continued. Also, is it just me or does it seem like the battle took place in an abandoned laser tag arena? Or -- OR -- <em>is that a Holodeck?</em> No -- wrong franchise? I knew that. Tooootally knew that. So the Danger Room? Hit the jump for the video. </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/geekologie/iShm/~3/30LUSTj1j2g/the-second-part-of-that-first-person-lig.php">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/OQSR1mFyoQA" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-10T09:36:59.401-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-second-part-of-that-first-person.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/pS0F9xaeB7A/wired-previews-star-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Thu, 09 May 2013 12:50:54 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-8278130824619295093<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Wired Previews The Star Wars!</b> </div> <div> A new interview with Jonathan Rinzler reveals the direction for the series, plus new pages of exclusive art! </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Wired_Previews_The_Star_Wars_151821.asp">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/pS0F9xaeB7A" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-09T15:50:54.673-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/wired-previews-star-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/iNN1AMWk9tI/podcast-beyond-star-wars-ea-and.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Thu, 09 May 2013 04:59:22 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-3130459479065315981<div> <style> BODY { margin:1em; font-size: 16px; background-repeat: repeat; line-height: 1.5em; color: #262626; } a { color: #82BD1A; } table { font: inherit; } .source { color : #909090; font-size : 14px; } .article { padding : 1em; background-color: #eaeded; color : #404040; margin-top : 1.5em; } .visit { border-radius : 4px; background-color: #CFCFCF; text-align : center; padding : 8px; } .visit a { text-decoration : none; color : #666; } .header { padding-top : 0.3em; padding-bottom : 1.5em; font-size : 28px; line-height : 1.2em; font-weight : bold; } .footer { padding-top : 3em; padding-bottom : 6em; color : #444444; text-align : center; } </style> <br> &nbsp; <div class="article"> <div class="header"> <a href="http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/05/08/podcast-beyond-star-wars-ea-and-the-prequels"><b>Podcast Beyond: Star Wars, EA and the Prequels - IGN</b></a> </div> <div class="source"> Navigated from <a href="http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/05/08/podcast-beyond-star-wars-ea-and-the-prequels">Podcast Beyond: Star Wars, EA and the Prequels - IGN</a> | shared via <a href="http://www.feedly.com">feedly mobile</a> </div> <br> </div> <div class="footer"> feedly. feed your mind. <a href="http://www.feedly.com">http://www.feedly.com</a> </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/iNN1AMWk9tI" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-09T07:59:22.298-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/podcast-beyond-star-wars-ea-and.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/tUg7FGMd8tA/hasbro-2013-movie-heroes-clone-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Thu, 09 May 2013 04:58:13 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-9153261154208625889<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Hasbro: 2013 Movie Heroes &amp; The Clone Wars Update</b> </div> <div> With the comments we've received here and on our Facebook page, plus the many emails we've received on the topic, we spoke to some of our friends at Hasbro to see if there is any chance of the 2013 Yoda carded coming out in the U.S. Click through to find out more. </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbro_2013_Movie_Heroes_The_Clone_Wars_Update_151817.asp">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/tUg7FGMd8tA" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-09T07:58:13.882-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/hasbro-2013-movie-heroes-clone-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/fxzUkM8Bbwo/episode-881-kiss-of-jedis.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Thu, 09 May 2013 04:57:47 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-2857759909652405439<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Episode 881: Kiss of Jedis</b> </div> <div> <p><img width="600" alt="Episode 881: Kiss of Jedis" src="http://www.darthsanddroids.net/comics/darths0881.jpg" height="800"></p><div> <p> A way to attempt to flush out traitors is to confront them with their treachery. The problem is, this really only works if you're sure they're the traitor in the first place, which kind of obviates the need to flush them out in the first place. </p><p> A fun thing to do as a GM is to plant seeds of suspicion that someone in the group is a traitor. It's even more fun if nobody is actually a traitor. </p></div> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0881.html">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/fxzUkM8Bbwo" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-09T07:57:47.975-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/episode-881-kiss-of-jedis.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/8Ml7k1TpiCM/four-reasons-ea-star-wars-deal-cant.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Wed, 08 May 2013 08:28:46 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-4444348598715073133<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Four Reasons the EA-Star Wars Deal Can't Possibly Work (and Three It Just Might) - TIME</b> </div> <div> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="vertical-align:top" cellspacing="7"><tbody><tr><td width="80" valign="top" align="center"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF4Bz9HkCr0IP9n7jSKDIRtJ0ncyA&amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57583115/disney-ea-team-on-star-wars-video-games/"><img border="1" width="80" alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/chDMEy7X36BP9M/6.jpg" height="80"><br><font size="-2">CBS News</font></a></font></td><td valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em"></div><div><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2MYD48-9pr8U2fptU9XuHKnapaA&amp;url=http://techland.time.com/2013/05/07/x-reasons-the-ea-star-wars-deal-cant-possibly-work-and-x-it-just-might/?iid%3Dtl-main-lead"><b>Four Reasons the EA-<b>Star Wars</b> Deal Can't Possibly Work (and Three It Just Might)</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TIME</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">In case you missed it, the world's third-largest video game conglomerate just swooped down, presumably with dump trucks full of cash, and scooped up the exclusive multi-year rights to make new <b>Star Wars</b> games for a "core gaming audience." Disney, which <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXqy8MzB0clsSjyc0oTKDR_Y31rQ&amp;url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/06/ea-acquires-star-wars-game-license">EA Acquires Exclusive <b>Star Wars</b> Game License</a><font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1">IGN</font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUacM1LPceIMKjjgGaHWT3Nf5Bzw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-07/why-disney-licensed-star-wars-to-electronic-arts">Why Disney Licensed <b>Star Wars</b> to Electronic Arts</a><font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1">Businessweek</font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHO2B3KLEg6StSZeOIaeSW5xkFvsg&amp;url=http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/07/technology/ea-star-wars-games/"><b>Star Wars</b> is in safe hands with EA</a><font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1">CNNMoney</font></font><br><font size="-1"><a 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href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/five-corners-of-the-star-wars-universe-that-you-didnt-know-about/?utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.com%2Fdata%2Fheadlines.xml&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=starwars-site_rss">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/u-ocq7aqiu0" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-08T11:25:42.082-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/five-corners-of-star-wars-universe-that.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/ElzqeZpD6xc/anthony-daniels-favorite-star-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Tue, 07 May 2013 13:37:10 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-7119344066929775895<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Anthony Daniels' favorite Star Wars scenes</b> </div> <div> <i>Star Wars</i> actor, Anthony Daniels, reflects on some of his favorite scenes from the original trilogy. </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/05/04/anthony-daniels-star-wars-day/2133825/?utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.com%2Fdata%2Fheadlines.xml&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=starwars-site_rss">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/ElzqeZpD6xc" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-07T16:37:10.631-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/anthony-daniels-favorite-star-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/GEBuCCQXrFE/the-entire-intro-to-star-wars-remade-in.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Tue, 07 May 2013 13:32:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-6988349744485458571<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>The Entire Intro To Star Wars, Remade In Minecraft</b> </div> <div> <p><span></span></p><p> If the original <em>Star Wars</em> movie was shot in <em>Minecraft</em>, a) we'd be living in an era of time travel (please <a href="mailto:tips@kotaku.com">let us know</a> when <em>Half-Life 3</em>'s coming out. Thanks.) and b) it'd look like the video above. One out of two ain't bad. Check out the start of <em>A New Hope</em>, <em>Minecraft</em>-style. </p><p>The short clip was made by our favorite <em>Star Wars</em>-loving <em>Minecraft</em> fan, a man named Grahame—<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ParadiseDecay?feature=watch">Paradise Decay</a> on YouTube—who has also rendered <em>Empire Strikes Back's </em><a href="http://kotaku.com/5946474/the-battle-of-hoth-recreated-in-minecraft-as-an-incredible-animated-short">Hoth battle</a> and asteroid chase in <em>Minecraft</em>, <em>A New Hope</em>'s <a href="http://kotaku.com/5864425/star-wars-famous-trench-run-recreated-as-a-minecraft-movie">trench run</a> and this one. </p><hr> <p>Here are all three of his older shorts in one clip: </p><p><span></span> </p><p>Maybe LucasArts should give <a href="http://kotaku.com/ea-snags-exclusive-deal-to-make-star-wars-games-493178983">the exclusive <em>Star Wars</em> gaming license</a> to this guy. </p><p>So good! </p></div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/vip/~3/9DKqUwz0sFM/the-entire-intro-to-star-wars-remade-in-minecraft-493940375">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/GEBuCCQXrFE" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-07T16:32:51.279-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-entire-intro-to-star-wars-remade-in.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/al4ejJEkhWQ/avalanche-was-almost-signed-to-make.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Tue, 07 May 2013 13:31:40 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-520543933063812695<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Avalanche was 'almost' signed to make 'massive Star Wars open world game'</b> </div> <div> <div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/avalanche-was-almost-signed-to-make-massive-star-wars-open-wo/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2013/05/avalanche.jpg" alt="Avalanche was 'almost' signed to make 'massive Star Wars open world game'"></a></div> At some point between 2005 and 2009, Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios "almost" signed with LucasArts on a "massive, open world" Star Wars game, according to former Avalanche Studio Manager Oskar Burman and current Chief Creative Officer Christofer Sundberg.<br> <br> In the wake of EA, including DICE, obtaining <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/ea-disney-exclusive-rights-star-wars/">exclusive rights</a> to make Star Wars games, Burman <a href="https://twitter.com/OskarBurman/status/331657752697004032">tweeted</a>, "Actually, wanting to work with SW goes deep in Swe [Sweden]. Long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we almost got that deal when I was at Avalanche."<br> <br> Avalanche founder Sundberg <a href="https://twitter.com/CHSundberg/status/331662527526219777">replied</a>, "If they had given us the deal back then LucasArts would be alive today. A massive SW open world game! We would have rocked it."<br> <br> Burman, currently General Manager at Rovio Stockholm, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1159727&amp;authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=DZe0&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=b4101a11-2e13-427b-bf27-b207a2f66d4f-0&amp;srchindex=1&amp;srchtotal=2&amp;goback=%2Efps_PBCK_oskar+burman_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&amp;pvs=ps&amp;trk=pp_profile_name_link">worked at Avalanche</a> between April 2005 and May 2009. It's unclear if the deal in question was set aside as LucasArts made <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/star-wars-1313"><em>Star Wars 1313</em></a> an internal project, or if it relates to something separate.<br> <br> When LucasArts and <em>1313</em>'s demise was announced last month, Sundberg <a href="http://Team%20members%20told%20me%20they%20needed%20another%20two%20years%20to%20complete%20SW:%201313">tweeted</a> that staff working on the game had told him it needed another two years to be completed.<br> <br> When approached, an Avalanche spokesperson declined to comment.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0"></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/avalanche-was-almost-signed-to-make-massive-star-wars-open-wo/">Avalanche was 'almost' signed to make 'massive Star Wars open world game'</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 EST. 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Since mercenaries of some description is a common career choice for PCs, this gives all the justification they need for ripping off paying clients, fleeing when the situation looks dangerous, and generally behaving in a slightly amoral way. It could even count as good roleplaying! </p><p> Better yet if they can make it sound like they're really doing what's best for someone else. Especially when it's actually just doing the best for themselves. Talent like that doesn't come cheap. </p></div> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0880.html">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/d-BIbEgmRmI" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-07T09:54:06.725-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/episode-880-b-team.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/4heLQxUODEw/ea-obtains-exclusive-rights-to-star-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Mon, 06 May 2013 20:51:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-5711215809854784534<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>EA obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars</b> </div> <div> <div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/ea-disney-exclusive-rights-star-wars/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2013/05/vaderpalp530dis.jpg" alt="EA obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars"></a></div> <div>Electronic Arts and the Walt Disney Company, which obtained the Star Wars franchise as part of its <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/30/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-for-4-05-billion-lucasarts-included/">$4.05 billion acquisition</a> of LucasFilm last year, have signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish Star Wars games.</div> <p><br> "While we don't have any details to share today on specific titles, our development teams are already brimming with design ideas," said EA Labels President Frank Gibeau. "The EA Studios that will develop these games are some of the most innovative and popular creative teams in the world, and include DICE and Visceral, in addition to the BioWare team, which is already developing for the Star Wars franchise."<br> <br> The financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. EA will develop and publish new Star Wars games for the "core gaming audience" across all interactive platforms and "most popular game genres." Disney will retain certain rights to mobile, social, tablet and online games.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0"></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/ea-disney-exclusive-rights-star-wars/">EA obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 06 May 2013 16:15:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both"></p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/ea-disney-exclusive-rights-star-wars/">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Send this entry to a friend via email" href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20559636/">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="View reader comments on this entry" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/ea-disney-exclusive-rights-star-wars/#comments">Comments</a> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/ea-disney-exclusive-rights-star-wars/">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/4heLQxUODEw" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-06T23:51:51.998-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/ea-obtains-exclusive-rights-to-star-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/pzw_EXNEgac/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Mon, 06 May 2013 08:54:14 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-5184157249055126645<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Star Wars: Battlefront 3 live stream, new footage appears</b> </div> <div> <div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new-footage-appears/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/swbf3mock.580_530x250.jpg" alt=""></a></div> Over this "May the 4th be with you" weekend, the irrepressible <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/star-wars-battlefront-3"><em>Star Wars: Battlefront 3</em></a> once again returned from the grave with new footage and a live stream. "New" is a malleable word here, since all of this comes from a game that was <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/27/this-is-what-happened-to-star-wars-battlefront-3/">canceled in 2008</a> and may have leaked in one form or another over the past five years.<br> <br> The first occurrence of game footage was a <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/ptoponline/c/2241950">livestream</a> by <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/ptoponline/videos">PtoPOnline</a>. According to <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/05/04/star-wars-battlefront-iii-live-stream-appears-online.aspx">Game Informer</a>, <a href="http://ptoponline.com">ptoponline.com</a> focuses on "coverage and streaming of pre-release games, betas, and canceled projects."<br> <br> There was also some <a href="http://vimeo.com/65491177">alpha build footage</a>, reportedly from a reel by developer Free Radical made in November of 2008, that was posted on Vimeo by Blue_Monkey.<br> <br> The Star Wars franchise is now a licensing opportunity for developers and publishers following the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/03/disney-closes-lucasarts/">closure</a> of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/lucasarts">LucasArts</a>.<br> <br> [Thanks to everyone who sent these in.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0"></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new-footage-appears/">Star Wars: Battlefront 3 live stream, new footage appears</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 06 May 2013 09:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both"></p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new-footage-appears/">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Send this entry to a friend via email" href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20558979/">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="View reader comments on this entry" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new-footage-appears/#comments">Comments</a> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new-footage-appears/">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/pzw_EXNEgac" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-06T11:54:14.621-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/oW_9w_5Iuhw/x-wing-tabletop-game-pays-awesome.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sun, 05 May 2013 22:04:31 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-1016972838641691954<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>X-Wing Tabletop Game Pays Awesome Tribute To Dark Forces</b> </div> <div> <p><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18msf7a4b7ee7jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" width="640" height="360"> </p><p>The X-Wing Miniatures tabletop game, <a href="http://kotaku.com/5954012/x+wing-miniatures-the-kotaku-review">which I like <em>very</em> much</a>, has a new line of tiny little spacecraft on the way. </p><p>Joining the eight units already available (Xwing, A-Wing, Y-Wing, TIE Fighter, TIE Interceptor, TIE Advanced, Slave One &amp; the Falcon) are four new ships. </p><p>They are the B-Wing, Lambda-Class Shuttle, TIE Bomber and HWK-290. If the last one doesn't ring any bells, it's the ship first seen when it was <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Moldy_Crow">used by Kyle Katarn in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series</a>. </p><p> <a href="http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/05/x-wing-ffg-unveils-wave-3-ships.html">X-Wing: FFG Unveils Wave 3 Ships</a> [Bell of Lost Souls] </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hexis/sets/72157633402183581/with/8708007490/">FFG Star Wars Game Experience 2013</a> [Matt Baxter] </p><p><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18msf9199o613jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" width="640" height="426"> </p><p><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18msf9j0q547djpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" width="640" height="427"> </p><p><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18msfa2r3jg92jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" width="640" height="960"> </p></div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/vip/~3/v-TAcEJVM_s/x-wing-tabletop-game-pays-awesome-tribute-to-dark-force-492928370">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/oW_9w_5Iuhw" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-06T01:04:31.899-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/x-wing-tabletop-game-pays-awesome.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/yAPMebJL4wE/heres-trailer-for-cancelled-star-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sun, 05 May 2013 21:56:36 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-8709485750628559171<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Here's A "Trailer" For The Cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront III</b> </div> <div> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/65491177"><span></span></a> </p><p>The last time there was footage of a cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront game, it <a href="http://kotaku.com/5990366/leaked-footage-of-star-wars-newest-take-on-battlefield-and-call-of-duty">was scorched off the internet by former rights holders Lucasarts</a>. Hopefully this clip sticks around for a little longer. </p><p>This is a "trailer" for <a href="http://kotaku.com/5132851/free-radicals-star-wars-battlefront-iii-is-dead">Free Radical's cancelled attempt at Battlefront III</a> - an internal one, not meant for public consumption - that takes you on a grand tour of the planned game's locations, showing us a variety of characters, classes, weapons and vehicles. </p><p>Note that the footage here is for Free Radical's long-gone Battlefront III, <a href="http://kotaku.com/5989910/leaked-star-wars-game-is-predecessor-to-battlefront-iii-source-says">not First Assault, which was a "predecessor" for a planned Battlefront relaunch</a>. </p><p>We see Vader force-pushing from behind on Hoth. Obi-Wan running around like a herpy derp on Tatooine. X-Wings soaring over Yavin IV, a pretty neat recreation of the snowspeeder section of Empire Strikes Back and...playable Ewoks. </p><p>There are even some brief cinematic moments, if kung fu Jedi are your thing. </p><p>Uploaded earlier today by Vimeo user Blue_Monkey, he says the game at the time of this trailer is at the alpha stage, and that the clip was "given to me a couple of years ago by an ex 'Free Radical' team member". </p><p>Amazingly/sadly, he also says that in the shots where you see Republic cruisers battling in space, each one was crewed by real players. </p><p><a href="http://kotaku.com/celebrate-star-wars-day-with-a-livestream-of-battlefron-490738519">In case you missed it</a>, somebody was streaming footage from this same game over the weekend. You can catch up on their efforts <a href="http://ptoponline.com/?p=1040">here</a>. </p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/65491177">BF3 alphaNov</a> [Vimeo, via <a href="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=554166">NeoGAF</a>] </p></div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/vip/~3/VoRFQ2ihoas/heres-a-trailer-for-the-cancelled-star-wars-battlef-492979309">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/yAPMebJL4wE" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-06T00:56:36.945-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/heres-trailer-for-cancelled-star-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/us2o5NfoMqI/mark-hamill-discusses-star-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sun, 05 May 2013 10:40:40 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-6771833513174503006<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Mark Hamill discusses Star Wars, confirms Carrie Fisher's involvement in the new Trilogy and more!</b> </div> <div> <p>Ahoy, squirts! <a href="mailto:quint@aintitcool.com">Quint</a> here, newly returned from tonight's big May the 4th anniversary screening of Return of the Jedi at the Egyptian Theater (the very same theater it premiered at in 1983) as part of Entertainment Weekly's CapeTown Film Festival. I'm nearly done with my write-up of last night's Kurt Russell Q&amp;A after the screening of Escape From New York, but since Mark Hamill made a surprise appearance at tonight's big screening and talked a little about the new Star Wars flicks I figured I'd backburner Kurt for just a few hours and breakdown tonight's events (sorry Kurt! You're the man!) </p><p>There were multiple screenings of Jedi today (a 35mm print of the 1997 Special Edition... at least none of that Darth Vader screaming "Noooooo" and Hayden Christensen ghost shit was in it) and those who attended the 6pm and 10pm shows were treated to a surprise appearance by Mark Hamill. </p><p>I was lucky enough to watch both Q&amp;As (first one from my seat after watching Jedi and the second off in the special VIP side section since I am totally important) and Hamill was not only a great sport, but seemed to be genuinely humbled by the fans that showed up. He also wasn't averse to talking about the new movies, mostly because nothing much has happened (involving him) yet. </p><p>So, let's get to the news bits first, shall we? Apologies for the dark, grainy pictures. I was pretty far away and the theater was dark. </p><p>&nbsp; </p><center><img src="http://media.aintitcool.com/media/uploads/2013/quint/markhamilljedi1_large.jpg" alt="" 2="alt"></center> <p>&nbsp; </p><p>Hamill brought up the meeting with George Lucas last August. Lucas called, wanted to meet with Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill to talk some stuff over with them, but didn't tell them more than that. Hamill figured it had to do with the Star Wars 3D re-releases, that Lucas wanted them to do some publicity or something, but was surprised when George instead told them of his imminent retirement. Lucas didn't tell them anything about Disney buying Lucasfilm (he ended up reading about that on the internet when that news broke), but did tell them about Kathleen Kennedy taking over and that discussions with everybody involved in the transition have led to talk of Star Wars 7-9 happening. </p><p>Now, Hamill said that he was shocked by this because since way back in 1983 when he wrapped on Jedi he always assumed that if Episodes 7, 8 and 9 happened it'd be without the core three players. He said he had a poker face on, but that Carrie Fisher immediately said "I'm in! Is there a part for Billie (her daughter)?" </p><p>He also said since then he's only had one creative meeting with Kathleen Kennedy in which he brought up the desire to have a more balanced approach to the effects. His favorite film is the 1933 King Kong and he loves the way they used all sorts of tricks to pull off the effects and he also believes part of the longevity of the original trilogy is in those effects. </p><p>"There's nothing wrong with CGI, but I think you have to have a balance because the camera perceives the width and the depth and the weight of a miniature or a model." He just said he isn't a fan of the one guy surrounded by greenscreen look and told Kennedy that he'd hate for these new movies to "look like Roger Rabbit." </p><p>While he was the first to admit that any creative decisions involving the new Star Wars Trilogy won't have "Make Mark Hamill happy" as priority #1, he did say that Kennedy agreed with him and already discussed that with George Lucas, citing how Jurassic Park only had a handful of digital shots in the whole movie that are sold by blending the in with practical creatures and other cinema tricks. </p><p>Hamill also said that he knows that Carrie Fisher's in 100%, has heard Harrison Ford is onboard, but hasn't talked to him personally to confirm it and that he hasn't yet met with JJ Abrams. </p><p>He anticipated the focus of the trilogy to be on the next generation "and that's as it should be." Hamill doesn't know anything specific, he was quick to remind us, but he suspects the "old folks" will be more like Sir Alec Guinness in the OT. "I want it to be age appropriate, so heavy on the Jedi mind tricks and lighten up on the lightsaber duels. Let the kids do the heavily lifting!" </p><p>"Part of me is cautious, saying 'let well enough alone, let everyone keep their nice memories if they have nice memories and don't try to go back and do it again.' But the other side of me, the adventerous side, thinks 'If everyone's in, how could I miss this?" How could you indeed? </p><p>Hamill wrapped up his new trilogy talk with this gem: </p><p>"I'm one of you, I feel like you're one of us. I'll be in there fighting and trying to be as honest as I can be about what I think it is made these movies so special in the first place. It always starts with the script and that's why I'm so encouraged by Michael Arndt's involvement because I respect his writing so much. He's a big fan of these movies, so hopefully we can make something that doesn't make everyone want to find us, cut off our heads and throw it right in our faces." </p><p>Like I said, he seemed genuinely ready to fight the good fight and humbled to be a part of this series that has had such a huge cultural impact. </p><p>Now here's some bullet-points from the rest of the Q&amp;A, straight from Hamill's mouth: </p><p>&nbsp; </p><center><img src="http://media.aintitcool.com/media/uploads/2013/quint/markhamilljedi2_large.jpg" alt="" 2="alt"></center> <p>&nbsp; </p><p>-Hamill said he talked to Lucas back in the day about why he started with the middle trilogy. First off, Lucas originally wanted to do 4 trilogies (12 movies), but pared it down to 3 trilogies (9 movies). Why start in the middle then? "Even then I realized that if these things were to go forward that the technology would improve and that by the time we had gone back in time the special effects would give it away, that they were much more technologically advanced than what we were doing. He said, 'Well, this trilogy is the most commercial.' I said, 'Oh, okay.'" </p><p>-Because the Star Wars films aren't set in a recognizable era, Hamill says a lot of kids get weirded out when their parents point him out. In their minds these movies were made 2 weeks ago, so Hamill now is in the habit of saying, "Relax, I'm Luke's grandfather." </p><p>-Hamill says he's entered into the old recluse side of his career, with his typical Saturday night being SNL and old TV show reruns on Svengoolie. His favorites are Combat, Thriller, Twilight Zone, Car 54 Where Are You and Sgt. Bilko. </p><p>-His initial reaction to the Star Wars script was that it was at the very least a cult hit, even if it didn't hit at the box office. "I saw (the possibility of) endless midnight screenings with that pungent smell in the air because it was a fantasy with a sense of humor." He's talking about weed, folks. </p><p>-He also said that while the cult status was assured, he was also positive the movie would be huge. He predicted it would be bigger than Planet of the Apes. Lucas needed the movie to make 2 ½ times its $7.5 million budget in order to get a greenlight on the sequel and Hamill said he was not only sure they'd get that, but that they could hit at least $25 million. Big laughs. </p><p>-Hamill's impersonation of Harrison Ford's Han Solo was amazing and I wish I had the ability to share it with you. He also was asked to do the Joker's laugh and complied, so that's a special extra bit for the folks who were fortunate enough to have been there. </p><p>-He also had a few knocks to throw at Jedi, despite his obvious admiration of the film and the work of everybody involved. Hamill was brought in to do wardrobe tests before he read the script and he noted he was wearing all black. He considered the fact that he's got a robot hand, they're putting him in all black outfits... he thought Luke was going to fall to the dark side and that was how they were going to top the big reveal at the end of Empire, but showing Luke severely tempted by the dark side (maybe even to the point of killing one of the group), but coming around at the end. "I thought a great fake-out would be to make the audience believe that I went awry and at the last possible moment save either Carrie or Harrison from death and that would be the twist. So I was disappointed when I read (the Jedi script). I was like, "Really? A second Death Star? Really? That's the plot?" </p><p>- "To be fair, if George had known from the beginning he was going to do three movies he would have saved the destruction of the Death Star for the third movie." </p><p>- Hamill was discussing Empire and Jedi, calling them "2 and 3" and then stopped and remembered their episode numbers within Lucas' grand scheme. He laughed it off. "From my perspective, the prequels have a beginning, a middle and an end and take place before I was born, so I'm not required to know anything about them." Cue applause. </p><p>-Hamill was never invited to the set of the prequels. He would have gone, but didn't want to impose and be the old guy telling the new cast "You know, back in my day we did it this way..." </p><p>-Empire Strikes Back is Hamill's favorite Star Wars film and told the story about how the script and line-readings on the day of the big reveal were "Obi-Wan killed your father." Only Lucas, Irvin Kershner and Hamill knew the real ending and Hamill only knew when Kershner pulled him aside to tell him. It was a good thing they did that with the on-set line reading because 2 days after they shot the scene the UK's The Sun had a front page headline that read "Guinness Head Baddie In Star Wars 2." Even Harrison Ford didn't know until the premiere. </p><p>-Hamill never doubted that Vader was telling the truth like a lot of fans did. He always thought the twist was the real deal. "What I thought was a lie was when they said that Leia was my sister. I said, 'Oh, come on.' I mean, really! This seems like a lame attempt to top the Vader thing, you know what I'm saying? Why not have Boba Fett remove his helmet, shake out some beautiful hair and 'Oh, my God! It's mom! She's been a double agent all these years!'" </p><p>-He also had issues with Boba Fett's exit from the films. "It just didn't seem right. They built him up, he was so awesome and he has that great costume and Jeremy Bulloch did such a great job. Really, you just flip a switch on his backpack? It just seemed like it was a missed opportunity." </p><p>-Hamill has never read any of the books or other extended universe stuff. "People say to me, "Dude, you're married to Mara Jade! She's smokin' hot!" I go, "That would have been nice if they had thought of that when I was actually involved! You know, because it's the ultimate good news/bad news joke. The good news is there's an attractive woman in the universe, only one, the bad news is she's your sister." </p><p>-Hamill remembers finding a memo to Lucas from the Fox execs on the first film suggesting he put a pair of lederhosen on Chewbacca. "They said, 'Do you realize he has no pants on?' I said, 'Wow, if that's what they're worried about we're in serious trouble.' And they didn't like the title Star Wars. They said 'We've done polls and 38% of women ages 18-49 don't like films with the word "Wars" in the title.'" </p><p>-Hamill talked about David Lynch almost getting the directing gig on Jedi and thought it would have been perfect. "It's like Lennon/McCartney. You have the sweet with the sardonic. You would have had that mainstream commercialism of Star Wars with that really skewed view. I think he might have chaffed at the idea of someone looking over his shoulder and this was really George's baby. I didn't understand at the time why he didn't direct all three, but I came to love Irvin Kirshner and I came to love Richard Marquand." </p><p>-One important bit of "homework" Hamill did for all the Star Wars films was spend a lot of time in the art department looking at the designs of what would later be special effects or big sets, like the Snow Walkers (AT-ATs) or Death Star. That way he had a very developed image of what he was looking at when told to stare at a piece of tape and react. </p><p>-Told an Empire story about feeling uneasy about hurting the Wampa too badly. The focus on Luke in that sequence (hanging upside down, reaching for the lightsaber, etc) was all second unit. "I said to them 'Look, when I make this swipe camera right with my saber, I'm just nicking this creature, right?Because he's not evil, he's just hungry! I don't want to hurt him. He's like a big grizzly bear or something.' They said, 'Yeah, yeah. You're just nicking him and he'll back off.' Nine months later I'm in a theater and not only do I hurt him, I cut his arm off! They completely lied to me about that!" </p><p>In between the two Q&amp;As I got to move over to the VIP section so I could catch the second talk. That also happened to be the area where they hid Mark Hamill before introducing him to the second audience, so there I am, celebrating May the 4th as a Star Wars kid who had Ralph McQuarrie's original Star Wars and Empire concept art on his walls as a kid and up walks Luke Skywalker. He sees a couple of us talking as he walks in, strolls past and gives a wave before taking his place by the front of the section, waiting for his introduction. I'm pretty sure he didn't Jedi mind trick me, but I'm sure those pig guards thought the same thing after he passed, so who knows? </p><p>What's really messing with my brain is that a few minutes later, Hamill engaged me in a brief conversation about Man of Steel and started wondering out loud why all the superheroes are played by foreign actors, what that means about American actors, etc. It didn't occur to me until about 30 minutes later that I actually got to hear the Joker complain about Superman and Batman </p><p>So that was my night. After hearing the DTS sound rumble the balls off of the entire packed house at this massive, amazing theater, witnessing the vast appeal these movies still have with an audience that ranged from ages 6 to 66 and seeing the spark in Mark Hamill's eye as he talked about Star Wars old and new I gotta say I'm even more pumped to see what JJ Abrams has to deliver. </p><p>&nbsp; </p><center><img src="http://media.aintitcool.com/media/uploads/2013/quint/markhamilljedi3_large.jpg" alt="" 2="alt"></center> <p>&nbsp; </p><p>-Eric Vespe<br><em>"Quint"</em> <br><a href="mailto:quint@aintitcool.com">quint@aintitcool.com</a><br> Follow Me On <a href="http://www.twitter.com/EricVespe">Twitter</a> </p><center><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/coolproduction/ckeditor_assets/pictures/16/original/quint.jpg?1291970865" alt="" 2="alt"></center> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://web1.aintitcool.com/node/62268">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/us2o5NfoMqI" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-05T13:40:40.046-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/mark-hamill-discusses-star-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/wYD1xTAJ2Yk/may-fourth-be-with-you-with-1138-behind.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sun, 05 May 2013 00:25:24 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-8600548947996273064<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>May the Fourth Be With You With 1138 Behind the Scenes 'Star Wars' Trilogy Photos</b> </div> <div> <div style="width:650px"><img width="640" alt="© Lucasfilm Ltd." src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/NYwcbie.jpg" height="360"><p>© Lucasfilm Ltd.</p></div> <p>Happy <strong><em>Star Wars</em> Day</strong>. To celebrate this year's May the 4th, we want to drown you in imagery from the whole first trilogy. And not just screen shots from the movie but behind the scenes production photos and concept art. Someone chose and compiled 1,138 pictures (you ought to know the significance of that number) for <a href="http://imgur.com/a/0RmF7#979">a gallery at IMGUR</a>&nbsp;specifically for today's occasion, and yes the usual fanboy favorites involve Princess Leia. In addition to the one above, there's plenty of the slave outfit and, as pointed out <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1difaq/i_compiled_1138_photos_chronicling_the_making_of/">on Reddit</a>, apparently a formal moment (the premiere?) where you can see <strong>Carrie Fisher</strong>'s nipple. Yeah, there's truth to the idea that fanboys are 13 years old forever. </p><p>Personally, I mostly cherish the pics that expose some of the magic of the costume and special effects but which highlight the craft and mastery of these practical elements of the making of <strong><em>A New Hope</em></strong>, <strong><em>The Empire Strikes Back</em></strong> and <strong><em>Return of the Jedi</em></strong>. It's the stuff that makes the joke about <a href="http://i.imgur.com/952tmHZ.jpg">this</a> being a behind the scenes photo from the production of <strong><em>The Phantom Menace</em></strong> all the more hilarious (and sad). I've posted a few of my favorites after the jump — and sure, I'll include a sunbathing slave Leia in there. I never said I wasn't among those young-at-heart (and hormone) fans.<span></span> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="640" alt="euV9ci2" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/euV9ci2.jpg" height="409"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="351" alt="wnVI6Ch" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/wnVI6Ch.jpg" height="442"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="640" alt="s74ynkn" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/s74ynkn.jpg" height="925"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="640" alt="Em1nwH9" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/Em1nwH9.jpg" height="409"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="334" alt="9qqzIfb" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/9qqzIfb.jpg" height="227"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="532" alt="BVw0fc1" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/BVw0fc1.jpg" height="407"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="640" alt="XKrhZdc" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/XKrhZdc.jpg" height="409"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="640" alt="GE9JDLF" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/GE9JDLF.jpg" height="478"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="496" alt="1U1HZ9K" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/1U1HZ9K.jpg" height="700"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img width="640" alt="q1viwlU" src="http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/q1viwlU.jpg" height="409"> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><div> </div> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmSchoolRejects/~3/XPTdiOd299o/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-with-1138-behind-the-scenes-star-wars-trilogy-photos.php">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/wYD1xTAJ2Yk" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-05T03:25:24.088-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-fourth-be-with-you-with-1138-behind.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/iJHFSgAFVe8/geeks-from-alderaan-to-kashyyyk.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sat, 04 May 2013 08:46:16 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-7417837079532931464<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Geeks From Alderaan to Kashyyyk Celebrate Star Wars Day</b> </div> <div> <img src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZglkZWZhdWx0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/8042b1e7.jpg" alt="8042b1e7"><div style="float:right;width:50px"><a style="margin:10px" href="http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Geeks+From+Alderaan+to+Kashyyyk+Celebrate+Star+Wars+Day&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fstar-wars-day%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss"><img border="0" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg" alt="Feed-tw"></a><a style="margin:10px" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fstar-wars-day%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&amp;src=sp"><img border="0" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg" alt="Feed-fb"></a></div><p><em>Star Wars</em> fans across the world are celebrating "Star Wars Day" today. Why? Check out the date — and May the Fourth Be With You. </p><p>Here's a look at how the Jedi, Sith, bounty hunters, smugglers and tibanna gas miners of the world are celebrating Star Wars Day on social media through memes, GIFs and movies: </p><p>[<a href="http://storify.com/mashable/may-the-fourth-be-with-you?utm_campaign&amp;utm_context=textlink&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source">View the story "May the Fourth Be With You" on Storify</a>] </p><p><strong></strong></p><div><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/04/star-wars-life-lessons/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">10 Life Lessons From <em>Star Wars</em></a> </strong></div> <p><em>Image via Chris Jackson/Getty Images</em> <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/04/star-wars-day/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Read more...</a>More about <a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Star Wars</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Entertainment</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/film/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Film</a>, and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars-day/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Star Wars Day</a> </p></div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/vJvghFX0lWo/">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/iJHFSgAFVe8" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-04T11:46:16.876-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/geeks-from-alderaan-to-kashyyyk.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/Z4uora8YbR8/happy-star-wars-day-may-fourth-be-with.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sat, 04 May 2013 08:42:39 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-749807772336199727<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you!</b> </div> <div> <p><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ml8hsid6z5pgif/ku-medium.gif" width="300" height="169"> </p><p>It's May the Fourth, that day when <em>Star Wars</em> fans punnily wish each other well. We're celebrating with some of our favorite <em>Star Wars</em> gifs. How are you celebrating <em>Star Wars</em> Day?</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654">Read more...</a></p><div><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle"><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhappy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654&amp;t=Happy+Star+Wars+Day%21+May+the+Fourth+be+with+you%21"><img border="0" src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png"></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhappy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654&amp;t=Happy+Star+Wars+Day%21+May+the+Fourth+be+with+you%21"><img border="0" src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png"></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhappy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654&amp;t=Happy+Star+Wars+Day%21+May+the+Fourth+be+with+you%21"><img border="0" src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png"></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhappy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654&amp;t=Happy+Star+Wars+Day%21+May+the+Fourth+be+with+you%21"><img border="0" src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png"></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhappy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654&amp;t=Happy+Star+Wars+Day%21+May+the+Fourth+be+with+you%21"><img border="0" src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><br> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/tM4OYMS3zcI/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-490055654">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/Z4uora8YbR8" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-04T11:42:39.396-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/happy-star-wars-day-may-fourth-be-with.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/sblpZapiKa8/10-life-lessons-from-star-wars.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Sat, 04 May 2013 01:40:57 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-3740957806758311192<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>10 Life Lessons From Star Wars</b> </div> <div> <img src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA1LzA0L2NiL1N0YXJXYXJzTGlmLjNjMjZlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/04f1378c/0bb/Star-Wars-Life-Lessons.jpg" alt="Star-wars-life-lessons"><div style="float:right;width:50px"><a style="margin:10px" href="http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=10+Life+Lessons+From+Star+Wars&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fstar-wars-life-lessons%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss"><img border="0" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg" alt="Feed-tw"></a><a style="margin:10px" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fstar-wars-life-lessons%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&amp;src=sp"><img border="0" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg" alt="Feed-fb"></a></div><p>Happy <em><a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Star Wars</a></em> Day! May the fourth be with you. </p><p>The epic big-screen battle between good and evil set in a galaxy far, far away influenced generations of young Jedi wannabes. Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi instilled values of discipline and loyalty, while Darth Vader served as a cautionary tale to anyone tempted by the dark side of life. </p><p><strong></strong></p><div><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/28/star-wars-nesting-dolls/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Like, You Will: Star Wars Nesting Dolls</a> </strong></div> <p>To celebrate May 4th and honor all the wisdom bestowed by Luke, Leia and that feisty furball Chewbacca, we gathered 10 life lessons from <em>Star Wars</em>. Learn from it, you will. </p><p><a name="m!5fea"></a> </p><div> <div><p><a href="http://mashable.com/stories/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss#"></a><a href="http://mashable.com/stories/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss#"></a><a href="http://mashable.com/stories/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss#"></a><a href="http://mashable.com/stories/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss#"></a></p></div> <p><a href="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Star-Wars-Lessons-Final-Edit.jpg?utm_campaign=&amp;utm_context=textlink&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source="><img src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA1LzA0L2JiL1N0YXJXYXJzTGVzLmRmOWJmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/094977fb/22a/Star-Wars-Lessons-Final-Edit.jpg" alt="" title="Star Wars Life Lessons"></a> </p></div> <p><strong></strong></p><div><strong>BONUS: <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/02/rancho-obi-wan/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Inside the Largest Star Wars Collection Ever</a> </strong></div> <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/04/star-wars-life-lessons/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Read more...</a>More about <a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Star Wars</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/infographic/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Infographic</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/film/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Film</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Watercooler</a>, and <a href="http://mashable.com/pics/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Pics</a> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/qk07o5sbJQM/">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/sblpZapiKa8" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-04T04:40:57.367-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-life-lessons-from-star-wars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/1cdPleZ9NhI/book-review-william-shakespeares-star.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Fri, 03 May 2013 04:14:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-1045639808652571537<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Book Review: William Shakespeare's Star Wars</b> </div> <div> <img src="http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/StarWars_final_shakespeare.jpg" align="left">BUY THE BOOK HERE SYNOPSIS: May the verse be with you! Inspired by one of the greatest creative minds in the English language—and William Shakespeare—here is an officially licensed retelling of George Lucas's epic STAR WARS in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young... <a href="http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/book-review-william-shakespeares-star-wars">Read More...</a> </div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/book-review-william-shakespeares-star-wars">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/1cdPleZ9NhI" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-03T07:14:51.061-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-william-shakespeares-star.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~3/AEGFhwoOT2U/hello-handsome-google-glass-owners-can.htmltheedj1@gmail.com (Ed Johnson)Thu, 02 May 2013 07:43:42 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559785421557275613.post-7780556185056663147<div><br><div class="article"> <div class="header"> <b>Hello, Handsome: Google Glass Owners Can Now Take Photos With a Wink</b> </div> <div> <img src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA1LzAyL2EyL0dvb2dsZUdsYXNzLmZiMTdiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/3f93b082/3e1/Google-Glass.jpg" alt="Google-glass"><div style="float:right;width:50px"><a style="margin:10px" href="http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Hello%2C+Handsome%3A+Google+Glass+Owners+Can+Now+Take+Photos+With+a+Wink&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fhello-handsome-google-glass-owners-can-now-take-photos-with-a-wink%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss"><img border="0" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg" alt="Feed-tw"></a><a style="margin:10px" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fhello-handsome-google-glass-owners-can-now-take-photos-with-a-wink%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&amp;src=sp"><img border="0" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg" alt="Feed-fb"></a></div><p>Although <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/04/15/google-glass-api/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">developing apps</a> for <a href="http://mashable.com/category/project-glass/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Google Glass</a> isn't currently a very lucrative endeavor — ads aren't allowed, and the device costs $1,500 — developers are creating new ways to use the wearable device every day </p><p>Case in point: an app that lets Google Glass users take photos with the wink of an eye </p><p>Called <a href="https://plus.google.com/116031914637788986927/posts/Hp9n6oXpFfH">Winky</a>, the app is a simple affair; it lets you wake Glass from standby and take a pic with a slow wink of an eye </p><p>"Winking really changes things. You might not thing it's hard to say "Ok, Glass Take a Picture" or even just tap a button. But it's a context switch that takes you out of the moment, even if just for a second. Winking lets you lifelog with little to no effort. I've taken more pictures today than I have the past 5 days thanks to this. Sure, they are mostly silly, but my timeline has now truly become a timeline of where I've been," says developer Mike DiGiovanni on his Google+ page. <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/02/hello-handsome-google-glass-owners-can-now-take-photos-with-a-wink/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Read more...</a>More about <a href="http://mashable.com/category/project-glass/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Project Glass</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/google-glass/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Google Glass</a>, and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/winky/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Winky</a> </p></div> <br> <div class="visit"> <a href="http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/cQ7Rh7EkffQ/">Visit website</a> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Sent via <a href="http://bit.ly/SA6Efh">feedly</a> // A news reader for creative minds. </div> </div><div><br><br>Ed Johnson&nbsp;<div><br></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdJohnsonPresentsStarWarsTheCloneChronicles/~4/AEGFhwoOT2U" height="1" width="1"/>2013-05-02T10:43:42.108-04:000http://starwarscc.blogspot.com/2013/05/hello-handsome-google-glass-owners-can.htmlFan Created WebcomicEd JohnsonnonadultSTAR WARS Webcomic