Star Wars

No, It's not an April Fools joke.  Variety is reporting that Lucasfilm Animation is currently developing a Star Wars comedy tv series.  Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who created the insanely funny Robot Chicken (which had 3 Star Wars specials), is said to be involved in the development.  Click here to read the Variety report.

There are lots of cool stuff happening around the sci-fi/fantasy universe that we just can't post about all of them here on NWPH. So until you can send us some additional News Posting Elves to enslave employ, I bring you a list of links to some of the things SFF fans are chatting / tweeting / blogging about.   Read more

It's always cool to meet your favorite actors from your favorite movies. It's even cooler if you get to hang out with them, like at a convention or a mixer. But it's a whole new level of awesome when your favorite Star Wars character joins your fan club. Oh yes, you read it right. British actor Jeremy Bulloch, who played the uber-cool Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, has joined the 501st Legion.   Read more

I love Twitter. I manage NewWorlds.ph's account and have endeavored to follow authors (J.K. Rowling), actors (Zachary Quinto, Anthony Daniels, William Shatner...), film studios (Warner Bros., Paramount, Pixar), directors (Jon Favreau, Kevin Smith, David Slade, Richard Kelly...), writers, and other personalities relevant to the science fiction and fantasy genres. Heck, because they're really funny, I even follow a mouse living inside the Lucasfilm studios and... uh, a plant... oh, sheep, is it dead?! *blink*   Read more

From io9: Hope you weren't getting too excited over those rumors about George Lucas preparing to make three all-new, all-3D Star Wars movies. According to Lucasfilm's Head of Fan Relations Steve Sansweet, they're not going to happen anytime soon. Or ever.

When asked by Movie Geek Feed about the rumors, Sansweet offered this denial.

What happens when you mix Star Wars and horror? Well, there are zombies, and there's a little bit of Michael Jackson in there too! Star Wars artists go a little crazy in celebration of the release of the new novel, Death Troopers, by Joe Schrieber. See the awesome art on StarWars.com.    Read more

From the Star Wars Homing Beacon: The latest episode of The Clone Wars features Padmé Amidala in the thick of enemy intrigue as she undertakes a controversial spy mission on the behalf of the Jedi Council. She is tasked to spy on a former flame who is believed to be conspiring with the Separatists. Actress Catherine Taber, who provides the voice of Padmé Amidala was kind enough to answer a few questions about this episode, "Senate Spy."   Read more

By Peter Hartlaub, Chronicle Pop Culture Critic

When the first "Star Wars" movies came out, Gregg Perloff says, he was a casual fan at best. But the longtime Bay Area concert promoter was exposed to all things Wookiee and Hutt anyway - from his twin boys who were around 10 when the second trilogy came to theaters starting in 1999.    Read more