Star Wars 30th Anniversary

If you’re in Los Angeles this weekend, and not a Star Wars fan, you’d be best to stay away from the convention centre…

Thousands of sci-fi fans will descend on Hollywood this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, for the C4 (Celebration 4) convention, which marks the 30th anniversary of the George Lucas’ cult movie franchise.

The very first Star Wars flick, now titled A New Hope, was released in a limited number of cinemas across America on May 25th, 1977, and since that day, the franchise has earned over 20 billion dollars in revenue.

Organisers of the fourth Star Wars celebration are expecting in excess of 10,000 fans per day during the three-day convention.

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Quote of the Day: Lucas Thinks Spiderman is Silly

“It’s silly. It’s a silly movie. There just isn’t much there. Once you take it all apart, there’s not much story, is there?”

– Star Wars creator and genius director, George Lucas, on Spiderman 3.

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Lucas Confirms Indy Shoot

George Lucas has confirmed that the fourth installment in his Indiana Jones franchise will begin shooting this year.

“It’s going to be fantastic. It’s going to be the best one yet,” Lucas praised of the script, after it had been finalised with the film’s director, Steven Spielberg. “[The film will be a] character piece.”

Aging actor Harrison Ford will again reprise his role as Indy.

The target release date is May 2008.

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