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A Closer Look at Star Wars on Film and Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the revenge-of-the-marketdroids dept.

mclove writes "Revenge of the Sith comes out on DVD today, and there's an interesting article on Slate dissecting the now-complete trilogy as the avant-garde, intellectual sort of film that Lucas keeps saying it is."` Relatedly inkslinger77 writes "ILM model maker, Brian Gernand, speaks about what it is like to work with George Lucas and why he thinks Star Wars attracts such a huge following, particularly among the IT community. He also gives some information about the technology that is used behind the scenes. "

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  1. =O by urinetrouble · · Score: -1, Troll

    FOIST REPLY

  2. Movie fantasy leads to real world technology by ReformedExCon · · Score: 0, Troll

    From the article:

    And we're not so far away from having lightsabers as weapons. /end quote

    O RLY?

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    Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well.
  3. E3 DVD is overhyped. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sick of all the advertising for that DVD release. Even slashdot is getting in on it.

    I was in best buy today (using my best buy bucks; I only go there once a year) to get the CoV collector's edition and the cashier asked why I wasn't buying the new star wars movie. I angrily asked why I'd buy that piece of crap. He didn't reply but also didn't mention it again.

  4. who gives a sith? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I mean, really?

  5. Help me out by ifwm · · Score: 0, Troll

    "and there's an interesting article on Slate dissecting the now-complete trilogy as the avant-garde, intellectual sort of film that Lucas keeps saying it is."

    So, is avant-garde french for really crappy?