Comments on: Tron’s “Rinzler” Has Lucasfilm Connection

By: Rachel Gillespie

Rachel Gillespie — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:58:44 +0000

I was wondering where the name came from. Rinzler is, by far,my favorite character!

By: Eric Rinzler

Eric Rinzler — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:07:21 +0000

Just wanted to let J.W. know that there are Rinzler’s in Atlanta Ga. None of us are writers though so he has that one all to himself.

By: Torley

Torley — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:17:02 +0000

I knew it! And incidentally, I’m reading and listening to J.W. Rinzler’s The Sounds of Star Wars right now. Funny thing, my wife thought it was a children’s book due to its heft — and because many children’s books are multimedia-enhanced. Us adults are missing out, more books deserve their own integrated soundtrack to make another sense come alive… for a more immersive experience.

Thanks for sharing this confirmation.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:32:49 +0000

After seeing Tron Legacy last night, there seems to be loads of references to Star Wars. For example when Sam tries to use the lightbike ‘hilt’ as a lightsabre and when the pilot of the pursuing ships signals to the other, it’s exactly the same as the speeder bikes in Return of the Jedi.

By: atrainer

atrainer — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:13:48 +0000

Rinzler is a badass character and also very talented dude…but, when I clicked on this link I was expecting to read about how much the character resembled Darth Maul…
I thought it was Ray Park till the credits roled.

By: Kenny Kraly Jr.

Kenny Kraly Jr. — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:41:19 +0000

Great story I own most of J.W. Rinzler books and they are all great but I did’nt know Rinzler was connected to Tron. Very nice info.

By: Campbell

Campbell — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:26:43 +0000

That’s great! I’m glad to know this as well- it was something I’d wondered about when I first saw the action figures weeks ago.

Nice reward for a heckuva good author!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:59:26 +0000

That’s just freakin’ awesome! I heard this thru twitter the other day and when I saw the movie today, I was exscited for him. LOL