Here are some cell phone snaps from this morning’s Star Wars invasion of the Today show.
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Snapshots from the Today Show’s Halloween Fun
October 30, 2009
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Today Show’s Star Wars Trick or Treat
October 30, 2009
Each year, the anchors of the TODAY Show have fun as Halloween approaches by dressing in costume. This morning, with the help of Lucasfilm, Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Meredith Viera, Hoda Kotb and company showed up decked out in classic Star Wars outfits. After conferring with Darth Vader via hologram, Roker showed up dressed as Han Solo with Chewbacca in tow. Matt arrived via X-wing as Luke Skywalker. Hoda, fittingly, arrived as Yoda. Kathie Lee Gifford had R2-D2 as her sidekick since she was dressed up as C-3PO. Ann Curry was revealed to be hidden beneath Darth Vader’s mask. Appearing as royalty were Natalie Morales as Queen Amidala and Meredith Vieira as Princess Leia. The hosts then competed in a game of “Jedi Jeopardy,” where the anchors tested their Star Wars trivia knowledge. See it online here. Read the Today Show’s story here.
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Rare Star Wars PSA Behind the Scenes Video
October 19, 2009
StarWars.com readers may remember our interview with Peter Shillingford, who directed the 1977 childhood immunization public service announcement ad that aired shortly after the release of A New Hope. As it seems a lot of archival home-made movies have been making their way online lately (see the 1976 ILM home movie here), we thought we’d share another recent discovery reportedly posted by the grandson or granddaughter of the Star Wars PSA’s producer. From poster “sowtime444”:
This was shot by my grandparents in England. There is no sound. My grandfather worked for the Kennedy Foundation and produced the Star Wars commercials. He was a talented writer, among other things. He is the one with the orange-red vest on.
The footage reveals over five minutes of the goings-on behind the scenes on the commercial shoot, which starred both Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and Kenny Baker as R2-D2. Director Peter Shillingford is the chap in the blue sweater.
Watch Video: 1977 Star Wars PSA Behind the Scenes
Also, check out the original commercial here.
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Max Records Used the Force in His Audition
October 19, 2009
Max Records, star of the movie Where the Wild Things Are, drops some Star Wars references about his audition with director Spike Jonze into his interview with Conan O’Brien on The Tonight Show.
Max: “The final audition was probably the strangest that was with Spike here in LA. During which he shot foam bullets at me which I tried to block with an umbrella like a lightsaber.”
Conan: “But that’s not in the movie!”
Max: “You don’t understand, Max has to have awesome Force powers.”
WATCH VIDEO: Max Records on The Tonight Show
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Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding: U2 vs. R2-D2
October 16, 2009
As an added part of the BBC celeb music game show Nevermind the Buzzcocks, team leaders and comedians Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding debate a music topic after every episode. This time it’s a debate pitting super-band U2’s The Edge versus super-astromech R2-D2!
“Into the Sarlaac pit with the pair of them!”
WATCH VIDEO: Noel Fielding & Phill Jupitus: U2 vs R2-D2 (via BBC)
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Peter Serafinowicz Mauls Buzzcocks
October 16, 2009
While fans know actor Ray Park as Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace they may not realize that British actor/comedian Peter Serafinowicz was the voice.
On a recent episode of the British celeb music game show Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Serafinowicz gave the audience a taste of what the iconic Star Wars baddie sounds like when he talks about revenge and cheese.
WATCH VIDEO: Peter Serafinowicz’s Darth Maul
(WARNING: Some adult humor on video)
Be sure to follow Peter on Twitter.
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Lucasfilm Artifact: Defenders of Dynatron City
September 29, 2009We’re now just a few short days away from the triumphant return of the The Clone Wars to television as Season Two launches this Friday on the Cartoon Network. But let’s turn the calendar back about 15 years and look at an animated venture that didn’t have the legs to last. We’re not talking Droids or Ewoks, which enjoyed a fair amount of success in the mid-1980s. We’re talking about an artifact largely forgotten from Lucas-lore: a tongue-in-cheek superhero show called The Defenders of Dynatron City.
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Clone Wars Season 2: Bounty Hunters
September 24, 2009
Words & Photos: Bonnie Burton
The next season of The Clone Wars not only has brave Jedi and clone troopers, but some of the coolest-looking bounty hunters to ever hit the galaxy.
At The Clone Wars Season 2 Press Junket this week, Lucasfilm unveiled the concept art of both new and a few familiar bounty hunters!
Check them out below:
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More Cad Bane at Clone Wars Press Junket
September 24, 2009
Words & Photos: Bonnie Burton
When Cad Bane crashed The Clone Wars Season 2 Press Junket at Big Rock Ranch this week, he did it in a big way.
The Clone Wars blue-skinned bounty hunter posed for photos, interrupted international broadcasts, and made us all wonder if we could pull off dressing like him this Halloween.
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Send in the Troops: Clone Wars Press Junket
September 23, 2009
Words & Photos: Bonnie Burton
Cad Bane wasn’t the only star of The Clone Wars Season 2 Press Junket at Big Rock Ranch. After all, the show is called The CLONE Wars.
Here’s a selection of our fave photos of the clone troopers in action as they mingle with the press, guard the entrance and play as themselves in games from LucasArts.
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