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by storiesbywilliams on March 6, 2013 in Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Uncategorized and tagged billy dee williams, c3p0, carrie fisher, CGI, chewbacca, disney, george lucas, han solo, Harrison Ford, lando calrissian, lucasarts, lucasfilm, luke skywalker, mark hamil, princess leia, r2d2, Star Wars

Ever since Mark Hamil announced that he would be returning to the Star Wars universe, courtesy of Disney and Lucas’ multi-billion dollar payout, fans have been wondering exactly how the aging star could reprise a role that occurred over thirty years ago. Well as it happens, Hamil had his own thoughts on the subject, and […]

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The Kessel Run: The Fandom Obsession

by storiesbywilliams on February 15, 2013 in Books, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series, Space, Video and tagged black hole, carrie fisher, chewy, disney star wars, Dune, george lucas, glimmerstim spice, han solo, jedi, jedi academy trilogy, kessel, kessel run, Kevin J Anderson, light year, luke skywalker, millennium falcon, movie mistakes, parsec, princess leia, sith, space, speed of light (c), spice, Star Wars, star wars episode IV a new hope, Star Wars prequels, Star Wars trilogy, stormtrooper, the empire, the maw, the phantom menace, the pit, the rebel alliance, time travel, wired magazine

If you were to get into a discussion with a true Star Wars fan, it would only be a matter of time before the subject of the Kessel run came up. Long considered one of the biggest enigmas to come out of the franchise, Han’s boast in A New Hope about his ship’s capabilities – […]

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Star Wars VII, What’s it Going to Be?

by storiesbywilliams on November 6, 2012 in Movies, News, Sci-Fi and tagged admiral ackbar, AMOG, anakin skywalker, boba fett, darth vader, disney, george lucas, grand admiral thrawn, great galactic war, great hyperspace war, hayden kristensen, jedi, jedi master c'boath, KOTOR, ligthsaber fights, lucasarts, princess leia, rebel alliance, Return of the Jedi, senator organa solo, sith wars, Star Wars, Star Wars prequels, star wars: knights of the old republic, star wars: the old republic, the clone wars, the core worlds, the death star, the emperor, the new republic, the old republic, the thrawn trilogy, timothy zhan

The news that Disney has purchased LucasArts for a cool 4 billion has certainly been making the rounds of late! Even more interesting is the release that they will be releasing the sequel trilogy sometime in 2015. This news has once again fueled a great deal of speculation as to what direction the new movies […]

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Cool Ships (volume VII)

by storiesbywilliams on May 14, 2012 in Cool Ships, Series, Video games and tagged admiral ackbar, admiral cain, Babylon 5, battlestar, Battlestar Galactica, bentusi, blockade runner, bsg stealth ship, captain kirk, captain lee adama, centauri battlecruiser, chapterhouse dune, colonial fleet, commander adama, corellian corvette, cr90, cylon fleet, Dune, earth alliance, earth-minbari war, g'quon class heavy cruiser, genesis project, harbor ship of bentus, heretics of dune, homeworld, ixian no-ship, khan noonien singh, mon calamari cruiser, mon remonda, mothership, narn cruiser, narn-centauri war, no-chamber, president laura roselyn, primus-class battlecruiser, princess leia, raptor, resurrection ship, Star Trek, Star Wars, star wars episode IV a new hope, star wars universe, starbuck, super star destroyer, the blackbird, the laura, the pegasus, the twelve colonies, thrawn crisis, uss enterprise, uss reliant, vicount-class star defender, viper mark VII

Welcome to volume 7. Nuff chit chat, let’s get started! The Blackbird: Starting this list off right is the stealth ship from the updated Galactica universe. Christened the Laura, in honor of President Roslyn, this ship was the brainchild of engineer Galen Tyrol and his deck hands, who decided to build a new fighter from […]

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The Empire Strikes Back or Happy Star Wars Day weekend!

by storiesbywilliams on May 5, 2012 in Movies, Reviews and tagged admiral ozzle, admiral piett, anakin skywalker, apology accepted captain needa, artificial hand, asteroid field, at-at walkers, boba fett, bounty hunters, c3p0, captain piett, dagobah, darth vader, death star, droids, emperor palpatine, episode V, general veers, han solo, hoth, hoth system, ion cannon, jabba the hutt, jedi master, lando, lando calrissian, leia organa, lightsaber, luke skywalker, master yoda, medical frigate, obi wan kenobi, princess leia, r2d2, rebel fleet, rebel speeders, rogue squadron, shield generator, star destroyer, Star Wars, super star destroyer, the bounty, the emperor, the empire strikes back, the executor, tie fighters, wampa, yoda, you are in command now admiral piett, you will be... you will be

Well, it’s officially the day after Star Wars Day, so now what? It’s the perfect time to review the sequel to the time-honored classic, that’s what! And I did promise to cover this rare example of a movie that managed to exceed the original, didn’t I? Hell, I would even if I hadn’t, its a […]

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