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Luke Skywalker’s pants to be put up for auction on Tuesday

The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning “Star Wars” film are being sold at auction and could go for up to $100,000, auctioneers announced Monday. The young Jedi Knight wore the sand-colored regular Levi’s pants throughout the 1977 movie, which launched the world-beating franchise by director…

Navajo actors audition for the first major Hollywood film to be dubbed into Dine: ‘Star Wars’

Members of the Navajo tribe in the southwestern United States are hoping the force will be with them as they dub “Star Wars” into their native Dine language. Two days of auditions began Friday at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona for Navajo wishing to lend their voices…

‘Star Wars’ parody puts Disney characters in a galaxy far, far away

If you weren’t happy to hear about Disney’s acquisition of the studio behind the Star Wars franchise, the parody “Return of the Empire” probably won’t put your mind at ease. But everybody else will probably get a few laughs out of it. Director Sam Macaroni’s seven-minute-plus fanfilm takes the company’s…

Mark Hamill confirms he is in talks for new Star Wars movie

Actor who played Luke Skywalker in original series wants to reprise his role as Jedi knight in proposed new trilogy of films Mark Hamill has confirmed he is set to have talks with the team behind the new Star Wars films about reprising his role as Luke Skywalker. Speaking to…

Scientists calculate ‘Star Wars’ hyperspace jump is impossible

Remember that dazzling moment in the “Star Wars” movies when the Millennium Falcon goes into hyperspace and a kaleidoscope of stars streaks past the ship? Sadly — like a lot of things in sci-fi movies — that really wouldn’t happen, a team of British science students have calculated. Han Solo,…

Disney yet to confirm leaked Star Wars Episode VII storyline

Reuters article suggests Luke Skywalker returns to Yavin 4 to build Jedi academy in forthcoming sequel. But Disney is yet to confirm Star Wars fans are abuzz after a news agency report appeared to inadvertently reveal that the debut film in Disney’s forthcoming revival of the series will feature a…

Mark Hamill hedges on potential appearance in new Star Wars

During Mark Hamill’s appearance on Cenk Uygur’s show The Young Turks, the host asked Hamill, who played hero Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, whether he was going to appear in the next Star Wars movie. “I would love to be able to make a big announcement, but…