Home » Topics » Star Wars
Police arrive at sci-fi convention to bust up argument between rival fans
Police officers were called to sort out a bust-up at a British science-fiction convention as rival groups of “Star Wars” and other sci-fi fans rowed, reports said Thursday. An argument broke out at the fourth Norwich Sci-Fi and Film Convention, staged by the Norwich Star Wars Club, when members of…
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ to be filmed in Britain
he next chapter in the wildly successful “Star Wars” movie franchise will be produced in Britain, Disney’s Lucasfilm announced. “Star Wars: Episode VII” will be the first in the series since Disney bought the studio from George Lucas in 2012 for $4 billion. It is scheduled for release in 2015.…
J.J. Abrams to direct new ‘Star Wars’ film
Sci-fi and action filmmaker J.J. Abrams has been tapped to direct a seventh “Star Wars” movie expected to be released by Disney in 2015, a Hollywood trade publication reported. After purchasing “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’s Lucasfilm for $4 billion in October, Disney announced it was planning a new trilogy…
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 to release ‘Star Wars: Episode 7′ in 2015
The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that it planned to release a seventh Star Wars film. Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. The film studio was previously owned entirely by George Lucas, the creator of the iconic Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. Lucas will continue to work at…
In Canada, ‘Star Wars’ exhibit asks who we are
MONTREAL — A new exhibit exploring human identity through the “Star Wars” universe and the epic sci-fi saga’s quirky characters kicks off a multi-city world tour in Montreal on Thursday. “Star Wars Identities” combines the latest scientific research in areas of psychology, neuropsychology and genetics with some 200 costumes, props,…
Star Trek, Star Wars And The Corner: Abandon Sex All Ye Who Enter Here
Over at the Corner, Mike Potemra has decided to have a debate on the relative merits of Star Trek‘s moral philosophy. (Via.) Coincidentally, I have over the past couple of months been watching DVDs of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a show I missed completely in its run of 1987…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Fearing the U.S., Wikileak’s Assange will stay in Eucador’s London embassy
- North Korea threatens to kill authors who claim Kim Jong-Un urged leaders to study Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’
- John Oliver: Republicans resisting immigration reform ‘like a child with vegetables’
- North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un urges top officials to read Hitler’s Mein Kampf
- Maddow points out ‘fetal masturbation theorist’ is vice chair of House’s health panel
- Rand Paul slams U.S. spy chief for lying to Congress about NSA surveillance
- Doctors urge Obama to provide independent medical examiners to Guantanamo detainees
- Internet freaks out as Facebook goes down
- Young American pianist resurrects lost works of Nazi concentration camp inmates
- Actor Edward Furlong charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend
Commentary
Republicans’ latest abortion ban is staggeringly stupid
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S6E12, “The Quality of Mercy”
By Amanda Marcotte
The Center For Inquiry Likes Atheism’s Cranky White Guy Image, So Screw You Ladies
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
