The Star Wars Trilogy

The Star Wars series has been a massive global success but the reviewer of The Empire Strikes Back in Britain's Daily Telegraph in 1980 didn't like it much. [More] Tweet 

If you love The Muppets and love Star Wars spoofs, you’re in for a treat: In the summer of 1983, shortly after the original release of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Muppet magazine published a “summer spoof special,” adapting the Star Wars saga as a Muppets comic. Enough said — enjoy. [More] Tweet 

Star Swarm Part II: From STAR TREK to STAR WARS, read George (Lieutenant Sulu) Takei’s opinion on the record breaking movie along with the comments of experts such as George Pal! [More] Tweet 

The Star Wars articles from Famous Monsters of Filmland issue No.138 (OCTOBER 1977) with R2D2 on the cover:
STAR SWARM The most talked about movie of the year is “Star Wars.” Everyone is talking, sure, but what do the experts say? Do you agree?
STAR WARS QUIZ this is absolutely the toughest quiz we’ve ever run. If you can’t pass it, see the movie again or buy “Star Wars Spectacular!” [More] Tweet 

Happy Halloween: this 16 page mini comic came packaged with Previews and reprints a story from Star Wars Tales #17. [More] Tweet 

The Star Wars Blooper reel, revealed at this years comic con. [More] Tweet 

The kindle edition of The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi was released today (only $14.95 on Amazon) [More] Tweet 

While some people at the U.S. department of defense may daydream about building a Death Star, U.S.A.F. Lt. Col Dan Ward, advises against it. Filled with enough Star Wars movie references to keep any fanboy reading, this well written and thoroughly engaging article explores why such expensive and complex projects should be avoided by the government and, I would argue, by other industries as well. [More] Tweet 

This is a recreation of the German version of the original Star Wars Read Along book. Dissatisfied with the results from his flatbed scanner, OriginalTrilogy.com member TK-949 tracked down high resolution images of all the photos required to reconstruct the book from scratch... [More] Tweet 

An extremely rare, Return of the Jedi Editdroid system demonstration laserdisc is for sale on Ebay. [More] Tweet 

Filmed sometime in mid 1980, this television interview with Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) doesn't reveal anything new about the movie, but it does capture just how beautiful Carrie was, and how charming Billy Dee Williams can be. [More] Tweet 

The feistiest woman in the universe talks about first dates, being rich . . . and why Darth Vader should be called darthy.

Shortly after the release of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Robert Crane caught up with the diminutive daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher at her home in Laurel Canyon. He reports, "Carrie Fisher lives in a log cabin. Really. The only tip-off to her wealth is a Mercedes 450 SL parked in the driveway. Carrie talks fast and loud and doesn't forget the audience for a moment. She takes charge, like Princess Leia, but is much more attractive in person without that costume and the doughnuts on the side of her head." [More] Tweet 

Until a couple of weeks ago, there were really only two or three common sources to all the Star Wars holiday Special video available on the internet, now a new, First generation VHS recording from WHIO in Dayton Ohio has appeared. Is this now the best quality source available? TheStarWarsTrilogy.com investigates. [More] Tweet 

This is the story of THE EWOK ADVENTURE. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear the chimes ring like this...

LET’S BEGIN NOW: [More] Tweet 

Last week we followed the ups and downs of Star Wars gaming as it grew out of the 8-bit home computer market and rode the wave of console gaming into the mid-90s. In this final chapter, Dan Whitehead picks up the story as the home PC went from being a fancy-pants calculator and started to make its mark as a games machine, right up to the release of the Star Wars prequel movies... [More] Tweet