Movie Buzz Erik Bauersfeld, 90 years old, performed the voices of Admiral Ackbar and Bib Fortuna in “Return of the Jedi.” Turns out he's still never seen the original “Star Wars”.
Movie Buzz The people over at How It Should Have Ended nail their take on Return of the Jedi. “I'm just glad you didn't appear as your younger, more annoying self.” (via io9.com)
Lucas has really crossed the line this time. (via fuckyeahalbuquerque.tumblr.com)
Celebrity Buzz From a never-aired pilot for Kanye West's puppet variety show, “Alligator Boots.” Buried lede: Kanye West had a puppet variety show called “Alligator Boots.” And it looks godawful. There was an ursine puppet named Beary White who talked like Barry White and some Martin Luther King comedy skits for good measure. Thankfully Comedy Central came to their senses and threw it in a deep, dark vault. The video surfaced on, then was promptly removed from, Youtube. Count yourself lucky.
Movie Buzz Before CGI they actually built sets! Pretty damn cool. See more here. (via therpf.com)
Maybe the re-release won't be so bad after all. (via.)
Still reeling with nerd rage over George Lucas adding to Vader's murder of Palpatine? More footage from the Blu-Ray has leaked and reveals the real dialogue that has been dubbed over the scene.
Princess Leia stars in Mynock: an 8-bit remix of Metroid and Return of the Jedi by Timothy Lim. (Via)
Culture Buzz Belonging to a well-traveled Jedi. Sith tourism is a shameful yet thriving industry.
Movie Buzz May the 4th be with you! Happy Star Wars Day everyone! What better way to celebrate than to look back at the making of pop culture history? Mmmm, sunbathing Slave Leia.
An ascending scale of cinematic sandworms. It's not the size of your Graboid, but how you use it.
Movie Buzz A long time ago in countries far, far away, these Star Wars movie posters were hung. Apparently West Africa is a big fan of the television movie, “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.”
Star Wars and cats, two of the primary ventricles keeping the internet's heart beating. The scene from “Return of the Jedi” where the Ewoks crush an AT-AT's head with logs is now doubly horrifying. (CORRECTION: As has been pointed out in the comments, it was an AT-ST instead of an AT-AT which was destroyed by Ewoks in “The Return of the Jedi.” I can't believe I just typed that sentence.)
Culture Buzz An R2D2 wood burner made from a recycled gas bottle. Good for heating your swamp hut in Degobah or roasting womp rats. Still available on eBay!
Culture Buzz A husband films his wife as she reacts to finally seeing 'Return of the Jedi' and she is in tears. I'm not going to be snarky or make fun of the lady, because, the ending was a bit sad and she is adorable. That being said, there should be lots of Ewok jokes about this.