Star Trek Into Darkness is in the middle of its international publicity tour, and the film stopped off in Berlin for its premiere and Paramount held a press conference with JJ Abrams and the cast. At the 7:00 mark in the video below, one of the reporters asked Abrams about Michael Giacchino and if he'd be doing Star Wars. Abrams' response was: "For Star Wars it's very early days to know, bu... more.

When Lucasfilm hired JJ Abrams to direct Episode VII, some people said "Great, he'll cast Mark Hamill and then lie to keep it a secret that Luke Skywalker is in the movie!" Thankfully, JJ Abrams is just a hired gun and Lucasfilm calls the shots on all things Star Wars, which is why an Oscar-winning writer is writing the movie instead of the stooges who wrote Transformers and Star Trek Into Darknes... more.

Last night, Harrison Ford made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the movie 42 where he plays Dodgers manager Branch Rickey who brought Jackie Robinson to the team. Naturally Jimmy wanted to ask him about Star Wars, and Ford basically refused any questions as he couldn't say anything. So Jimmy had some audience questions, but since they were all from people in Star Wars costumes it w... more.

[imagebrowser id=70] These awesome mash ups were created by Deviantartist Ralph Sevelius who goes by pushfighter on that site. He mashed up Jasmine and Slave Leia, made Snow White a Sith, Rapunzel a Padawan, and Ariel a Jedi. You can check out his Deviantart page for more of his art. more.

When Disney bought Lucasfilm last year, they originally said they intended to have a new Star Wars movie out every other year. But now it looks like starting with Episode VII in summer 2015, we'll get a new Star Wars movie...every year. Disney made the announcement at CinemaCon in Nevada today, announcing that Episode VII will arrive in summer of 2015 and then standalone movies will alternate b... more.

When Lucasfilm picked JJ Abrams to direct Episode VII, everyone expected Michael Giacchino to score the movie as well. After all, Abrams likes to work with the same people and it already looks like he'll be bringing his long-time editor with him on Star Wars. But Giacchino was recently in Switzerland for a live Star Trek concert, and he more.

We've learned today that Richard LeParmentier, also known as Admiral Motti in A New Hope, has passed away at the age of 66. No cause of death was announced. In addition to his famous role in the first Star Wars, LeParmentier also appeared in many other movies. Check out Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and then be shocked when you realize the detective giving Eddie Valiant a hard time was the same guy ... more.

Ever since layoffs hit Lucasfilm animation, we've been saying that it's because Lucasfilm wants to move away from the Prequel-era material and focus on Original Trilogy characters due to Episode VII coming out. Dave Filoni has recently confirmed that work is underway on a new animated series, and now more.

Disneyland's Tomorrowland should be a science fiction mecca. The original idea for the land was science future. When it opened with the park in 1955 the area was meant to be a 1955 interpretation of where technology would take the world in 1986. While it did at one point have a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea walkthrough attraction and Tron became part of the People Mover attraction in the 80s, licen... more.

Episode 25 started off with the discussion of LucasArts being closed. While a lot of people are upset about this, Jeremy points out that it may not be all that bad. Clone wars is also getting the axe, but we understand that there is already a new more.