By: Benjamin Hart
Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Records have announced that the soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope will be re-released in a special vinyl box set later this year, in accordance with the film's 40th anniversary.
Showing posts with label 40th Anniversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 40th Anniversary. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
'A New Hope' 40th Anniversary Vinyl Soundtrack Announced
By: Benjamin Hart
Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Records have announced that the soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope will be re-released in a special vinyl box set later this year, in accordance with the film's 40th anniversary.
Saturday, October 7, 2017
NYCC: "From A Certain Point Of View" Panel Recap
Today at New York Comic Con, Lucasfilm and Del Rey publishing hosted a special panel all about the recently released short story collection, Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View. The books was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of A New Hope in 1977 and features 40 short stories, by 40 authors, each from the point of view of a different secondary or background character. The panel was moderated by Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm Story Group, who also wrote a story for the book, and featured 19 other authors who wrote stories for the book.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, Ashley Eckstein, and More to Narrate 'From A Certain Point Of View' Audiobook
By: Dominic Jones
Lucasfilm has revealed the all star voice cast for the audiobook of the upcoming short story anthology Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of Star Wars by retelling A New Hope from the point of view of forty different secondary and background characters written by forty different authors. The cast includes some surprise, big name celebrities like Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Star Wars fan favourites like Ashley Eckstein (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Janina Gavankar (Star Wars Battlefront II), and audiobook staples like Jonathan Davis and Marc Daniels. Check out the full list below,
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Del Rey Previews 'From A Certain Point Of View' Short Stories on Twitter
By: Dominic Jones
We're less than three weeks away from the release of the upcoming collection of short stories, Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View, which retells the story of A New Hope from perspective of various secondary and background characters. The book, which features stories by forty different authors, is being released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Wars. To promote the upcoming release of the book, several of the authors involved are tweeting images which reveal the character their story focuses on and contains a quote from their story. Check out the tweets below,
Friday, June 9, 2017
Video: Stephen Stanton Talks 'Rogue One' & 40 Years Of Star Wars
We may have Star Wars: The Last Jedi to look forward to later this year, but we'll never get tired of talking about the last Star Wars film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Our longtime friend Stephen Stanton had a standout role as Mon Calamari Rebel commander Admiral Raddus in the film, who quickly became a big favorite among fans.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Video: 'Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars Mixtape'
By: Dominic Jones
Last week we celebrate the 40th anniversary if the release of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (then known simply as Star Wars), and over the past 40 years the film franchise has inspired some very interesting tributes. In celebration of the 40th anniversary, the team over at Cinefamily TV have released a 95 minute mixtape of Star Wars tributes and parodies. To put together the video, Cinefamily TV explain in the video's description, "Our crack team of programmers have searched through every corner of the
galaxy and the darkest parts of the internet, to find the most brain
frying tributes, rip offs, cross promotions gone wrong, and more from
the last 40 years of Star Wars."
Sunday, May 28, 2017
George Lucas Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of 'Star Wars' at the Grand Prix de Monaco
Star Wars creator George Lucas celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of his 1977 film this weekend in way that should come as no surprise to his long time fans. Lucas was joined by stormtroopers and R2-D2 at the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017 in Monte Carlo. The Renault Sport F1 Twitter account tweeted some pictures from the festivities.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Anthony Daniels Says 'Star Wars' Changed His Life Forever
By Ciaran Duggan,
Anthony Daniels speaks about the legacy of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and how the 1977 blockbuster "changed his life forever".
In an interview with Talkradio earlier today - on the day of the 40th anniversary of Episode IV - the British actor talked at length about his experience of playing the iconic C-3PO back in 1977.
On This Day: May 25, 1977
By Ciaran Duggan,
George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope opened in theatres across the world on this day forty years ago.
The Sci-Fi blockbuster soon became the largest grossing film to date, back in 1977, and went onto win seven Academy Awards in 1978.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
New 'Mace Windu' Marvel Comic Series Coming In August
Lucasfilm have announced a new Mace Windu comic book series will be published in August 2017.
The new five-issue miniseries has been named Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic - Mace Windu and is set to take place in the time period soon after the Clone Wars commences.
Marvel released an official description of what the comic will be about:
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
MIT Hosted a 'Star Wars' Themed Robotics Competition
By: Dominic Jones
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars back in 1977 and this has led to some fun celebrations of the saga. This included a major cast reunion at Star Wars Celebration last month in Orlando, where actors from all seven films--including Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Hayden Christensen, and Ian McDiarmid--joined Star Wars creator George Lucas onstage. The event culminated in a special concert conducted by John Williams.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Video: 'Drawing Every Live Action Star Wars Film Ever'
Fan art has always been a huge part of Star Wars fandom, and talented artist continue to put their talent on display through countless pieces of Star Wars art. James Raiz is one of those artist, and he has made a habit of sharing his breathtaking work with the world through YouTube and social media as "The Box Office Artist".
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Opinion: Celebration Orlando's "Once in a Lifetime" 40 Years of Star Wars Panel
By Ciaran Duggan,
What made Star Wars Celebration Orlando so special?
For many people it was seeing the first trailer for the next Star Wars movie at The Last Jedi panel. For others it was seeing Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and director of Episode VIII, Rian Johnson, on stage together. And for some it was meeting Rian Johnson in a surprise visit to the all night queue for The Last Jedi panel.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Star Wars Celebration Orlando Is Officially The Biggest Celebration Ever
There's no denying that Star Wars Celebration Orlando last week was one of the best Celebrations ever, but did you know it was also the biggest?
Just days after the convention wrapped up in Orlando, Florida, StarWars.com announced that this Celebration, which commemorated the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, is officially "the biggest and most widely-attended Star Wars Celebration" in history. More than 70,000 Star Wars fans from across the globe made the journey to the Orange County Convention Center to catch their first glimpses at Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels, and witness a jaw dropping "40 Years Of Star Wars" panel which featured appearances by George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison, John Williams and many others. It was an experience that none of us will ever forget.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Mark Hamill & Daisy Ridley To Appear On Good Morning America With 'Big Announcement'
Just ahead of Star Wars Celebration Orlando, a "big announcement" is about to drop on the next edition of Good Morning America.
Friday, April 7, 2017
'Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View' Anthology Book Announced
By: Dominic Jones
Yesterday, Del Rey Publishing teased a new Star Wars project with the code name "Operation Blue Milk". Today they announced that "Operation Blue Milk" refers to an anthology book titled Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View. The book is being released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars and will retell the story of A New Hope from the point of view of the background characters. Forty authors are involved in the project, each having written one chapter from the point of view of a different character.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Hayden Christensen & Mark Hamill To Headline 40th Anniversary Panel At Celebration Orlando
With just over ten days left until the launch of Star Wars Celebration Orlando, we've been getting a ton of guest announcements recently. In fact, one guest in particular that was just revealed is quite a shocking one!
The official Star Wars Celebration Facebook page has confirmed that none other than Anakin Skywalker himself, Hayden Christensen, will be in attendance and signing autographs at this Celebration. This announcement is a pleasant surprise for fans considering Hayden has not appeared at a Celebration since Star Wars Celebration II in 2002 to promote Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Special Tribute of 'A New Hope' To Kick Off Celebration Orlando
It has been forty years since the release of Star Wars: A New Hope and an 'epic' tribute is set to kick start Celebration Orlando 2017.
A special panel has been scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 13. The event has been described as 'marquee' and set to include 'not-to-be-missed' surprises.
Warwick Davis, who played Wicket in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, will host this special panel which will explore the impact of 'Star Wars' and the fandom which has propelled it for the last four decades.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Hasbro Unveils New Black Series Figures in Celebration of 'A New Hope' 40th Anniversary
Hasbro unveiled a new wave of 6" scale Black Series action figures in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977 (or, simply Star Wars as it was known back then). In an announcement in Entertainment Weekly, Hasbro revealed they would be releasing special 40th anniversary versions of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Ben Kenobi, Darth Vader, and R2-D2 all in their iconic A New Hope costumes and with special packaging. The figures will all be released with "Vintage" style packaging (the same design as the packaging from their original release). Check out the figures for yourself below,
Monday, February 13, 2017
Star Wars-Themed Run Coming To Singapore This May
A Star Wars-themed run is due to take place in Singapore on May 6 as part of 'May the 4th' celebrations this year.
Participants can choose to run either a 4.5 km route, where runners can decide whether to join the Rebellion on a "Light" side track or whether to take a walk on the "Dark" side with the Empire.
Runners can also compete in a more challenging 10km route if they so choose.
Runners can also compete in a more challenging 10km route if they so choose.
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