Carrie Fisher as Han Solo?

Filed under: Classic Trilogy — Elrik at 9:09 am on Monday, April 30, 2007

Carrie Fisher recently revealed in an interview that she wasn’t interested in Princess Leia’s role when she was originally selected for it. According to the same interview Fisher always found Han Solo’s role more intriguing and interesting but unfortunately for her, it wasn’t available.

Related Links : Yahoo news article

“Duel of Fates” used as theme for record-breaking test.

Filed under: Star Wars TV — Elrik at 8:24 am on Sunday, April 29, 2007

I have to admit that this video is not directly related to Star Wars but it’s definitely worth watching if you are a fan of fast cars (and Star Wars of course). TopGear is a well-known European TV show that recently put the world’s fastest production car -the Bugatti Veyron- to the test. Watch as the show’s tester accelerates the car to 407 km/h (252.898 mph) under John Williams’ Duel of Fates theme. Very impressive!

Related link: Top Gear test

Take a virtual look inside the Making of Star Wars

Filed under: Books — Elrik at 7:47 am on Friday, April 27, 2007

Random House has posted a virtual guide to its upcoming release the Making of Star Wars.

Check it out!

Related Links: Random House

Think ‘Star Wars’ Chess Is Cool? PS3 Has A Game For You …

Filed under: Games — Elrik at 6:10 am on Friday, April 27, 2007

Sony has developed a game that comes very close to what Star Wars Chess looked like on board the Millennium Falcon. The game is called “The eye of judgment” and will be available for Playstation 3 sometime this fall. Make sure you check the video on the link below and don’t forget…. Let the Wookie win!
Related Links : MTV News

First Strike Mod for Battlefield 2142 rocks the Star Wars universe!

Filed under: Games — Elrik at 5:57 am on Friday, April 27, 2007

One of the most common complaints among Star Wars (SW) gamers is the lack of a highly-realistic SW-based game. Even though Lucasarts over the past three years has released some very successful titles such as SW Battlefront, gaming veterans always wanted something more realistic along the lines of the X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter Series and its predecessors -or even- a highly sophisticated First Person Shooter (FPS) like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfare. (Read on …)

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