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6 Hours to Go- a Contest to Keep You Busy

I can’t wait; 6 hours to go. Actually, a little more. I’ve been finding ways to keep myself busy all day now (look here; I scanned my ticket!). Now look what I’ve found- Zam uses a cell phone! Tell me which model it is gets a free GFA t-shirt. Make up a name, the most […]

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10 Hours to Go to AOTC

Here’s my ticket for tonight! 🙂 For those of you who don’t have tickets, one word of advice- make a trip to your theatre! Tickets are still available at a LOT of theatres, even if it says they aren’t online. 10 hours to go… 7 on the east coast… New Zealand & Australia have already […]

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Prequels

Attack of the Clones DVD

A bit of news about the Attack of the Clones DVD (and Star Wars DVD’s in general) was released today. There is a good chance we won’t have to wait as long for the AOTC DVD as we had to for the Phantom Menace disc. This was reported by the SF Gate. You can read […]

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Prequels

36 Hours to Episode II: The Attack of the Clones

I can’t wait another 36 hours for Star Wars. I just can’t. And to think I waited 2 months after the release to see Episode II (and I wasn’t disappointed, as many people would lead you to believe). I couldn’t do that now. And to make the wait a little more bearable, I’ve been keeping […]

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Prequels

TV Guide Star Wars Photographs

This week’s TV Guide has a feature on Star Wars and interviews with Lucas, Hayden and Natalie Portman. Cool stuff! There are also three seperate Star Wars covers; each quite nice with morphing covers. Click here for one of the covers. You may also read part of the story online. And just in case you […]

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Celebration II Photographs

Check out all my pictures from Celebration II! The gallery is divided into ‘Celebrities’ and ‘Fans’; where ‘Fans’ is pretty much everything that is not a celebrity. Not that celebrities are not fans, at the celebration all are equal, but lets just say they are a little more equal than the rest of us. Check […]

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Fandom

Happy Birthday, George Lucas

George Lucas turns 58 today as all of us wait for his birthday present to himself in a couple of days; in less than 44 hours I will be watching Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Thanks, George! Crazy fact about his birth year? Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) was born on the 19th of […]

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Prequels

Sun Times Interview with Lucas

‘’Because it’s a galactic adventure, it demands we go to different places,’’ he said. ‘’In a normal movie, you go to different cities or different parts of the same city, or you go to the country. In these films, the same thing holds true, except you’re going to a different planet system. ‘’What that means […]

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Books

Destiny’s Way Cover

The Yuuzhan Vong’s conquest of Coruscant has plunged the New Republic into chaos, but its brightest heroes refuse to surrender to the might of the alien invaders. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, their family and their allies lead the charge of resistance, and rays of hope begin to coalesce for the New Republic. […]

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Games Reviews

Review: Jedi Outcast

Not sure whether to buy the new Jedi Outcast or not? Read our review of this splendid game; it’ll help you make the decision. Read the Review

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GalaxyFarAway.com T-shirts

Just in time for the Attack of the Clones, we here at GalaxyFarAway.com have just had t-shirts, caps and mugs made for the site. Check them out here; buy to support and promote the site. Thanks 🙂 GalaxyFarAway.com T-Shirts & Caps

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Prequels

Small Town Star Wars Crisis

Gregory Karber writes in to tell me about the crisis in their town: Our local movie theater is refusing to show Star Wars at Midnight! So I decided on a course of action. Pressure local radio stations to pressure the Malco’s managers through a giant email campaign. I’ve set up a webpage with their addresses […]

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Episode II vs. Spiderman

There is a poll asking which of the two will gross more. Right now about 20% of the voters underestimate the power of the dark side of the force… Vote here! They also have a short review of Episode II here. The guy says: ‘Spider-man will be blown out of the galaxy’. Of course!

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Games

Jedi Outcast Playable Demo

I just got this from the Official LucasArts newsletter: LucasArts.com is pleased to announce that the playable demo for Star Wars® Jedi Knight II®: Jedi Outcast™ will be available for download on Friday, May 10th! Gameplay takes place in a COMPLETELY NEW LEVEL not found in the actual retail version of Jedi Outcast! An early […]

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Fandom Prequels

Star Wars Celebration II Update

I just got back from the Celebration in Indianapolis. What a time I had! The organization was immaculate. The features and events were amazing. The fans were just something else. You can expect a full day-by-day report in a few hours. I should also have the photographs up by the end of the week. Enjoy!