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Slate to George Lucas: slap a Creative
Commons license on Star Wars
Slate to George Lucas: slap a Creative
Commons license on Star Wars
06/05/2005 11:41 PMThe online magazine
Slate
has
a great review
article on the Star Wars fan-created movie
Revelations. Slate's Clive Thompson gives the film high marks
saying the story and special effects are better than the recent Star
Wars prequels and even goes so far as to say:
George Lucas has always encouraged Star WarsÂ-inspired
fan movies, so long as the wannabe auteurs didn't try to make a
profit. (That's the case with Felux—he isn't selling his movie or
any associated merchandise.) Lucas should do more, though. Once he
stops polluting the world with prequels, he should slap a liberal
"Creative Commons" copyright license on the Star Wars franchise. That
would explicitly allow any fan to remix an existing movie, or create a
new one in homage, so long as there's no profit involved. Everyone
wins: Movies like Revelations keep the fan base alive, and Lucas can
continue selling figurines until the sun explodes.
Sounds like an idea we at Creative Commons could get behind. An
attribution-n
oncommercial-sharealike license would allow fan created side
stories, prequels, or follow-ups, and they'd never be sold or charged
for and a credit would always be given to Lucas. It'll be interesting
to see if any aging properties with a large cult-like fan following
adopt something like this. One could speculate that fan art would
drive sales of the original, when outsiders take a liking to these
offshoots, and in the end mean more sales of DVDs and toys for
creators like Lucas.
Star Wars: Clone Wars Fine Art Giclèe
Print
Star Wars: Clone Wars Fine Art Giclèe
Print
05/09/2004 01:43 AMThe first authorized, limited edition art from the animated
micro-series
Star Wars: Clone Wars entitled "Heroes and
Villains" will soon be available from Acme Archives. Click on the
thumbnail above for more details.
FLASH: 'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge
of the Sith' is full title of final Star
Wars film
FLASH: 'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge
of the Sith' is full title of final Star
Wars film
07/25/2004 07:40 PMHere's the Lucasfilm press
release
starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/production/news20040724.html
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Finally Answered: Star Trek vs. Star
Wars
Finally Answered: Star Trek vs. Star
Wars
09/17/2004 05:45 PM
Gee
k Nirvana: Star Trek's Federation vs Star Wars' Empire By the
Numbers
Because we know the debate rages on......
Now if we could only resolve Kirk vs. Picard for once and all.
via Linux Notes Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes
Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes
09/18/2004 03:14 PMIn a straight-up fight, the Empire would squash the Federation like a
bug .. Geek Nirvana: Star Trek's Federation vs Star Wars' Empire By
the Numbers
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Brotherton's Star Dragon sf novel under
CC license
Brotherton's Star Dragon sf novel under
CC license
12/28/2004 03:08 PM
Cory Doctorow:
JeremyT sez, "Mike Brotherton has released a free downloadable version
of his first science fiction novel, _Star Dragon_ on his website.
Mike's first novel, published by Tor last year, is a great read. Star
Dragon is a hard science fiction novel detailing a scientific
expedition to investigate strange life forms living inside a star's
accretion disk." This is great news -- Tor is my publisher, too and
it's wonderful to see them experimenting with CC licenses for their
other authors.
Unlike most first-time visitors entering the world headquarters of
Biolathe, Inc., Dr. Samuel Fisher didn't pause at the moist cloying
air that moved across the building’s threshold like breath. If
anything, his pace increased; he threw his shoulders forward and his
streaker-clad feet rushed as if to prevent a fall, sinking into the
plush rose ruglings with each step. Unlike the sunlit diamond and
gold, seemingly mandatory in corporate buildings, this lobby throbbed
pink and organic. The entire building was alive. Despite the
omnipresence of biotechnology, walking inside it rather than sitting
on it still made most hesitate.
Not Fisher -- he was in the middle of five major projects. He didn't
believe his life would be as transformed by the upcoming presentation
as the Biolathe agent had hinted. He charged ahead, glancing about
the nearly empty lobby for signs to guide him. What was this? He’d
been here six seconds already! There was never enough time to waste
any of it. He decided there was one thing he would hesitate over in
the future: being talked into a physical meeting.
In the middle of the cavernous chamber Fisher stopped abruptly,
brought up short by a bipedal mobile with wrinkled gray skin attached
to the wall by a pulsing umbilical.
Link
(
Thanks, JeremyT!)
Nothing But Star Wars
Nothing But Star Wars
07/17/2004 02:31 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Nothing But Star
Wars'
From Deborah Osborn: “I have been a member of your newsletter
almost from inception; I just love it. We also have the love of the
Star Wars Movies in common. I just wanted to pass on a neat article I
read about a new Star Wars game from LucasArts. A journalist previews
it in an unusual way.”…
Every second of Star Wars
Every second of Star Wars
09/20/2004 08:52 AM
Grand
Unification Theory: Salavon's work has been mentioned on MeFi
before, but I thought in honor of the trilogy finally being released
on DVD this week, I'd post a link to this very awesome piece of art
using every single frame from Episode Four.
The Star Wars Car
The Star Wars Car
01/18/2004 11:27 AMStar Wars Pez
Star Wars Pez
03/28/2005 10:15 AMXeni Jardin:
Pez is offering a limited edition of Star Wars-themed dispensers:
10,000 each of the Colored Crystal Darth Vader, Colored Crystal Yoda
and Golden Glow C-3PO.
link (
Thanks, IZ
Reloaded).
Star Wars on DVD
Star Wars on DVD
08/18/2004 12:53 AMStar Wars Miniatures
Star Wars Miniatures
07/23/2004 02:34 PMJust added: a new gallery of
Star Wars
miniatures from Wizards of the Coast. Due out this September,
players can create their own battles right on their own desktops.
Star Wars Hits 27
Star Wars Hits 27
05/25/2004 11:40 AMOn this day just under three decades ago a little known and much
under-hyped film called
Star Wars opened at Grauman's Chinese
Theater in California, and 32 other venues across the United States.
Happy twenty-seventh birthday
Star Wars!
No More Star Wars LEGO?
No More Star Wars LEGO?
01/11/2004 04:54 PMRecent developments regarding their finances and quotes from the
president of LEGO all point to yes . . . .
New Star Wars trailer
New Star Wars trailer
03/14/2005 04:23 PMOnce every three years, the first trailer for yet another crappy
George Lucas Star Wars movie is released somewhere to great fanfare.
And each time, I watch said trailer and get all excited. It looks
great, I'll say. Maybe it'll actually be good. My hopes start to rise.
And then the movie comes out, Natalie Portman is transformed by Lucas'
awful direction into the worst actress ever, and I leave the theatre
disappointed that a cherished childhood institution has been handled
in such a piss-poor manner. With the impending release of Episode III
and the trailer during last night's episode of The OC, I have vowed
not to get my hopes up. Never again, George Lucas, will you disappoint
me.
However.
OMFG THE TRAILER FOR THE NEW STAR WARS MOVIE IS SOOO GREAT AND
EXCITING AND THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO KICK SO MUCH ASS!!!
A torrent of the trailer is available here (smaller version here) and in QuickTime.
First the Kelly
Clarkson thing and now this...I don't know what's going on here. I
promise there's an interesting scientific explanation for all this.
I'll write about it soon, honest. Malcolm, Steven, James, can you help
me out here? Something about the Blinking Long Tail of a Mind Wide
Open Tipping Point Wisdom of Crowds of a Nonzero Moral Animal visiting
the Cathedral and the Bazaar on the Cluetrain Freakonomics Selfish
Gene Emergence. Lollipop. hopscotch.
peenut butr samwitches,,,
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answerrrr ddddooooooooo..... Iiiiimmmm
hhhhhaaaaallffffff craaaaaaa....
[Sorry about that. Jason's been sent off to Austin for
repairs. He'll be back in a few days, right as rain. -ed [ps. STAR
WARS FOREVER!!!! -ed]]
Think You Know Star Wars Trivia?
Think You Know Star Wars Trivia?
07/07/2004 04:25 PMIf you think you have what it takes to stand up with the big kids and
show off your
Star Wars trivia knowledge, then head on over to
Has
bro's site on July 12 and sign up for your chance to audition to
be part of the new
Trivial Pursuit DVD Star Wars Edition.
Auditions are only open to attendees of this year's Comicon in
SanDiego.
Star Wars In San Jose
Star Wars In San Jose
09/20/2004 01:07 PMSan Jose area readers might be interested in knowing that if they just
can't until 9am on the 21st to get their Original Trilogy DVDs that
they can head out to MediaPlay at the Great Mall of the Bay Area in
Milpitas on Monday September 20th & be one of the first to get their
hands on perhaps the most anticipated DVDs of all time!
Star Wars Tie-In With QuickTime 7?
Star Wars Tie-In With QuickTime 7?
03/30/2005 01:57 PMStar Wars Minutae
Star Wars Minutae
09/25/2004 07:15 AM"star wars kid is uma thurman..."
"star wars kid is uma thurman..."
04/27/2004 03:32 AMStar Wars Galaxies
Star Wars Galaxies
05/05/2004 01:09 AMNice run-down of some Star Wars Galaxies economic
stats
starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Astromech%2
0Stats%20Economy
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Star Wars Helmets
Star Wars Helmets
05/18/2004 04:17 AMi think the pro-abstinence crowd could publicize this site as an
alternative to sex
Star Wars On Sale
Star Wars On Sale
12/29/2004 02:26 PMWe've gotten many reports the last few days of
Star Wars toys
going on the after-Christmas sale prices. Wal-Mart stores have the
OTC basic figures
for $3.00 and the
VOTC figures for
$7.00. Sam's Club is selling the
Millennium
Falcon Crew for $35.00.
Star Wars Pinball
Star Wars Pinball
07/08/2004 12:14 PMIf you've never had the chance to play any of the
Star Wars
pinball tables then check out the new pinball article and games
download section at
The Emulator
Strikes Back.
It's Official -- Star Wars on DVD
It's Official -- Star Wars on DVD
02/10/2004 10:33 AMStar Wars: U.S. Vs. Russia
Star Wars: U.S. Vs. Russia
11/11/2003 12:52 PMCBS News Nov 11 2003 11:50AM ET
Star Wars On TV, Part 2
Star Wars On TV, Part 2
09/12/2004 02:09 PM"When Star Wars Ruled the World" will premiere on VH1 next
weekend at 10pm, chronicling the making of the classic trilogy.
Complete with interviews from a large list of
Star Wars cast,
creators and fans, this hour-long documentary will take viewers back
to the days when whole world wanted to wield a lightsaber (Like they
don't now?)
Click here for more on the show, and
click here for several sneek peak
videos from the show.
Star Wars On TV, Part 1
Star Wars On TV, Part 1
09/12/2004 02:09 PMJust a reminder that A&E will premiere the Star Wars special
Empire
of Dreams this Sunday night at 8:00 pm. The two-hour special
presentation will take a look at how the Star Wars films have
influenced fans, as well as the movie industry. An extended version of
this feature will also be included with the upcoming DVD set, with an
additional 45 minutes of footage.
Click here for
an advanced look at the show.
Star Wars DVD Easter Egg
Star Wars DVD Easter Egg
09/12/2004 04:04 PMYep, we've already found one . . .
Star Wars, A New Hope
Star Wars, A New Hope
04/01/2005 05:20 PMI didn't realize how much the recent two Star Wars movies had
sullied my once-fond memories of the first three films until I sat
down to watch the original Star Wars. The acting is marginal at best
and the story is a little clunky in places, but that's really beside
the point, isn't it? The special effects have been digitally retouched
and remastered on the DVD, but even without all that, I can see why SW was
such a huge deal when it appeared in theatres in the late 70s. Space
opera indeed. And the last scene with the X-Wing fighters and the
Death Star -- don't worry, I won't give the ending away if you haven't
seen it -- I've seen that scene about 30 times and it never fails to
entertain; I know every line by heart almost and I was still on the
edge of my seat.
(Rating: 95/100)
378 Terabytes Of Star Wars on 600 G5s
378 Terabytes Of Star Wars on 600 G5s
09/13/2004 01:15 AMStar Wars Is Forever Pin At C3
Star Wars Is Forever Pin At C3
04/16/2005 06:52 PMShow your
Star Wars spirit at C3 by tracking down somebody with
these pins...
Star Wars: Blogs
Star Wars: Blogs
06/05/2005 11:29 PMcréer leur blog sur starwars.com .. Star Wars :
Blogs
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Star Wars Buddies
Star Wars Buddies
07/01/2004 11:37 PMThe Star Wars Buddies return in the
Original Trilogy Collection
and here's a look at all five of the little plush toys courtesy
this auction from miyatoys. The new lineup includes Wicket,
C-3PO, Yoda, Chewbacca, and R2-D2.
Star Wars Insider #76
Star Wars Insider #76
04/24/2004 10:11 AMStar Wars Insider #76 will start shipping to subscribers April 27th
and will feature the artists of Episode III, aTimothy Zahn story about
Obi-Wan, info on how to decorate your house star wars style plus all
the regular great features!
Read more here at starwars.com!
Star Wars Insider #77
Star Wars Insider #77
07/13/2004 10:01 PMStarwars.com updates tonight with a sneak peek at the cover to the all
new Star Wars Insider, the magazine of Hyperspace: The Official Star
Wars Fan Club. With IDG Entertainment taking the reigns as publisher
there are new features as well as all your old favorites all in one
new bundle of bi-monthly joy! Click on the thumbnail image above to
scope out the new Insider logo!
New Star Wars Movies
New Star Wars Movies
01/05/2004 11:06 AMLucasarts<
/a> has added two new movies from the PC version of Star Wars:
Knights of the Old Republic. Head on over and check them out.
Star Wars DVD At Fry's
Star Wars DVD At Fry's
09/20/2004 01:07 PMLooks like Fry's stores have the price to beat for the
Star
Wars DVDs: $36.99, but for Tuesday only. Click
here for the ad. If you've got a Fry's near
you, it might be worth it to stop by. Thanks to Jamie for the link.
Star Wars weekend
Star Wars weekend
06/22/2005 02:21 AM I convinced Andi that Alex(8) and
Linus(7) are old enough for the Star Wars films. So, this past weekend
we watched episides I, II and III. We started with Episode 1.1: The Phantom Edit, a fan-edited version of
the film that includes much less Jar Jar than before. They boys
thought they could have cut more; I kid you not. I thought the Phantom
Edit was a little too fuzzy to enjoy. I guess that's because it was
created from a VHS copy of the film.
I think the boys enjoyed Episode II: Attack of the Clones more than
Episode I, but there was a little too much kissing. It's funny to see
the kids cringe when Anakin and Padme get all mushy.
It was Andi's birthday on Sunday, so she took Alex and Linus to
Episode III and I stayed home with the little Leo. They enjoyed it the
most of the three, but Linus was a little disturbed when he saw what
happened to Anakin. I don't think he was really traumatized, at least
not as bad as he was on Th
e Mummy (whatever you do, do NOT mention The Mummy to Linus).
I wonder what they're going to think of the original films. Will
they see IV and V as the awesome classics that I know them to be, or
dated and dull after the orgy of special effects they've just gone
through in the prequels.
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