The Script Howard News Service has an article about religion and morality in Star Wars style. Read it all here.
“It’s especially interesting that the characters that represent the good side of the Force — like Obi-Wan Kenobi — stress the importance of following your feelings. But the characters that represent the dark side — like Chancellor Palpatine — are also telling Anakin he must learn to trust his feelings. Why do the good guys and the bad guys agree with each other?”

This may sound like the geeky Star Wars nit-picking that thrives in cyberspace, where legions of Lucas acolytes circulate catechisms detailing how many Jedi can twirl on the point of a light saber. But these are not meaningless questions for the generations baptized in images from the original trilogy and its sequels. The grand finale looms ahead on May 25, 2005.

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“Star Wars is the closest thing many Americans have to a myth — by which I mean the stories that help us make sense of our lives and the world around us, and the traditional means by which cultures transmit their values and beliefs,” argues Rivera, in a Boundless.org essay called “Love, Sacrifice and Free Will in Star Wars.”

Terry Bison writes the second novel in the Boba Fett series, telling the young bounty hunter’s stories during the Clone Wars. The novel is scheduled for a November release by Scholastic Inc. This summary is from the official site.

Boba Fett is alone—orphaned by the actions of the Jedi. Continuing his father’s legacy, Fett steels his resolve to survive and follow in his father’s footsteps.
Bounty hunter Aurra Sing delivers young Fett to Count Dooku, the mysterious benefactor who hired Jango. Young Fett assumes that Dooku will help him, but the renegade Jedi has his own dark agenda. What Boba discovers on that war-torn world known as Raxus Prime will change his life.

The Clone Wars continue to spread across the galaxy, and Fett is caught in their crossfire . His adventures will lead him from the refuse heaps of the galaxy to firefights among the clouds.

Director Steven Spielberg talks with the Empire magazine about Star Wars. You can read more of the interview here, but you’ll have to buy the magazine if you want to read the complete article.

In an exclusive interview with the director, Empire asked Spielberg whether such a dream team could ever come to fruition. ‘I’ve asked him!’ Spielberg told us. ‘He won’t let me do one.’

The discussion between Spielberg and Lucas on this issue goes way back it seems; ‘I wanted to do one 15 years ago,’ says Spielberg, ‘and he didn’t want me to do it. I understand why – Star Wars is George’s baby. George is my best friend and I believe I am his, but we are all competitive.’

Despite his obvious disappointment on the issue, Spielberg says he doesn’t blame Lucas. ‘I believe that this is George’s franchise,’ he explains. ‘It’s his cottage industry and it’s his fingerprints. He knows I’ve got Jurassic Park and Raiders. But George has Star Wars and I don’t think he feels inclined to share any of it with me!’

Today, LucasArts Entertainment Company celebrates its 20th birthday. Expect some interesting movies and articles from them the coming weeks. You can go to the special celebration page here.

Back in 1982 LucasFilm Games (the company’s previous name) produced several Star Wars games for platforms as the Atari and the Commodore. From 1993, LucasArts began designing games for the PC, starting with the world-famous X-Wing.

Imagine: without LucasArts this very section would never have existed. Happy birthday, guys.