Andree Wallin is a concept artist at Lucasfilm and finds the time to freelance via Blur Studio too. He’s worked on projects like Godzilla and Oblivion and the latter sci-fi is where I first encountered his work. In addition to sci-fi worlds Wallin illustrates some fantastic Japanese architecture and landscapes. You can check out his […]
Wizards of the Coast’s owners, Hasbro, deny Disney rumours
After the news of Disney buying Lucasfilm and beginning work on three more Star Wars films there were whispers that Disney was also interested in buying Hasbro. Buying Hasbro would make some sense for Disney because of the rights the toy company owns. For example, with Marvel on board Disney has a modern day Universe […]
Who owns what?
This infographic is actually helpful — wait, surprise? It lets us know who owns Marvel movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Hobbit, DC, Sherlock Holmes (movies), Bond (UK), Spider-man (cos he’s differnt), Jason Bourne, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avatar, Star Trek, Transformers, and oh… wait… what about The Terminator series?
Star Wars: 1313 – new Star Wars film coming?
To finish off Star Wars Day is a rumour… a rumour with some backbone. Screen Rant interviewed director Joe Johnston and discovered that he was trying to get George Lucas to make another Star Wars film. In particular, Johnston was trying to get permission to make a Star Wars film about Boba Fett. Nothing was […]
Fantasty Flight Games buys Star Wars games license
RPG powerhouse Fantasy Flight Games has today announced that they’ve secured the license for Star Wars. The deal with Lucasfilm gives them the worldwide rights for card games, miniature games and RPGs for the entire Star Wars universe. There’s no specific mention of the internet. Whereas it’s not expected that Fantasy Flight will be making […]
Stormtroopers now legal: Courts defeat Lucas
Back in the day Andrew Ainsworth was the prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper outfits. This did not make him a rich man. He got £20 per helmet and £385 per suit of armour. In 2009 Ainsworth was confronted by a lawsuit from Lucasfilm– who are very good with their Jedi lawyers – who […]
Impressive Star Wars galaxy map
This map is worth checking out. It’s not often you get sci-fi maps and even less often do they attempt to chart out a whole galaxy. That whole maps are 2d and galaxies are 3d thing tends to be the problem. Back in 2009 Dark House and LucasFilms tackled this challenge for Star Wars: The […]
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a 20 minute long film written and directed by Aaron Burke – who also stars as Darth Vader and the Jedi Knight (Guillermo Valdovinos expertly plays everyone else – except for three seconds where camera man and FX dude Russell Bakken helps out) that features Boba Fett attempting to secure […]
