Sometimes villains can be the good guys. Especially when it comes to helping sick children.
Apparently, the Force is strong in a Hong Kong-based laser company that had irked the creators of "Star Wars."
When the seventh annual San Diego Comic-Con took place in 1976, the gathering of a few thousand fans was just what its name implied: a convention about comic books.
"Star Wars" creator George Lucas wants to force a laser company to stop making a new, high-powered product he says looks too much like the famous lightsaber from his classic sci-fi series.
A judge rules in favor of a costume maker in the case of the Star Wars storm trooper helmet. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
Oscar-winner Daniel Day Lewis stars as a power-hungry oil tycoon in the drama "There Will Be Blood."
Asked about the difference between a cinematographer and a director of photography -- two terms often used interchangeably -- Robert Elswit cracks a joke.
A judge in London will decide who owns the copyright to the Storm Trooper from 'Star Wars'. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
Hasbro Inc., the world's second-largest toy maker, posted a lower quarterly profit Monday due to a charge from its repurchase of $200 million in common stock from Lucasfilm Ltd.
On the 30-year anniversary of George Lucas's milestone film, would-be Wookies are joining the celebration in LA
What the studio executives couldn't see, 13-year-old Stephen Colbert saw all too clearly.
I was a Star Wars fan in the 1980s. I knew the lightsabers were not real, but I wondered how the heck they made them. Now I design collectors' versions of those props. We have a big Disney license, but Lucasfilm is our bread and butter. About 60% of our products are Star Wars. We sell limited-edition items to high-end collectibles shops and less expensive replicas to Best Buy and Walmart.com. For the Darth Vader helmet, we cast a mold off the actual model worn by Hayden Christensen. But some things are totally digital. So Lucasfilm gives us a lot of computer-design shots. I have to make them into real working products. Take our FX lightsabers. There is an LED light bar inside and it comes with sound effects triggered by motion and impact sensors. This past year we sold a couple hundred thousand. We have a new one coming out in two months--the double-bladed Darth Maul FX lightsaber. It's seven feet long. Some guys return our stuff, and when we ask why, they say, "My wife made me because it costs $500." I'v...
showbuzzupdated: Mon Jun 27 2005 15:06:00
You want Jessica Simpson's hair, admit it.
CNNMoney: Obi-Wan Ken-IPO?updated: Wed May 18 2005 11:22:00
"An IPO? Hmmm. Raise money, you will."
The Force is about to be with you in a big way -- if it's not already.
CNNMoney: The Jedi jackpotupdated: Thu Mar 31 2005 06:00:00
In a galaxy far, far away....
Business 2.0: Steve Sansweetupdated: Mon Nov 01 2004 00:01:00
It's a job that causes any hard-core Star Wars fan to let out a Wookiee's howl in envy: 59-year-old Steve Sansweet works for Lucasfilm in San Rafael, Calif., as director of content management and h...
Today's classic brands have such varied beginnings, it's hard to know what will last through the next century. But here are a few educated guesses as to which will become the stalwarts of tomorrow....
Ed Catmull is president of Pixar Animation Studios, the outfit behind such cartoon classics as Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. When he was growing up, it was Catmull's dream to be a Disney animator, b...
When Star Wars: The Phantom Menace opens on May 19, it will cap one of the most intensive publicity pushes for any film in history. But, in true Star Wars fashion, the end will also be the beginnin...
WHIRLPOOL: THROUGH THE RINGER
Last fall, analyst Charlie Peabody, of obscure Mitchell Securities in New York, went way against the grain when he slapped a sell recommendation on both J.P. Morgan and Chase Manhattan Bank. Most a...
Once the domain of computer nerds, the science of computer graphics is making technological leaps into real-world applications. New graphics products allow technicians in medicine, manufacturing, a...
FAMOUS for spacey androids like Artoo Detoo and See Threepio, Star Wars creator George Lucas has come up with a couple of friendly new machines to help earthlings. They are EditDroid and SoundDroid...
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