AFICIONADO REVIEW: "IT'S A TRAP!"

Forget what's his name Ford, Peter Griffin is Han Solo! Image: FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT.

With the release of IT'S A TRAP! on DVD and Blu-ray (also available as part of a special Trilogy box set release (wonderfully titled LAUGH IT UP, FUZZBALL!)), did Seth MacFarlane and his talented FAMILY GUY team deliver a great finale living up to its parody predecessors?

Check out our review to find out. Here's the link. http://www.starwarsaficionado.com/family_guy_its_a_trap.html

Please note: the review contains adult language that may be unsuitable for younger readers.

WATCH OUT! "IT'S A TRAP!"

Artoo (Cleveland) and Threepio (Quagmire) in Jabba's Palace for "It's a Trap!" Image: FOX

Available from December 21st, and we can't wait! The conclusion of the STAR WARS FAMILY GUY saga, with "It's a Trap!"

Here are the great two trailers now released (the re-creation of one of the early 1983 RETURN OF THE JEDI trailers is excellently done):

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/11/19/family-guy%e2%80%99s-return-of-the-jedi-trailer/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnh8pEKLh7g

Darth Stewie lives!

CLASSIC IMAGE: DUEL OF THE FATES - THE SEQUEL!

I love this image (Kenobi and Vader fighting so intently, with the huge prop Millennium Falcon in the background), used in the pages of many a magazine of the day and even now. Its one of the earliest released stills shots and shows this by having Vader's lightsaber incorrectly blue instead of the usual demonic red. Why and how this error got through is unknown-it may have been due to time factors in the run up to the films release-Kurtz and Lucas must have been sooo busy trying to get the film completed, whilst FOX, pretty much oblivious to it all, probably didn't care and thought it had a turkey of a movie on its hands. It would be interesting to know which artist added the glow to the rod- not to blame them or anything, but just to know. It wouldn't have been Ralph McQuarrie, who also did airbrushing to selected images (adding blasts and lightsaber glows to certain posed shots, scene stills and effects images) - having been involved on STAR WARS since 1975 he would have been aware of the correct lightsaber colours. Most likely it was someone at that time in FOX's publicity department..

One thing I like to do where possible is show the image the way it was originally lensed by the stills cameraman. Many of the times this image has been used it has been cropped in too close (a major bug bear I have with some OFFICIALPIX images!)-so far in my picture research, this is the best I can get that shows more of the image - click on it to see it fully (if anyone can help with an even fuller version of this image please get in touch). I think it would be nice now if the official LUCASFILM Picture Archive, with the soon 35th Anniversary of STAR WARS, could go back to the original shot and do a new release with the blades at the correct colours, as well as keeping the original inconsistency frame.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER

Super 1977 image, taken long after STAR WARS had completed filming in England, of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, presumably shot for double use as both costume reference photos and for possible posters/publicity. Note how Mark has a new face after his January 1977 automobile accident. The images, of which other cast and characters were also photographed separately, were taken by legendary ROLLING STONE magazine and music industry photo journalist Bob Seidemann.