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WHAT THE PAPERS SAY! PART TWO

Super league STAR WARS fan Matthieu Bonenfant has kindly been in touch with AFICIONADO once again to inform us of a new batch of press clippings from the Original and Prequel Trilogies that he's compiled over the years and now put up on FLICKR for all to see. There's some excellent reading on there and some very rare items (like the above HOLIDAY SPECIAL newspaper feature from 1978).

Here's the link: Star Wars Newspapers - a set on Flickr

Cheers, Matthieu!

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CARTOON NETWORK UK'S "SECRETS REVEALED" CONTINUE...

UK fans of THE CLONE WARS missing their fix of Season Three on SKY MOVIES PREMIERE can now enjoy that entertaining season in repeats on CARTOON NETWORK UK, weekdays 10am and 5pm, as well as on the VIRGIN MEDIA digital platform where selected season two episodes are now being shown as part of their popular TV CHOICE ON DEMAND service.

The Saga is definitely continuing.....

Nicaragua Tona Tennis Championship 2011

after a surf and a few beers the dudes decided to have a little tennis rally.

CLASSIC IMAGE: HELP FROM AN OLD FRIEND...

Here's some great EMPIRE 1978/79 storyboards from artist unknown (possibly the UK's Ivor Beddoes?) showing Luke's capture by the Wampa and his first attempt to retrieve his fallen lightsaber. Click the pic to see a larger version. Note that, in the original sequence as stated on the board, Luke was to have heard Obi-Wan Kenobi's voice telling him to concentrate and use the Force.

With thanks to Ian Trussler for the image.

SCENES WE WANT ON BLU-RAY 2: ANAKIN'S JEALOUSY

Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's subtle but deadly turning of Anakin Skywalker to the Dark Side of the Force was originally even more multi-layered than what was eventually seen in REVENGE OF THE SITH. Darth Sidious's use of jealousy, like Iago's deliberate and vicious fracturing of Othello and Desdemona's tragic love in William Shakespeare's classic play, was expected to be one of the main dramatic elements to have been seen in EPISODE III. Indeed, a similar sub plot was filmed in which Anakin, meeting Palpatine on the landing pad outside the senate building, is told by his respected father figure leader that Obi-Wan's decisions are being influenced by a "female senator" (whom an anxious Anakin realises is Padme Amidala). An earlier scripted element of jealousy by Anakin was cut from a prior scene in the film just before Padme tells him that she is pregnant. Sadly, though this Palpatine/Anakin scene can be found in script form in J.W. Rinzler's ART OF EPISODE III book, the actual shot scene, which also featured a brief "Hello" cameo from Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks, never made it to the finished movie, though I'm sure we'd all like it to appear on the Blu-ray!

Warm Water

I like this pic...the guy duck-diving is gonna get smoked

Brandon Westgate

This kid is a Beast!!!also checkout his epicly later'd on vbs.tv...... http://www.vbs.tv/watch/epicly-later-d-season-three--2/epicly-later-d-brandon-westgate-ep-1

SPECIAL EDITION CLASSIC IMAGE: BANTHA TREK!

Our celebration of great scenes/imagery from THE SPECIAL EDITIONs continues with this fun shot from RETURN OF THE JEDI showing a Bantha herd in its natural habitat within the Dune Sea prior to Jabba's Sail Barge being seen heading to the Pit of Carkoon. It's a lovely little moment/add on to the film which shows us a bit more of these intriguing creatures, often used for transport by Sandpeople, as well as adding another bit of evocative mystery and beauty to the landscape of Tatooine.

AFICIONADO REVIEW: FATE OF THE JEDI - CONVICTION

The FATE OF THE JEDI saga is rushing towards its conclusion, as father and son Skywalker's continue their pursuit of the powerful Abeloth creature.

Check out our review of Book Seven, CONVICTION, by Aaron Allston and published in the UK by CENTURY, here: FATE OF THE JEDI BOOK SEVEN: CONVICTION

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