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Yoda (credit: Lucasfilm Ltd.)

‘Star Wars’ Films To Come Yearly Starting In 2015

Disney is turning “Star Wars” films into an annual summer ritual. Walt Disney Co. chairman Alan Horn announced that the studio would release films…

2013/04/17

Notable Deaths 2013

‘Star Wars’ Actor Richard LeParmentier, Victim Of Vader, Dies

Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died. He was 66…

2013/04/17

George Lucas (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

George Lucas Proposes Museum In San Francisco

“Star Wars” creator George Lucas wants to build a museum dedicated to visual storytelling in San Francisco’s Presidio that would house an art collection he amassed over more than four decades.

2013/03/05

(L-R) Yoda, Stuart Freeborn & Irvin Kershner (credit: Lucasfilm)

Stuart Freeborn, ‘Star Wars’ Makeup Artist, Dies

Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 98…

2013/02/06

Maybe "Episode VII" will reveal Solo's offspring (credit: CBS News/Lucasfilm)

‘Star Wars’ 3D Prequels Postponed To Focus On ‘Episode VII’

It seems Lucasfilm wants to make sure the force is as strong as possible when it comes to the upcoming “Star Wars” sequel. The film studio’s attention has…

2013/01/29

J.J. Abrams & Kathleen Kennedy (credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

J.J. Abrams On ‘Star Wars’: ‘Surreal’ & ‘Exciting’

J.J. Abrams calls getting assigned to direct the seventh live-action “Star Wars” film “as surreal as it is exciting.” The director-producer-writer spoke with…

2013/01/27

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Walnut Creek Joins Fray Of Cities Trying To Land Lucasfilm Studio

Walnut Creek has joined the growing number of cities trying to lure the movie empire behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises to the city.

2012/05/07

"Star Wars" Designer Ralph McQuarrie Dead At 82

‘Star Wars’ Designer Ralph McQuarrie Dead At 82

Ralph McQuarrie, the artist whose conceptual paintings were instrumental in designing the landmark “Star Wars” films, has died at age 82…

2012/03/04

Lucas' 'Red Tails' Takes Flight

Lucas’ ‘Red Tails’ Takes Flight

Anyone who wondered what is happening to George Lucas’ “Red Tails,” wonder no more. The movie, a fictionalized story of The Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, has a release date and a trailer.

CBS San Francisco–2011/07/29

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