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George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful directors/producers, with an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion as of 2011.

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Bin-raker Luke, Fat Keanu

Source: Stuff.co.nz

Luke Skywalker and Neo - Hamill and Reeves as we like to remember them. The truth of how they look now will give you chills. How the mighty have fallen. Two heroes of science-fiction's biggest franchises have bee ...
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Barnes & Noble Simple Touch e-readers to get web browsing and email features next month
Barnes & Noble Simple Touch e-readers to get web browsing and email features next month
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Can one director win a two-franchise space race?

Source: Globe and Mail

Star Wars and Star Trek have always been light years apart, the former set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” and the latter exploring the future – “the final frontier.” Wars imagines a fantasy landscape of rebels, Wookiees and Jedi Knights, ...
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30,000 flock to Petaluma, Calif., for 'American Graffiti' festival

Source: United Press International

Published: May 19, 2013 at 1:15 PM PETALUMA, Calif., May 19 (UPI) -- An estimated 30,000 fans of George Lucas ' "American Graffiti" gathered where the film was shot in Petaluma, Calif., to celebrate its 4 ...
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Militaries' growing use of ground robots raises ethics concerns

Source: Stars and Stripes

If North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un ever orders troops into the demilitarized zone, an army of South Korean robots could be waiting. A Samsung subsidiary plans to deploy sentry robots to the tense South Korean bo ...
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Tweets of the Week From Geeks We Love

Source: Geeksugar

This week in the Twitterverse, our favorite geeks were surrounded by all sorts of cool stuff. Star Wars web show host Bonnie Burton held up a spot-on George Lucas brown-paper-bag puppet, and The Sync Up host Veron ...
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About 30,000 turn out to celebrate 'American Graffiti' in Petaluma

Source: Contra Costa Times

soundtrack during the show. It drew repeat visitors from as far away as New Zealand. A bygone era of chrome and cruising came to life Saturday in downtown Petaluma as the city celebrated the 40th anniversary ...
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TV: Orphan Black: “Entangled Bank”

Source: The A.V. Club

As much as I appreciate genre fiction, I have to confess a definite ebb and flow in my appreciation for Orphan Black. Buoyed by pre-broadcast praise (from Todd, among others), I was suitably impressed with the ta ...
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