Though it wasn’t called out as one of the more egregious changes at the time, George Lucas’ decision to insert a mostly CG band doing a new musical number into Return of the Jedi: Special Edition ...

"Happy Holidays! R2-D2 would like to offer you good tidings, and he's certainly dressed for it! This Jumbo 12"-scale R2-D2 is based on the vintage R2-D2 figure from the 1970s, and wears a removable ...

In "Jedi," the ante was raised again. Lucas and company had to unveil one of the galaxy's most notorious gangsters, Jabba the Hut. It would take four puppeteers inside the large Jabba to bring him to ...

This was another episode I would qualify as, well, a bit odd. That has to do with the spotlight on two incredibly strange characters, Ziro the Hutt and Sy Snootles. In the meantime, we also got the ...

If Greedo shooting first was a rather minor - if infuriating - revision in the grand scheme of things, George Lucas radically reworked a scene from Return of the Jedi for its 1997 Special Edition ...

Though named for red ball organ virtuoso Max Rebo (born Siiruulian Phantele on the planet Orto), this legendary combo was actually controlled behind the scenes by Pa’lowick singer Sy Snootles. The ...

Characters from Leia to Ahsoka to Sy Snootles appear in the new hardcover. By Graeme McMillan This week saw the release of Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy, a hardcover celebration of the female ...

Let’s face it, no matter how much you love the original Star Wars trilogy, there are some pretty dumb character names in those movies. Such as Bib Fortuna, Wedge Antilles, Droopy McCool, Nien Nunb, ...