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Buzz Watch: “The Clone Wars” - First Animated Star Wars Film By Lucasfilm Animation

Authored by Jay Baage on May 23, 2008 - 6:21am.

The theatrical trailer for “The Clone Wars”, the first animated Star Wars film by Lucasfilm Animation, was just released. I didn't even know that there was an animated Star Wars movie in the works before I read about it on Laughing Squid, but it makes sense. Advance word is that this is the film that should have served as the prequel to Star Wars. The movie hits theatres August 15 and will be followed by the weekly The Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network.
tags: TV | Movies | Cartoon Network | Film | Star Wars | Lucasfilm Animation | The Clone Wars |

Virginia Man Gets 5 Months in BitTorrent Copyright Conviction

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 30, 2006 - 2:49pm.
Roanoke, Va. - A Virginia man convicted of criminal copyright infringement for using the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network has been sentenced to five months in prison, another five months of house arrest, three years of probation and a $3,000 fine.
tags: Video | Law | Tech | P2P | Piracy | Music | Copyright | BitTorrent | Law Enforcement | Convictions | Star Wars |

"Star Wars" Director's Lucasfilm to Curtail Film Production, Focus on TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 4:42pm.
Los Angeles - "Star Wars" director George Lucas said on Thursday that his Lucasfilm production company will shift its focus away from movies and into developing programming for TV and other platforms, Daily Variety reported. "We don't want to make movies. We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we've moved away from the feature film thing because it's too expensive and it's too risky," Lucas told Variety, at the groundbreaking for USC's School of Cinematic Arts, to which Lucas contributed $175 million.
tags: Video | TV | Movies | Film | Lucasfilm | Star Wars | George Lucas |

LucasArts Ships "LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2006 - 10:39am.
San Francisco - LucasArts, George Lucas' games studio, and developer TT Games this week shipped their "LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy" title across eight platforms. The family title features customizable Star Wars characters made out of LEGO. A downloadable trial version for Windows is available from the link below.
tags: Games | LEGO | LucasArts | Star Wars |

Ubisoft Signs Long-Term Licensing Deal with LucasArts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2006 - 11:37am.
San Francisco - Video game publisher Ubisoft this week announced that it signed a long-term licensing agreement with developer LucasArts.
tags: Games | Licensing | Video | Movies | Ubisoft | LucasArts | Star Wars |

Cinemax to Air All Six "Star Wars" Movies in HD

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2006 - 1:16pm.
New York - Time Warner's Cinemax has secured a deal with director George Lucas' Lucasfilm to offer all six films from the "Star Wars" franchise in high-definition on its premium cable TV network, TVWeek.com reported.
tags: Video | TV | HD | Cable | Star Wars | Cinemax |

Bethesda Softworks Signs All 5 Enterprise Captains for "Star Wars" Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 14, 2006 - 2:02pm.
Rockville, Md. - Video game developer Bethesda Softworks announced on Monday that, in addition to William Shatner, it has signed all of the five captains of the Star Trek Enterprise to provide voice talent for its "Star Trek: Legacy" game for Xbox 360 and the PC.
tags: Games | Audio | Voice Talent | Bethesda Softworks | Signings | Star Wars |

LucasArts to Publish "Star Wars Galaxies" Compilation PC Title

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 20, 2006 - 12:34pm.
San Francisco - LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment on Thursday announced plans to release "Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures," a compilation of the basic massively multiplayer online game and its three expansion packs, plus various enhancements. The title is slated to ship in November for $29.99.
tags: Games | PC Games | LucasArts | Star Wars |

THQ Wireless to Create First "Star Wars" Multiplayer Mobile Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2005 - 6:35am.
Agoura Hills, Calif. - Mobile game publisher THQ Wireless announced on Tuesday that it will publish "Star Wars Battlefront Mobile," the first Star Wars mobile multiplayer game, on Nov. 1. Developed in association with Lucasfilm, LucasArts and Singapore-based developer Mikoishi, the title will initially be made available exclusively to Cingular Wireless subscribers.
tags: THQ Wireless | Star Wars | Multiplayer Mobile Game |

FBI, Customs Agents Shut Down BitTorrent Server Offering "Star Wars"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 25, 2005 - 6:32am.
Washington -- U.S. authorities announced on Wednesday that they have shut down a BitTorrent file-sharing server that was offering copies of "Revenge of the Sith" and other copyrighted movies and software for download. The FBI and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed ten warrants in eight states and seized the main server for Elite Torrents, a network with 133,000 members that offered 17,800 movie, music and software titles, which were collectively downloaded 2.1 million times. A message on the site today reads: "This site has been permanently shut down by the Federal Bureau of investigation and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." The latest "Star Wars" film was available on Elite Torrents six hours before it debuted in theaters, and had been downloaded more than 10,000 times, authorities said. "Through today's landmark enforcement actions, ICE and the FBI have shut down a group of online criminals who were using legitimate technology to create one-stop shopping for the illegal sharing of movies, games, software and music," said Michael J. Garcia, Homeland Security assistant secretary for ICE.
tags: Shut Down | Star Wars | FBI | Customs Agents |

Copy of "Star Wars: Episode III" Already Leaked Online

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 19, 2005 - 7:48am.
London -- A "workprint" of the new "Star Wars" movie has surfaced on the Internet, according to reports on websites including Waxy.org and Cinematical.com. Reuters reported that several screener copies of the film had been posted on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing network, but these copies were apparently fakes -- possibly seeded by the movie industry to frustrate would-be pirates. A DVD-R of a workprint of the film, which includes timecodes on each frame, was posted online by a group called VISA on Wednesday. A workprint would likely have originated from within the post-production process for the film, rather than from a moviegoer who had smuggled a camcorder into a screening and posted the resulting recording online.
tags: Internet | Star Wars | Copy |

Lucas: Piracy Fears Prompted Early Release of "Star Wars" DVD Trilogy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 17, 2004 - 4:08am.
Los Angeles -- "Star Wars" creator George Lucas said in an interview with the Associated Press this week that fear of piracy was the main reason for the decision to release the original film trilogy on DVD this week, instead of following the release of the last film in the series, as was originally planned. "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" is slated for release in May 2005, while the DVD trilogy containing "A New Hope," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" was released on Tuesday. "A lot of people are getting very worried about piracy. That has really eaten dramatically into the sales," Lucas told AP. "It really just came down to, there may not be a market when I wanted to bring it out, which was like, three years from now. So rather than just sit by and watch the whole thing fall apart, better to bring it out early and get it over with."
tags: Star Wars | Lucas | Piracy Fears | Early Release | DVD Trilogy |