Han Solo, the \”Star Wars\” space hero who always has a fast ship and a good blaster, will get his own stand-alone film, the Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday, directed by the \”Lego Movie\” film makers.
Walt Disney Co will release the eighth installment in the \”Star Wars\” sci-fi film series on May 26, 2017, Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Thursday.
Israeli producer Ram Bergman will make the next two “Star Wars” films.
Baby Leah tenses and contorts in her crib at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA. A visit to her in the room requires suiting up in a gown, gloves and mask to ensure she doesn’t become sick in her fragile state. Zev and Frani Esquenazi’s little girl, who is named for Princess Leia from the “Star Wars” films, has received multiple spinal taps, MRIs and EEGs, and is breathing through her trachea. Her movements are erratic.
I was out communing with the nerds last weekend, contributing to the $158.5 million record four-day opening for \”Revenge of the Sith.\” Now that the series is over and done with (at least until George Lucas launches his live-action \”Star Wars\” television series), I began reflecting on all things Jewish in the saga set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Even though Lucas considers himself a \”Buddhist Methodist,\” and many of the themes from the series are inspired by the universal mythic structure explored by writer Joseph Campbell, there are some elements in the series that are undeniably Jewish.
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