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  Also, "long-termism" sounds like the sci-fi version of the prosperity gospel. 

As much as we harp on Lucas for his story/plot/character decisions, the guy knows visuals and special effects. ( pic via )

The Movies : Governor Tarkin : The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word from Coruscant that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away forever. General Tagge : But that's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy? Governor Tarkin : The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station. Reality (for now) : The saga of the "Wisconsin 14" -- the state Senate Democrats who fled the state in an attempt to block the three-fifths budget quorum on Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union proposals -- isn't over just because Republicans used a parliamentary end run to pass the bill with a simple majority quorum last week, and the Dems have since come home. As WisPolitics reports, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R) sent a letter ...

What can I say but, "Thank you, Internet!"

So he's re-releasing Star Wars (again!) in 3-D .

And I LOLed. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor .

I wish I was making this up .

...was not waiting for this guy to become 20 before making "Attack of the Clones."

After reading this quote by Steven Spielberg on the late Michael Crichton , I came to a startling conclusion: Crichton is responsible for Jar Jar Binks. Follow me here: Crichton writes Jurassic Park (which becomes a hit). Spielberg decides to adapt the novel into a movie blockbuster . Spielberg's pal George Lucas watches some scenes, asks Spielberg who he used for the dinosaur special effects . Spielberg replies, " Industrial Light and Magic " (Lucas' own company. Lucas decides to do three more Star Wars after all , but chooses to do prequels instead of sequels. Needing a catalyst for Chancellor Palpatine's rise to power, he creates the character Jar Jar Binks . See?

In this portrayal, Barack Obama is Obi-Wan Kenobi, and John McCain is General Grievous.

One of seven burning questions regarding the new Star Wars movie. Quick hands: who else thought that Episodes One-through-Three should have done this way? Anyone?