Today's free screenings of Star Wars at the Portage Theater are almost "drop what you're doing and hightail your ass to the Northwest side" appointment movie watching. more ›

"Look into your heart, Luke." Look into your enlarged, diseased heart. more ›

Much like a business motto, a tagline is a short, catchy phrase used by studios to sell feature-length films. more ›

We don't think the French understand Star Wars. How else to explain this clip? more ›

Beware our city's most dangerous invader since "Baby's Day Out." more ›

Go see both versions of The Mummy at the Portage tonight, meet Svengoolie and have a chance to see the "Han Shot First" version of Star Wars in January for free. more ›

This comical romp through “a galaxy…far, far away…in a disco, circa 1977,” follows a sexually frustrated Luke Skywalker as he attempts to rescue the luscious Princess Leia from the sadomasochistic Darth Vader. more ›

At 10:26 a.m., the final Space Shuttle launch went off without a hitch, leaving Cape Canaveral for the International Space Station at a brisk 2,600 miles an hour when the broadcaster on the NASA feed noted: "the Space Shuttle spreads it wings a final time for a sentimental journey into space." The Atlantis' final mission is a 12-day jaunt, and we can't help but feel a little nostalgic for the end of an era. When you're not checking out the live mission coverage from NASA fire up your imagination with one of our five favorite movies about space: more ›

We've long theorized here that anything can be made better with a little bit of "Star Wars." Yoda dancing to a song from one of Will Smith's obnoxious kids may put that theory to the test. more ›

The Empire Strikes Back is grabbing much of the attention among the 25 additions to the National Film Registry announced today. Each year, the Library of Congress selects up to 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" for the registry. Han Solo may have said "Never tell me the odds," but the chances were always favorable that Empire, a box office smash considered by many to be the best of the Star Wars films, would become the second sequel enshrined, following The Godfather Part II (inducted in 1993). It marks George Lucas' fourth title on the list. more ›

Anthony Daniels, who played C3PO in the "Star Wars" movies, calls the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special 'the horrible holiday special that nobody talks about." George Lucas apparently hated it more than casual "Star Wars" fans hated Episodes 1-3. more ›

The weekend's coming up, so let's try and help you get a hot date to spend some time with! more ›

A little more than two years ago as the real world housing market was in free-fall, the not-yet-opened LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago was looking to start some construction of its own—on a “miniland” scale. About the same time, Daniel Morey was finding himself with fewer and fewer projects in his work as a contract carpenter. more ›

By the end of summer, real-world Michigan Avenue will get a reprieve from the carnage of burning cars, wrecked streets and robots that are more than meets the eye; LEGO Michigan Avenue, on the other hand, will be rebuilding for a long time following this weekend's invasion from Imperial Stormtroopers and Battle Droids. more ›

Star Wars gets the blaxploitation treatment. Lando or Shaft or Dolemite? [via] more ›

Those lovable scamps at Improv Everywhere are at it again, this time taking to a New York City subway to reenact a scene from Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope, for those nit-pickers). Check out more info and background on the project here. more ›

Yesterday was an unofficial Star Wars holiday of sorts, with the phrase "May the 4th Be With You" being tossed around the internet like naked photos of Lindsay Lohan. So, of course, what better way to celebrate than with a short recreation of the original Star Wars trilogy using LEGOs? [via] more ›

We're fast approaching the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, the second part of the original Star Wars trilogy and commemorative screenings don't surprise us. Lucasfilm Ltd has launched a year-long campaign, The Empire Gives Back and, lucky for Chicago-area Star Wars fans, a set of digital screenings will be taking place at the Field Museum benefiting the museum's Education Outreach programs. There will be four separate screenings with a variety of packages available. more ›

Anthony tipped us off Friday, via Consumerist, Fast Company and a host of others, to this intriguing and informative series of maps showing which fast food chains dominate various territories throughout the U.S. more ›

We've already (unapologetically) discussed our love of Ke$ha. So what happens when you mash the video for her hit single "Tik Tok" with one of our all-time loves, Star Wars? Gold. Pure gold. [via TDW] more ›

A local sign company must have been unaware that only the Super Bowl and the Olympics rival George Lucas and Lucasfilm as pit bulls that go after any whiff of trademark violations. Because if not, then Skywalker Outdoor, Inc., shouldn't have been surprised when they were slapped with a trademark infringement suit. more ›

Star Wars tuna? Of course! [via] more ›

Lollapalooza wasn't the only big event going on this weekend. It was also the annual Chicago Comic-Con. And judging by these pictures, it was an incredible, surreal time for all involved. A miniature Darth Vader? Check. Billy Dee Williams signing a bottle of Colt 45? Check. More comic costumes than you could ever dream of? Check. And there's plenty more where these came from. more ›

Earlier today, we honored the anniversary of D-Day. This time around, though, we've gone back to the more light-hearted stuff. Witness this brilliant mash-up. more ›

Yes, that is a kid playing the Star Wars Cantina Band song on a harp. Dude can also play Herbie Hancock. We realize now that we have done nothing with our lives. [via The Daily What by way of my Chicagoist predecessor who's now at Entertainment Weekly] more ›

The future is now, at least over at CNN. During tomorrow night's election, the network is planning on using three-dimensional holograms to supplement those weird touch screens they've been using. They'll project holographic images of their field correspondents stationed around the country, including Chicago, onto their set using 44 cameras and 20 computers in each location to get the image rendered correctly. Holy shit. I will pay $50 to the first CNN tech who manages to slip in a glimpse of the Death Star blueprints instead of, say, Anderson Cooper. more ›

There are a lot of spoof posters out there, but this one, by David Friedman of Ironic Sans, is the clear winner. more ›

We've all got a bad case of the Fridays--perhaps because we're so pysched for the Media Slam this weekend. We need some awesome stuff to get us through the rest of the afternoon.... more ›

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has just announced its 2008 / 2009 season. Tickets are already on sale, so here are a few Chicagoist recommendations to keep in mind: more ›