Star Wars stood out in 1977 because it was an all-ages sci-fi movie made by the guy who made a movie as audacious and, at times, off-putting film as THX 1138. That’s why Star Wars was more than ...

Adult Swim's beloved "Robot Chicken" is readying a third Star Wars spoof, this time with Anthony Daniels and Zac Efron joining the cast. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Adult Swim’s beloved ...

After two years of work, THX 1138 was released on March 11, 1971.It wasn’t a mainstream feature film, and it was never meant to be, but Warner Bros. didn't understand that when it gave the movie ...

As Lucas notes in the same book: "Once I had R2-D2, I had to do something sort of like it, so I just made up another one." Other names from A New Hope that didn't come from anything other than ...

Self-proclaimed "Star Wars" geeks, the producers of "Robot Chicken" deliver a big wet kiss to the film series' fans with this clever animated special -- a rapid-fire barrage of gags that includes ...

Marc Thorpe, the 'Star Wars' visual effects artist who created the Robot Wars concept in the early 1990s, died Nov. 24 of Parkinson’s. He was 77.