Dark Side Rising
George Lucas has pulled out all the stops and finished the Star Wars cycle with Revenge of the Sith
Q&A: George Lucas
Lucas talks about how he works, his fear of failure and the sort of movies he really wants to make
Essay: How Star Wars Saved My Life
The film turned John Cloud into an irretrievable geek
Star Wars Numbers
The figures behind the franchise
Star Wars Web Guide
Online resources for every fan, from the casual Tatooine farmboys to the hardcore Jedi Knights

Star Wars Family Tree
Interactive guide to the characters
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STAR WARS NEWS AND INFORMATION
StarWars.com
The official Star Wars website, featuring community forums, movie trailers, downloads and Hyperspace, the official fan club of Star Wars

TheForce.net
A daily dose of Star Wars, with fan fiction and commentary in all formats

Wikipedia: Star Wars
User-edited web encyclopedia Wikipedia has great background information on all facets of the franchise

FAN SITES AND BLOGS
Star Wars: Revelations
A non-profit, high-quality fan film by Panic Struck Productions, this addition to the Star Wars universe is available free for download this spring

Atom Films Star Wars Fan Film Awards
Need more fan-film action with a goofier edge? Lucasfilm and Atom Films pay to distribute the winners of these Star Wars spoof and documentary contests each year

Star Wars Chicks
Geared toward the female Star Wars fan, this site is "dedicated to every little girl who grew up wanting to fly an X-wing or be Princess Leia."

T'Bone's Star Wars Universe
Interviews about Star Wars, a Star Wars blog, cut-scene images

The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
The "journal" of Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith and Servant to His Supreme Excellency the Emperor Palpatine

The Star Wars Kid
The Internet phenomenon of a few years back, this site hosts the original video and the numerous remixes




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