Help her, Obi-Wan! Carrie Fisher's memoir of her life as a "Star Wars" icon and poster child for rehab and mental illness will likely make you laugh -- and cry.
By Rebecca Traister Dec 3, 2008
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George Lucas fills in the "Star Wars" blanks with an animated tale that may make more sense than his live-action films.
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 15, 2008
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Those trippy puppets have had some really strange encounters through the years.
By David Puner
February 21, 2007
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Salon staffers explain why they left that distant "Star Wars" galaxy far, far behind.
May 18, 2005
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I'm an accessory to mass-marketing crime: I actually encourage my son's obsession with Legos and "Star Wars."
By Andrew Leonard
May 18, 2005
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Unlike the current occupant of the White House, Reagan was willing to improvise on the far-right script, which is what ultimately saved his presidency.
By Sidney Blumenthal
June 10, 2004
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The Reagan economy was mediocre, and his economists' ideas were a muddle.
By James K. Galbraith
June 8, 2004
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A new documentary on the Trio cable network sums up 30 years of big budgets, blitzkrieg marketing, bad scripts and Kevin Costner.
By Heather Havrilesky
March 15, 2003
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"The Lord of the Rings" is lovingly crafted, seductive -- and profoundly backward-looking. Why not look at things through the Dark Lord's eye for a change?
By David Brin
December 17, 2002
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If online role-playing games are ever going to break out of the hardcore gamer ghetto, they'll have to do more than please the geeks.
By Wagner James Au
July 9, 2002
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Who cares about "Attack of the Clones"? After reinventing popcorn cinema with his giddy space western, George Lucas can do whatever he wants.
By Brian Libby
May 28, 2002
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Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's "Attack of the Clones" review. Plus: "X-Files" fans gripe one last time.
May 23, 2002
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Christopher Plummer and David Hasselhoff in "Starcrash"! Topless Bond girls in "The Humanoid" (directed by "George Lewis")! A viewer's guide to the delirious Italian "Star Wars" rip-offs of the late '70s.
By John Gorenfeld
May 21, 2002
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An obscure Bay Area filmmaker launched an empire in 1977. No, not that one. Fluke Starbucker, Oggie Ben Doggie, Ham Salad and Princess Anne-Droid are back in a "special edition" of the original Lucas spoof.
By Bob Calhoun
May 21, 2002
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The soul-deadening string of clichés that is "Attack of the Clones" must immediately be shot beyond Pluto where it can do no harm.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 16, 2002
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George Lucas is still a virgin, and he wants his audience in the same stricken state.
By David Thomson
May 9, 2002
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Beneath all the pseudo-mythic Joseph Campbell hogwash, the roots of George Lucas' empire lie not in "The Odyssey" but in classic and pulp 20th century sci-fi.
By Steven Hart
April 10, 2002
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Former missile tester Nira Schwartz says Star Wars doesn't work. Now Congress is beginning to listen.
By Arianna Huffington
March 14, 2002
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Readers say: Keep your storm troopers away from our hobbits!
January 18, 2002
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I, too, once loved "Star Wars." Then I grew up and learned to appreciate "The Lord of the Rings."
By Eric Lipton
January 18, 2002
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Peter Jackson's glorified video trivia game doesn't hold up to the grandly human epic that defined a generation.
By Jean Tang
January 9, 2002
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How one "Star Wars" fan nearly fixed the "Episode 1" disaster, and why George Lucas is indirectly stoking another kind of digital revolution.
By Daniel Kraus
November 5, 2001
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Ben's adventure at a "celebrity petting zoo." Plus: Anne Heche's "re-entry into the world of heterosexuality"
By Amy Reiter
August 31, 2001
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Two bizarre battles orbit the Lucas empire -- one involves Hooters; Cruise will attend Kidman's premiere. Plus: Liberace's cuff links and marijuana on Broadway!
By Amy Reiter
August 1, 2001
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Britney says she's tossing the innocence routine; Tom Hanks is still talking about World War II; Charlie Sheen to sell bachelor pad. Plus: Sex-book deal too sticky for Cattrall.
By Amy Reiter
July 17, 2001
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