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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Star Wars</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/star-wars/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:26:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Robert Pattinson/Kristen Stewart/TWILIGHT Are the Real Threat Admonishes George Takei</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/george-takei-twilight-star-wars-star-trek/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/george-takei-twilight-star-wars-star-trek/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:11:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36199</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Fellow Star folks! Cool it down!&#34; admonishes Star Trek veteran and Star Wars: The Clone Wars guest star George Takei, 74, in this hilarious follow-up clip to the (sadly, earthbound) YouTube video wars pitting Star Trek's Captain Kirk aka William Shatner against Star Wars' Princess Leia aka Carrie Fisher. (Where are Harrison Ford and Leonard Nimoy when you most need them?) &#34;Each is wonderful in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/george-takei-twilight-star-wars-star-trek/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Carrie Fisher Shoots Down William Shatner: STAR WARS vs. STAR TREK (and Kidney Stones)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/carrie-fisher-william-shatner-star-wars-star-trek/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/carrie-fisher-william-shatner-star-wars-star-trek/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:30:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36055</guid> <description><![CDATA[Star Wars' Carrie Fisher, 55, takes on Star Trek's William Shatner on this brief video. Shatner had been making humorously &#34;disparaging&#34; comparisons between Star Trek and Star Wars, with the former coming out on top. Whether or not you're a Star Trek and/or Star Wars nut or you couldn't care less about either movie/television franchise, this cleverly edited Carrie Fisher video is a hilarious must. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/carrie-fisher-william-shatner-star-wars-star-trek/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STAR WARS Stormtroopers Photo: Governors Awards 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-wars-stormtroopers-photo-governors-awards-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-wars-stormtroopers-photo-governors-awards-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:32:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>D. Zhea</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35981</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stormtroopers, Star Wars Stars Wars' Stormtroopers attend the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood &#38; Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.] James Earl Jones (The Great White Hope, the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies) was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree, as he's co-starring with Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy on the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-wars-stormtroopers-photo-governors-awards-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LION KING Surpasses THE PHANTOM MENACE, FANTASIA: Box Office (Inflation Adjusted)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/disney-lion-king-movie-star-wars-fantasia/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/disney-lion-king-movie-star-wars-fantasia/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35246</guid> <description><![CDATA[Musafa, The Lion King Disney's The Lion King 3D pulled in $21.92 million in North America this past weekend, Sept. 23-25, according to box-office actuals found at Box Office Mojo. Originally released in 1994, The Lion King has by now become a 2011 sleeper hit. The animated feature directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff was down only 27% from last weekend &#8212; the lowest [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/disney-lion-king-movie-star-wars-fantasia/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 Behind THE DARK KNIGHT&#039;s Inflation-Adjusted Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-the-dark-knight-box-office-star-wars/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-the-dark-knight-box-office-star-wars/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:31:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27410</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you blithely choose to ignore ticket-price hikes, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 now has the highest-grossing opening weekend ever in North America, having just surpassed Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. According to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo, Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Ralph Fiennes, collected $168.55 million &#8212; including $43.5 million [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-the-dark-knight-box-office-star-wars/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar-Winning STAR WARS Visual-Effects Designer Grant McCune Dies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-wars-visual-effects-grant-mccune-dies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-wars-visual-effects-grant-mccune-dies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:58:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25868</guid> <description><![CDATA[Visual-effects artist Grant McCune (above, with R2-D2), whose most notable effort was probably George Lucas's Star Wars (1977), died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hidden Hills, 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles. McCune was 67. McCune won an Oscar for Star Wars, which he shared with visual-effects specialists John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund and Robert Blalack. Two years later, McCune was nominated [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-wars-visual-effects-grant-mccune-dies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Has Passed STAR WARS, #3 All-Time Domestic</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-star-wars-119/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-star-wars-119/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:22:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20958</guid> <description><![CDATA[Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) James Cameron's Avatar has grossed an estimated $41.3 million over the weekend, a modest 17.9 percent drop from a week ago, according to figures provided by Box Office Mojo. Its average per theater was a great $12,572 (last week: $14,173); among the weekend's top 12 films, the nearest competitor was the post-apocalyptic Denzel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-star-wars-119/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BOOK OF ELI #1, AVATAR #2 on Friday; AVATAR to Pass STAR WARS Today</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-book-of-eli-avatar-star-wars-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-book-of-eli-avatar-star-wars-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:56:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20893</guid> <description><![CDATA[On Friday, the day it won six Critics Choice Awards including &#34;best action movie,&#34; Avatar was dethroned by Denzel Washington's The Book of Eli at the domestic box office, according to estimates provided by Box Office Mojo. On Day 1, Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes' violent, post-apocalyptic tale earned $11.7 million at 3,111 screens, vs. Avatar's $10.4 million at 3,285 venues. Avatar, of course, has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-book-of-eli-avatar-star-wars-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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