Jedi

Lightsaber-on-lightsaber action is good for the soul. Coming Up: The slug for next week's episode -- "A hunt for the missing Luminara leads the Jedi to a lair full of undead warriors." -- suggests that we might be seeing some pre-history...

In this article: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars, Poggle the Lesser, Separatist, Sith, and Republic

...side of films. Child Jedis, bounty hunters, and other miniature Star Wars characters waved light sabers as they filed through the streets of uptown Saturday for "Star Wars in Concert" at Time Warner Cable Arena. A few adults donned...

In this article: Darth Vader, Jedis, Star Wars, John Williams, Star Wars, Royal Philharmonic, and Yoda

...hair should worry more about what's in their heads). Clooney wants to be a Jedi warrior (an in-joke in that McGregor was in "Star Wars," even if it was the lesser-liked Parts 1-3). There is evidence that in the 1980s there was a unit...

In this article: Goat, George Clooney, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Star Wars, Roland Emmerich, and Ewan McGregor

...get enough of the characters, struggled to understand and even elaborate on "The Force," emulated the wisdom of Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Jedi knights. The adulation caught Daniels, as well as most of the other cast members, unawares at...

In this article: C-3PO, Anthony Daniels, Star Wars, George Lucas, 1st Mariner Arena, Oscar, Star Tours, and Royal Shakespeare Company

...themselves on opposite sides during the Galactic Civil War that follows. Star Wars purists may find it hard to accept that there were Jedi clones holding prominent roles in both the Rebellion and the Empire that somehow went unmentioned during...

In this article: Separatist, Clone Army, Empire, Rebellion, TIE Fighter, Clone Wars, and Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

...to report on the war. Bob meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who was once Django's star pupil and who still believes he possesses Jedi powers, such as the ability to stop goats' hearts with a gaze or the fearsome "sparkly eyes" technique,...

In this article: The Men Who Stare at Goats, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Jon Ronson, Star Wars, and Ewan McGregor

...of a certain star of a highly popular, if much-derided, sci-fi trilogy. "Do you want to be a Jedi warrior?" inquires Clooney's Lyn Cassady, a paranormal operative. The person he's addressing: a down-on-his-luck reporter played by none...

In this article: Goat, Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jeff Bridges, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and Kevin Spacey

...when McGregor - the young Obi-wan Kenobi in Star Wars, Episodes 1-3 - was cast as Wilton. "The Jedi thing was a coincidence," Heslov says. "I went to Ewan with the script and didn't even think about it. He brought it up: Would it be...

In this article: Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Goat, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Jeff Bridges

...of the Empire's formation. Star Wars purists may find the premise hard to swallow, because how could Jedi clones have played major roles in both the Empire and the Alliance without being mentioned in the films? But aside from this issue,...

In this article: Star Wars, Elite, Star Wars Battlefront, Separatist, Empire, Star Wars, General Grievous, and Coruscant