One of the greatest special effects accomplishments in Star Wars: A New Hope was the final Death Star run. For the shooting, sectional pieces of the Death Star were created to be shot from above, creating the stunning images of the space station's bumpy, menacing exterior as the heroes closed in.
The very first Star Wars movie turns 40 in 2017 -- as are, practically, the toys that have long been intertwined with the franchise. To celebrate 40 years in the galaxy far, far away, Hasbro are breaking out the weaponised nostalgia with an homage to the classic Kenner era of Star Wars toys.
Building unsurprisingly. Lots of building. Here's a new video showing the sets and ships being created for Paradise Decay's Minecraft version of Star Wars A New Hope.
Good news: there's a fresh trailer out for Paradise Decay's big Minecraft remake of Star Wars: A New Hope, which we've last heard of in 2013. Bad news: This is the last trailer we'll get before the film comes out next year.
Quite a lot of haiku, in fact. Exactly 198. This absolute work of art was created by British author and screenwriter Craig W. Chenery, who took a few days off his other projects to work on this.
