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StarWars.com wants you to channel George Lucas

We can't wait to see what all you creative types come up with once StarWars.com relaunches their website on Friday with its new video mash-up feature. The site's new online video-editing tool provided by Eyespot will let fans make their own Star Wars movies by choosing from over 250 scenes from all six films. Since you can even add your own video shots to the collection, there's no telling what kinds of ideas users will come up with. The site even has several music tracks to choose from to make your new film complete. When you're done, save it to the site and share with your friends and fellow Star Wars aficionados.

Movie mash-ups and video uploads aren't the only cool things the new site will have to offer. How does five years worth of Star Wars Fan Movie Festival shorts grab you? Or how about hundreds of user-generated videos culled from all over the Internet, along with batches of mini-documentaries that explore the making of the whole saga?

There are over 10,000 pages of goodies already available, and more content and features will reportedly be offered in the coming months. If that isn't enough to keep even the most devoted Star Wars fans busy for a while, we don't know what is.

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Georgie thinks movie downloads are the future

Goerge LucasMr. Star Wars, the geek-man, OB1 himself, none other than George Lucas thinks movie downloads are where it's at for the future of movie entertainment distribution. Really? We didn't see that coming. Steve Jobs has also been chatting with Lucas at various times about the idea, which isn't surprising now that iTunes now has movies from Disney, with more to follow invariably. Lucas and Jobs have history as most people know in the Pixar sale back in the day. The two it seems are interested in where movies are headed. Diversity of content is a big thing, as the audience will determine what movies make it and which don't. The media moguls seem to think that most people who would download movies are somewhat picky, and generally I have to agree. I am picky too, can't deny it, I want movie studios, download services, websites, and software makers to cater to me, and so does everyone. It isn't that out of the ordinary. Lucas says that those who can capitalize on the public's wants and desires by producing the kind of content they want will win in the new world of movie downloads. This begs the question then, are the theatres in trouble of becoming extinct? Will they have to reinvent themselves to remain relevant? Maybe not extinct tomorrow, but what about in five or ten years?

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