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How boring. And stupid.Lucasfilm has added another retcon to the Star Wars saga, and it is almost as bad and stupid as George Lucas changing the fact that Han Solo shot first in the Tatooine tavern.Luke Skywalker is gay. Canonically, as they say–means that Disney has officially endorsed the claim that the iconic character is gay.In 1977 this would have been a stunning and brave revelation. Today it is dull and silly. A concession to the nutty idea that films should have “representation” for every variation of the human experience.The idea has been floating out there for a while, but...

On “The Rubin Report” Thursday, BlazeTV host Dave Rubin reacted to "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill's ridiculous post on Twitter after the Florida senate passed HB 1557, the Parental Rights in Education Bill. Democrats renamed the bill to the “Don't Say Gay” bill to mislead people, particularly those who don't bother to inform themselves before responding on social media, into thinking that the bill says something it doesn’t. Predictably, woefully woke lefties like Hamill fell right into their trap.

You mean Mark Hamill didn’t like having his signature heroic character end up as a guy hiding out from the universe and dying alone? Go figure. With anger and scorn bubbling up from the fanbase over Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the first Jedi (so to speak) says he sympathizes with them while reminding them that it wasn’t his choice. However, it might be just desserts for his generation, Hamill says: 'IT WAS TOUGH ON ME': #MarkHamill says he strongly disagreed with the story arc for #LukeSkywalker in #StarWarsTheLastJedi, created by writer-director #RianJohnson. pic.twitter.com/iR1RrP9JSU— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) June 28,...

Celebrities keep using the red carpet to promote a group that sheds more innocent blood through abortion than any other group in the United States. On Sunday at the Tony Awards, several stars wore pins and ribbons to show their support of the Planned Parenthood abortion chain and the pro-abortion American Civil Liberties Union. The two groups often work together to challenge laws that protect unborn babies and moms from abortion. Variety reports “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill wore a blue ribbon to support the ACLU, while Hollywood icon Sally Field, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star Rachel Bloom and actress Olivia Wilde...

A NASA engineer has proposed a method to efficiently build a Death Star, and it's not the way the Empire would have done it. Instead of constructing the massive weapon from nothing, by shooting materials out from a planet, an asteroid could be used to provide all of the essential building blocks. The Empire is doing things the hard way; using an asteroid to build a Death Star would require much less work, as metals and organic compounds would already be there.

A Star Wars fanatic choked his Thai bride to death after she destroyed his prized collection of toys. Rickie la Touche, 30, said his wife had had damaged his treasured Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker memorabilia which he had been collecting since he was a child. During a subsequent row he suffocated Pornpilai Srisroy, 28, before running off to his mother's house to tell her what he had done. The mother-of-one was later discovered dead on the couple's bed covered with a duvet and pillow in Leigh, Greater Manchester. He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 12...

Segway Inventor Builds Bionic Arm Tuesday , December 09, 2008 FOX NEWS The man behind the Segway scooter has a new invention: bionic arms for wounded soldiers. Called the "Luke Arm" after the prosthetic hand sported by Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" movies, Dean Kamen's device is lightweight, self-contained and fully capable of picking up grapes, baby bottles, even electric drills. ... snip The Luke Arm has four fingers and an opposable thumb, and was designed to be controlled by muscular movement in the wearer's remaining limbs. But thanks to neurological advances in "targeted renervation" by Dr. Todd Kuiken...

Actor MARK HAMILL believes he is the world's worst STAR WARS expert - and knows very little about the movies that made him famous. The film star - who played Luke Skywalker in the original science fantasy epics - has only seen each of the movies once, and is baffled by fans' obsession with the cult series. He tells British radio station Heart: "I have failed Star Wars trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of. "Props from the film that we didn't have names for now have names - Dustbin...

'Star Wars' Memories: A long time ago, in a Fourplex far far away ... http://www.parade.com/features/touchstones/070514-star-wars-memories.html http://tinyurl.com/yo8ocn TOUCHSTONES By Jim Gorant Published: May 14, 2007 It was a blazing day in June 1977 when my aunt and cousin came to visit. I was 10, my brother 8, our cousin 6, an awkward playgroup to start with, and to make it worse, our house in northern New Jersey was not air-conditioned. The adults encouraged us to play outside. We made a humid and soggy attempt at wiffleball, but it was no use. We were hot. They didn’t care. We were bored. They...

This is LONDON 18/02/05 - Showbiz! section Star Wars III to open Cannes By Baz Bamigboye, Daily Mail The Cannes Film Festival is going to the dark side. After months of negotiations between George Lucas and festival officials, Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge Of The Sith will open the festival in the South of France in May. It's hoped that Ewan McGregor, who plays the young Obi-Wan Kenobi, will attend, although he'll be about to open in Michael Grandage's new London stage version of Guys And Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre. It could be a star-packed Cannes this...

The cover of the Democratic Leadership Council latest edition of Blueprint Magazine askes 'So you want to be president?', touting a 'political memo' from Al From and Bruce Reed.The mega memo is address to the wannabees, [in the six pack] with Senator John McCain cc'ed, and the lead includes the tounge in cheek line 'If youre lucky, you might be the first Senator in your own row to get into the race.'The memo offers some admittedly unsolicited suggestions on how to make sure that things go well including a list of 10 ideas to pursue.Among those unsketched out ideas: bolstering...

Arizona Senator John McCain praised President George W. Bush on Monday's 'Imus in the Morning' politcal radio program for denouncing Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's racially offensive statements last month.But he then added that he regretted not challenging the current U.S. President over racists tatics allegedly employed by Bush supporters during the electoral showdown in the 2000 South Carolina GOP Primary.McCain sounded uncomfortable while discussing the episode on the radio program, which reportedly incuded attacks on his adopted Asian-American daughter using a racial slur.But the Arizona Republican made clear that he considered holding George W. Bush responsible in the...