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Lucasfilm Spearheads Star Wars-Themed "Stand Up To Cancer" Donation Drive

By K. Alexander Smith at 5:02 PM on September 15, 2011

Today Lucasfilm announced that they are teaming up with eBay, Major League Baseball and a host of celebrities to spearhead a donation drive, with all parties involved asking fans to “Use the Force for good” and support Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C), a charitable program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation that raises funds for cancer research. The announcement was made in celebration of the September launch of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-Ray. eBay will be hosting a special online destination where folks can bid in a charity auction on exclusive items such as a Star Wars edition 2012... read more

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George Lucas not directing Red Tails

By David Marek at 4:17 PM on June 23, 2008

Episode VIIA SQUASHED HOPEIt is a dark time for movie blogs. Although they reported enthusiastically that George Lucas would be directing his first non-Star Wars film in over three decades, Lucasfilm has announced that he'll will merely serve as the executive producer for the project, restoring peace to the blogosphere...... read more

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