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From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Next Star Wars Movie
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 14:14:57 EDT
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Summary: 

Here's the latest inside info on Lucasfilm's current activities:

o	Lucasfilm is doing a ride or rides for Disneyland/world.  This is the
	first time Disney has let anybody else do anything at their theme
	parks.

o	There is some sort of collaboration afoot between Lucas and Henson
	Associates (the Muppet folks).  More details exist, but I don't have
	them at the moment.  (There may be info on this in the Star Wars Fan
	Club bulletin).

o	The current project at Lucasfilm is a new Ewok special.  "This time,"
	promises Maureen Garrett of the Star Wars Fan Club, "we'll have a
	real plot!"

o	ILM is keeping busy with the special effects of virtually every
	Hollywood project with any money to spend.  I've heard rumors of a film
	of "Bug Jack Barron," but the chances of that seem slim.  Right now ILM
	is building Ewoks.

o	Lucasfilm's Computer Division is becoming a separate company.
	Apparently, they were spending too much money (the short "Andre & Wally
	B." cost about $22 million!).  They are about to release/have recently
	released two games for Atari computers (the old ones, not the ST):
	"Ballblazer" and "Rescue on Fractalus," both of which are NEAT.  Other
	games are in the works.

That's all I have.  These rumors are straight from the horse's mouth, but
they're still just rumors.

David D. Levine  (...decvax!tektronix!orca!davidl)          [UUCP]
                 (orca!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet)  [ARPA]