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Star Wars Musical Will Still Have The Prequels In It

A Star Wars musical will include a live orchestra, which would be pretty neat. It will have a 90-minute edit of all 6 movies playing on a screen. If it goes in time order, I can totally skip the first 45 minutes. It doesn't say anything about live actors, but I want some little dudes in Jawa robes on a stage. Look, I've seen Dora the Explorer on stage. It would totally work.

Atlantis Found; Google Earth Good For Something

Google Earth now has undersea data, and it found Atlantis. Not Atlanta. That's in Georgia. Atlantis, the one Patrick Duffy came from. Google officially denies it, which is hilarious. They deny it because they want people to keep using it to see their neighbors' houses from space, not search for fictional places like Gatlinburg.

We Like Chuck

Do you watch Chuck? You should watch Chuck. At a convention panel, they said it would get more sci-fi-ish about the computer stuff in his brain. We already knew Scott Bakula will play Chuck's dad. Sheridan from Babylon 5, Mr. Bruce Boxleitner, will also appear. Which reminds me I need to update my Scarecrow and Mrs. King fan page.

Star Wars + Disney + Toys = Terror

At Disney theme parks, they have Disney action figures in Star Wars costumes. Chip and Dale as Ewoks. Donald Duck as a stormtrooper. But why does Chewbacca have to be Goofy? That is Wookist. Because he's tall. Is that it? A Wookie brother can not catch a break.

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