We’re one month away from the War Of The Worlds debut, and this new trailer finally gives the briefest of glimpses of the tripods. Also, it’s set to Christopher Field’s “Gothic Power”, the Carmina Burrana-like music that was used for the Fellowship of the Ring trailer.

Two hurt in mock light sabre duel Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol. A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into…

I saw Sith yesterday, in a theater with a relatively small attendance. I think anyone dying to see it went at midnight, as the Chateau vowed to put it on as many as 14 screens to meet demand. I’m sorry, but I don’t know that I’ll have time for a full review. I will say…

Saw the trailer for Stealth before Star Wars today and it looks like it could be, maybe, not all that bad. Lots of flash and pizzazz, but if it handles the subject matter well (artificial intelligence in a fighter plane) it could make for a decent movie.

Jim Geraghty’s “Sith” review hits on a lot of the points I was planning to make in my review, so I’ll either be hammering them home or skipping on to other points.

Star Wars Hypefest! FYI: “Anorak” is British slang for a nerdy devotee, so-named after the British term for a parka.

Something funny from our message board’s discussion of Star Wars: Well now there’s a hitch in my plans… May ’05 was the expiration date for the card Sherry used to buy my ticket (online) — she ordered the tickets on April 28th. When I took the new card (different number) to the box office earlier…

No, this isn’t a movie review. I won’t see Star Wars Episode III until tomorrow. I’m just bugged by George Lucas’ injecting blatant politics into the last Star Wars movie. And since I try to confine my political opinions to other outlets, I haven’t really been talking about it here. I know, some of you…

Moviefone: ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Movie Exclusives Watch out for that AOL Player option. Long experience tells me that installing the player would add five shortcuts to “sign up for 21000 hours free” and set my browser’s home page to AOL, etc.

Patrick Ruffini’s response to George Lucas’ recent pronouncements about political meaning in Sith is to start a contest. I hope to stick with this as contest entries come in. But I love his entry: Darth Vader’s metal suit covered in magnetic stickers.