Ah, Star Wars. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the film's release, with all its sarcastic Han Solo lines and nifty technology -- even a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. After all, Star Wars showed us droids, comlinks and movie/data discs a few decades before we got Roombas, wireless Bluetooth headsets, and DVDs stocked in Earth stores. (And that flying practice drone that shot Luke in the tuchis when he was learning how to use his lightsaber -- now that's a gadget that really fights back.)
If you're still into Star Wars, Lucasfilm is giving you a chance to really get into the movie. InformationWeek, among other sources, has details about this new feature added to the revamped StarWars.com site:
The redesigned site will include a variety of Web 2.0 features, including an online media remix platform from video editing startup Eyespot. Using Eyespot's tools, Star Wars fans will be able to mix their own video source material with over 250 scenes and sounds from the six Star Wars films.
Okay, that's pretty cool, even if you're not a huge fan of the movies: a huge pop-culture franchise is not going to sue your pants off if you want to tinker around with copyrighted material and make your own creation to share with the world. No word yet if you can download your mashup to your video iPod, but I'll be checking it out.
