Day: December 17, 2015

INFLATION! Ticket prices back in the 1970s were .. oh.. a wee bit lower than the wallet bursting prices that greet consumers today.. on average then: $2.23. ON average now? A lot more than that.. So STAR WARS got $512 mil in ticket sales in 1977 and 1978 (theaters in some cities actually played the … Read moreSTAR WARS will earn a lot of money.. may even break some budgets.. but there is one thing important to consider..

Droids and The Force: How the Science in ‘Star Wars’ Is Actually Real: From the WALL STREET JOURNAL:   For a story that takes place “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” a great deal of the technology in the “Star Wars” series actually has parallels today on planet Earth. Part of … Read moreDroids and The Force: How the Science in ‘Star Wars’ Is Actually Real