Documentary film on the life and work of author W. Somerset Maugham. His life and work discussed by writers such as Armistead Maupin and Alexander McCall-Smith and experts such as Selina Hastings.
Ever wonder how they ever made Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi? Well this documentary explains it all as we're taken on a behind-the-scenes tour of the making of the Star Wars saga. It shows how the puppets are made and worked, and creator George Lucas talks about what influenced him to do it, and everything. Narrated by Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamil...
Star Wars: Droids, also known as Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all six Star Wars films. The series takes place between the events depicted in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Darth Sidious shows off the new Sith clone JEK who is an extremely powerful weapon. But JEK wants to be his own master and suddenly, both the Jedi and the Sith try to win him over. It now remains to be seen which side he chooses.
Discovery – The Science of Star Wars ,星战中的科学.
《星战》讲述科技与我们现实生活的科技发展,由 C3PO 和 R2D2 主持,内容包括机械人的发展,太空漫游和武器发展等等。
星战属於 Space Opera 类科幻,著重的是戏剧效果,所以在星战外壳之下,我们看到的还是共和国、议会、帝国、武士等等古典元素,但相对来说,机械人、穿梭机、雷射炮这些科幻完素,则只是背景和特技。
通常而言,科幻会有两大分类:硬科幻 (Hardcore SF) 和软科幻 (Softcore SF) 。硬科幻,讲求的是科学的準确性,在故事中提起会飞的车,便会真的从现在的科学来考证一下这些会飞车的可能性,就算是不可能,也会在故事中创作出的另一种延伸现实的科学理论来支持。所以硬科幻的背景细节通常都可堪细味,与我们现在生活中的科学有微妙的关联。...