While everyone's hearts are aflutter with the very Darth Vader-heavy TV spot that was just released for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, some may have missed the subtle inclusion of another classic villain from that galaxy far, far away.
There was a blink-and-you-miss-it glimpse at the back of someone's head, and that someone seemed to be Grand Moff Tarkin!
Here's the bit you might have missed in the Rogue One TV spot:
Tarkin first appeared in Star Wars: A New Hope, where he was played by the late, great Peter Cushing.
This won't be the first time that Moff Tarkin has been resurrected for a Star Wars film. When Revenge of The Sith came out in 2005, long after Cushing's death, George Lucas hired actor Wayne Pygram (beneath a ton of makeup) to appear as the character.
We've heard for a while that Tarkin would be appearing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,...
There was a blink-and-you-miss-it glimpse at the back of someone's head, and that someone seemed to be Grand Moff Tarkin!
Here's the bit you might have missed in the Rogue One TV spot:
Tarkin first appeared in Star Wars: A New Hope, where he was played by the late, great Peter Cushing.
This won't be the first time that Moff Tarkin has been resurrected for a Star Wars film. When Revenge of The Sith came out in 2005, long after Cushing's death, George Lucas hired actor Wayne Pygram (beneath a ton of makeup) to appear as the character.
We've heard for a while that Tarkin would be appearing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,...
- 11/28/2016
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Feature Juliette Harrisson 4 Jul 2013 - 07:00
In the second of our weekly Farscape look-backs, Juliette tots up ten reasons to love the show, from leather, to Muppets, to Harvey...
This feature contains major Farscape spoilers.
When Farscape was abruptly cancelled at the end of season four, the outcry among its devoted fans was such that the Sci-Fi channel was persuaded to make a mini-series concluding some of the dangling plot threads, and both the lead actors were eventually made regulars in the network’s ultra-successful Stargate Sg-1. What inspired such devotion to a show not written by Joss Whedon, we hear you ask?
Farscape is a high quality drama, with strong writing, great acting, compelling characters and intricate plots. But it is also a truly unique show, full of quirks and existing in a frequently lunatic world all of its own. Here are ten reasons we love it.
1. Muppets! In!
In the second of our weekly Farscape look-backs, Juliette tots up ten reasons to love the show, from leather, to Muppets, to Harvey...
This feature contains major Farscape spoilers.
When Farscape was abruptly cancelled at the end of season four, the outcry among its devoted fans was such that the Sci-Fi channel was persuaded to make a mini-series concluding some of the dangling plot threads, and both the lead actors were eventually made regulars in the network’s ultra-successful Stargate Sg-1. What inspired such devotion to a show not written by Joss Whedon, we hear you ask?
Farscape is a high quality drama, with strong writing, great acting, compelling characters and intricate plots. But it is also a truly unique show, full of quirks and existing in a frequently lunatic world all of its own. Here are ten reasons we love it.
1. Muppets! In!
- 7/3/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Genre: Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Mystery
Creators: Brian Henson and Rockne S. O’Bannon
Directors: Tony Tilse, Rowan Woods, Andrew Prowse, Ian Watson, Peter Andrikidis, Geoff Bennett, Catherine Millar, Pino Amenta, Ian Barry
Cast: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Virginia Hey
Summary:
John Crichton. Astronaut. Flung through a wormhole and lost in a galaxy far from home. He fines himself in the middle of a prison break, surrounded by hostile aliens, soaring through space inside a glorious living space ship called Moya. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, Crichton (Ben Browder) allies himself with Moya’s crew — Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), Luxan warrior Ka D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe), azure priestess Zhaan (Virginia Hey), spritely Nebari thief Chiana (Gigi Edgley), Dominar Rygel, the deposed royal ruler of the Hynerian Empire and Pilot – to search for a way out of this inconceivably alien world and return home.
Creators: Brian Henson and Rockne S. O’Bannon
Directors: Tony Tilse, Rowan Woods, Andrew Prowse, Ian Watson, Peter Andrikidis, Geoff Bennett, Catherine Millar, Pino Amenta, Ian Barry
Cast: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Virginia Hey
Summary:
John Crichton. Astronaut. Flung through a wormhole and lost in a galaxy far from home. He fines himself in the middle of a prison break, surrounded by hostile aliens, soaring through space inside a glorious living space ship called Moya. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, Crichton (Ben Browder) allies himself with Moya’s crew — Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), Luxan warrior Ka D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe), azure priestess Zhaan (Virginia Hey), spritely Nebari thief Chiana (Gigi Edgley), Dominar Rygel, the deposed royal ruler of the Hynerian Empire and Pilot – to search for a way out of this inconceivably alien world and return home.
- 12/5/2011
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
A+E Networks Home Entertainment have announced the release date for Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray Edition. Exec Producer Brian Henson says that “all four seasons of Farscape look better than ever before” and this new set includes new bonus features as well as all those included in the DVD set. The set will be available on November 15 and has a retail list price of $199.95. SciFi Mafia is happy to announce, however, that we are giving away, to one happy SciFi Mafia reader, a Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray Edition box set courtesy of our friends at A+E Networks Home Entertainment. Yes, The Entire Set!
Check out the info on the set below, along with how to enter for your chance to win one of your very own.
Prepare For Starburst With The Eagerly-awaited Hi-def Set Of A Television Sci-fi Classic Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray...
Check out the info on the set below, along with how to enter for your chance to win one of your very own.
Prepare For Starburst With The Eagerly-awaited Hi-def Set Of A Television Sci-fi Classic Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray...
- 11/2/2011
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Woohoo! About time, eh?
This set is sure to satisfy fans and, hopefully, birth a bunch of new ones. This show was a groundbreaking, head-spinning forray into intergalactic war, alternate realities, and puppets. Awesome puppets.
Rarely given its due by the network that spawned it, this is the perfect chance to revisit or discover the rag-tag, misfit crew aboard Moya.
The full press release as follows:
New York, NY – When a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapulted Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield, a groundbreaking cult classic was born with the epic, adventure-filled TV series “Farscape”.
On November 17, the award-winning fan favorite show, which ran from 1999-2003 on Sci Fi and was named by TV Guide as one of television’s best cult shows ever, will commemorate its 10th Anniversary with the very first complete packaging of the series. Featuring all 88 episodes on 25 discs,...
This set is sure to satisfy fans and, hopefully, birth a bunch of new ones. This show was a groundbreaking, head-spinning forray into intergalactic war, alternate realities, and puppets. Awesome puppets.
Rarely given its due by the network that spawned it, this is the perfect chance to revisit or discover the rag-tag, misfit crew aboard Moya.
The full press release as follows:
New York, NY – When a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapulted Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield, a groundbreaking cult classic was born with the epic, adventure-filled TV series “Farscape”.
On November 17, the award-winning fan favorite show, which ran from 1999-2003 on Sci Fi and was named by TV Guide as one of television’s best cult shows ever, will commemorate its 10th Anniversary with the very first complete packaging of the series. Featuring all 88 episodes on 25 discs,...
- 11/13/2009
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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