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Will Star Wars Get the Automatic Nod for Visual FX? Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment I know. It is no big surprise about the Star Wars Oscar Nomination in visual FX(effects). Thanks to our friends at Conde Nast Entertainment and Wired, Film producer Mike Seymour goes behind the visual effects that earned  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  an Oscar nod. See how Industrial Light & Magic crafted complex action sequences, detailed environments and realistic characters with the help of advanced motion-capture technology and performances from actors like Lupita Nyong’o. Check it out!

NASA Rates the Realism of Star Wars, Star Trek and Alien Planets Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment Why is NASA rating Star War planets? Because they are N-A-S-A.  At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, visualization specialist Robert Hurt breaks down the plausibility of sci-fi planets and galaxies in  Star Wars ,  Star Trek  and  Alien . Mr. Hurt's job at JPL gives him   an incredible opportunity to render some of the most amazing astronomical datasets into images everyone can enjoy.  Robert  says "When you see classic planets in Sci-Fi, one of the planets that stand out is Hoth, the icy world from the the Empire Strikes back."

WIRED and Conde Nast Entertainment Brings 4 Entertaining Star Wars Videos Finally, it’s almost here - today is the years-long anticipated premiere of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and people fighting for line position to the box office. We have some great Star Wars videos on the WIRED channel of Condé Nast Entertainment's   The Scene to help you wait out long waiting lines. Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment for sharing the force with us.

WIRED uses Lego to re-create the iconic scenes and structures from the original “Star Wars” trilogy, and then smash them into tiny pieces You nerds like seeing things blown up, right? In  Star Wars Episode III , the TIE starfighter suffered a devastating blow from asteroid impact.  In the latest episode of WIRED’s “Star Wars Lego Destruction” digital video series,  a slo-mo Lego replica of the crushing scene has been made. Check out the Tie Fighter in the video!

Be still my heart the new J.J. Abrams teaser for the Dec. 2015 new Star Wars: Episode VII is here! Did you see that new saber?!!!