Quick News: Empire, AO3, Predator, Cunk

By
Garth Franklin
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Lucasfilm

The Empire Strikes Back
A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in “The Empire Strikes Back,” specifically the one from the movie’s most famous revelation scene, has been sold at auction for nearly $5 million.

The sale marked a world auction record for any Star Wars prop used on screen according to Heritage Auctions. Darth Vader’s saber was one of 27 lightsaber props up for sale. [Source: The Guardian]

AO3
After an unprecedented two week outage, the nonprofit fan fiction platform AO3 is back up and running. The site went offline on October 29th due to a security incident and made global headlines along with dominating conversation on social media. Today the site has restored access in a limited state. All 18 million works, bookmarks, and content remain intact. [Source: AO3]

Predator
Earlier this year, Arnold Schwarzenegger told the audience at the Arnold Sports Festival that he was talking to 20th Century Studios about a return to the “Predator” franchise along with a “Commando” sequel. That’s on top of the long-gestating “King Conan” film also in development.

This past week he offered a brief update on them on Jimmy Kimmel Live saying: “I’m looking forward to seeing the scripts because that’s where the action is. What’s not on the page is not on the stage, so I’m just waiting for the scripts to get perfected and then we go and start shooting those things.”

Cunk on Cinema
Netflix has premiered a clip involving Michael Bay from the just released “Cunk on Cinema” mockumentary comedy series starring Diane Morgan as her iconic, deadpan character. What starts as basic questioning quickly goes off the rails with a lengthy amusing anecdote. The show is now available on Netflix.