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George Lucas 'very happy' with Star Wars 3D makeover

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/gadgets/images/star-wars-logo-200-200.png"> George Lucas has proclaimed himself to be 'very happy' with the 3D work being done on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, as Prime Focus were named a partner on the project. The Phantom Menace will be the first of the six films to be converted into 3D, with creator Lucas keen to see the job done well, and Prime Focus has been selected by Lucas and his Industrial Light & Magic effects house. "It was incredibly important to me that we have the technology, the resources and the time to do this right," said Lucas. "I'm very happy with the results I've been seeing on Episode I." Tinker man It certainly won't be the first time that work has been done on updating Star Wars – with the original and much loved trilogy remastered, poked, prodded and put through the digital grinder on several occasions by Lucas. Episode One - much maligned by the critics - is due to arrive in cinemas from February next year, with Blu-ray version likely to follow soon afterwards. But, although many fans will now have the films collected on numerous formats, the prospect of 3D remains enticing, as long as it is done really well. And perhaps Jar Jar is digitally deleted to boot. Oh, and make sure that Han shot first.

George Lucas 'very happy' with Star Wars 3D makeover

George Lucas has proclaimed himself to be 'very happy' with the 3D work being done on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace , as Prime Focus...

President George W Bush pops in for Facebook chat

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/world%20of%20tech/us_flag-200-200.jpg"/>President George W. Bush is taking a leaf out of Barack Obama's book, by using Facebook to get his point across... well, to flog his book at least.The former US Commander in Chief sat down with CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook Live channel this evening to promote his memoirs Decision Points, which was released earlier this month. Facebook users were encouraged to send their own questions into the 43rd President, who kick-started the interview by saying, "They didn't think I could read, let alone write!""I'm an iPad guy"In a rather surreal interview with Zuckerberg, Bush said he used no tech and gadgets while President, but claimed that his administration was the first to use email. He said he refrained from using it himself so his words could not be taken out of context.He added: "When I left office and went back to Crawford, Texas, I became a BlackBerry person, but now I'm an iPad person and I use the Facebook to stay in touch with people who are interested in me."Dubya also took the opportunity to rip on Zuckerberg for not graduating from college, while congratulating him on the success of Facebook and its use as a freedom fighting tool around the world.Bush set up a Facebook page in June to promote his book and various personal appearances. So far he has 600,000 fans. Obama currently has 16.8 million. Keep on truckin' George.<img border="0" height="1" src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/9809/s/101e4a06/mf.gif" width="1"/><div class='mf-related'>

President George W Bush pops in for Facebook chat

President George W. Bush is taking a leaf out of Barack Obama's book, by using Facebook to get his point across... well, to flog his bo...