"Star Wars" links

Today's events haven't begun. In the meantime, here are more pictures from the movie marathon and a few "Star Wars"-related links.

* Today's story about "Star Wars" and CIV on CNN.com.

* The "Star Wars Technical Commentaries" are fun examinations of the "Star Wars" universe from a rational, logical and scientific point of view. The material presented in the movies, books, games and so forth are presumed to be accurate. The job of the technical commentaries is to take the facts and follow them to logical, interesting conclusions. Early articles, placed well before "Revenge of the Sith" appeared in theaters, made educated guesses about the nature of Darth Vader's injuries, given his appearance toward the end of "Return of the Jedi," his artificial breathing throughout the movies and from other clues in the literature. Another set examined the mass of the Death Star destroyed in "Return of the Jedi," the size of chunks seen flying toward the Endor moon, the Death Star's orbit, etc., and concluded an Endor Holocaust must have wiped out the Ewoks: "For those unfortunate beings not painlessly obliterated by the impact concussions, the initial night of celebration would linger on and on with days of darkness." Furthermore, the Rebel Alliance probably covered up the tragedy. Other commentaries question the nature of hyperspace, an Imperial communications ship glimpsed from Palpatine's window, insignia, survivors of the Death Star destroyed at the Battle of Yavin, and more.

* The Wookieepedia, a fun wiki like the Wikipedia and a companion to the Technical Commentaries, focusing more on fact than technical analysis.

* The official "Star Wars" site.

* The official Celebration IV site.

* Hyperspace, the fan club.