I’m super excited today to introduce my first guest writer from Down Under! My Aussie pal Christian is one of the guys I’ve known longer than anyone around the blogosphere. He posts over at Adventures and Insights. Click that link and it’ll be the fastest trip to Australia you’ll ever take. You can also sometimes find him on Twitter.

We share a love of music, movies, and the TV show Chuck. Okay, okay, we may also both be completely enamored with that show’s costar Yvonne Strahovski. We are also bonded from one side of this planet to the other by a certain legend of the 80s named Indiana Jones. In general, Christian and I can talk pop culture all day, and he’s put his knowledge to good use today for a launch by an icon who’s messing with his childhood. Take it away mate.

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My friends, we are facing uncertain times. The days to come have been darkened with news which I fear is being mistaken for good. Beneath the surface reverie, however, lurks a terror which chills me to my very core. If you are by some strange coincidence unaware of what I am referring to, I shall begin with two words: George Lucas.

September 16th, 2011 has been hailed as a monumental day for Star Wars fans. On this day, the complete Star Wars Saga will be released on Blu-ray and I know that I was excited to hear this news – at first. However, I’ve since read that George Lucas has made use of modern technology to “perfect and correct” parts of the movies in his desire to evolve them into the vision he saw in his mind’s eye when initially creating these masterpieces. It’s that last sentence that has me worried. Continue Reading…