Star Wars News of the Day: March 5, 2018

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This is your Star Wars News for Monday, March 5, 2018. I’m David “The Bow Tie Jedi Guy” Jesse The Last Jedi is shut out at the Oscars The stars were out for the Academy Awards last night, but not for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The blockbuster was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including a nomination for John Williams for Best Original Score, who lost to Alexandre Desplat - composer of the score for The Shape of Water. This was Desplat’s second Academy Award. The last time a Star Wars film won an Oscar was 1981 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-oscars-2018-90th-academy-awards-star-wars-has-not-won-an-oscar-since-1520218789-htmlstory.html Jedi Master Charles Barkley Can’t Understand Aliens Charles Barkley was the guest host on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. In a scene that was eventually cut from the show, Barkley played a Jedi Master who is confused by everyone else’s ability to understand whatever an alien says. In the sketch, Barkley says, ““How do y’all speak so many languages? This is crazy, These aliens are talking to you in their language, you answer them back in our language, everybody understands each other. It makes me feel stupid.” You can see a video of this sketch on TatooineSons.com. https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/charles-barkley-jedi-master-snl/ And finally, Get a Sneak Peak for the new Solo Novel: Last Shot StarWars.com has released an excerpt from the soon to be released novel, Last Shot. The novel tells a story about Han Solo and Lando Calrissian in three points of time. First, when the Millennium Falcon was still owned by Lando. The next, shortly after Han takes possession of it. And finally, not long after the events of Return of the Jedi. Go to TatooineSons.com to see it for yourself. http://www.starwars.com/news/new-dad-han-solo-challenge-toddler-ben-last-shot-excerpt-exclusive Up next, today in Star Wars history, but first, here’s Samuel the Hutt On this date in 1979 - principal photography began on The Empire Strikes Back began with a 10-Day shoot in Norway. That’s the most important Star Wars news for the day! May the Force be with you! Website: www.tatooinesons.com Twitter: twitter.com/tatooinesons Facebook: Facebook.com/tatooinesons YouTube:http://bit.ly/TatooineSonsYouTube Email: [e-mail]