The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and
The Shape of Water remain the only fantasy films to win Best Picture at the Oscars (some might even debate the latter as a fantasy film, but we ll include it here for its fairy tale elements). And before Return of the King in 2003, it was unheard of for any genre film to appear in the major categories at the Academy Awards. Even in 1940, the Wizard of Oz was only nominated for Best Picture losing to Gone With the Wind. But more recently, genre films are getting the credit they deserve, as the Academy has expanded the scope of its Best Picture category.
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Star Wars fans are about to get a book all about lightsabers and they have Harry Potter to thank. It’s called
Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, a slick, wide-format, hardcover book that features exclusive images and information on almost 60 different lightsabers in the
Star Wars universe. None of which would’ve happened if not for the boy who lived.
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The Harry Potter Wand Collection and so that is the inspiration for this book,”
Lightsaber Collection author Daniel Wallace told io9 over the phone recently. “[It’s] pages and pages of the wands that were created for the films, which are very detailed and very unique. And then the obvious idea was, ‘Oh, you could probably do that with lightsabers, right?’” Yes. Yes, you can.
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