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Conan O'Brien Visits ILM and Uncle George

I'm not a big fan of Conan O'Brien -- as I believe I've mentioned before, I much prefer his cross-channel rival Craig Ferguson -- but I did enjoy his little tour of George Lucas' special-effects shop last night:


Aside from the cringe-inducing incident with the Imperial Walker, this was a total vicarious thrill for me. God, how I would love to work in a place like that, surrounded by all those icons and artifacts. (Of course, my house here at the fabulous Bennion Compound has plenty of its own artifacts... but I digress.)

Just for the sake of completeness, here's Conan's interview with Uncle George himself, which I assume followed the ILM segment (I didn't actually watch the show; I cadged this stuff from the good folks at SF Signal). If you get bored by George's laconic 'tude, force yourself to hang in there all the way to the end; Jewbacca is worth seeing...

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I've always suspected that the leather satchel contained a yarmulke and a tallis, and now I have proof.

Well, what else would he carry around in there? His passport? A packet of lembas bread? A photo of Leia in her metal bikini (there's something weird between those two, you know...)?

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