If she'd written about the Napoleonic Wars no one would have read her books.

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The release of 3-D versions of "Star Wars" Episodes II and III, previously planned for next fall, have been postponed while Lucasfilm focuses on new episodes, executives announced last week.

CNN: Disney: 'Star Wars' spinoffs there will be

Smith's retirement threatened to kill any chances of completing the Quik Stop trilogy -- a challenge you'd think might tempt the "Star Wars"-obsessed Smith.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

But now there is news that Forbes 400 member George Lucas plans to re-release all six of the Star Wars films in 3-D.

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The animations look somewhat similar to what you'd see in a "Star Wars: Clone Wars" cartoon, which means they are easy on the eyes and familiar.

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If China, Russia or anyone else for that matter launched a Mars rover and we were watching robot wars millions of miles away, we'd be in space heaven.

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The Rocket Racing League plans to pair off high-powered rocket planes in a high-speed, 3-D chase through the skies--think NASCAR meets Star Wars.

FORBES: The New Space Race

Last week we had a reader request for the Dejarik Holochess game that's featured in the original 1977 Star Wars (now known as Episode IV: A New Hope) and we thought we'd oblige.

ENGADGET: Movie Gadget Friday: The Dejarik Holochess game from Star Wars