To get to know Anthony Daniels, you have to get to know C-3PO.

The fourth floor of the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul will be home to the exhibit "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" from June 13 through Aug. 24. Daniels, the British actor who plays the droid in all six of the "Star Wars" movies, entertained questions from the Twin Cities media while sitting in a director's chair positioned in front of a display case housing the original costume molded from his body.

Another joke related to "Star Wars" (I made it up OK?!?!):

Q: What did the rapper say to the Jedi master?

A: "Yoda man." 

A joke related to "Star Wars" (my wife told me this):

Q: What did the poet say to Luke Skywalker?

A: "Metaphors be with you."

Alec Guiness would have celebrated his birthday today if he hadn’t died in 2000.

Probably best remembered as the single coolest character in the entire “Star Wars” saga – Obi Wan “Ben” Kenobi – I guess he did other things, too.

I’d still really like to see the movie “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” in which he plays eight different members of a wealthy British family that is slowly being killed off by a distant heir to the family’s position as Duke. It’s supposed to be a great black comedy.

An awesome high school friend of mine, Sean, sent me this link to a National Public Radio story about rejected "Star Wars" merchandising ideas: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89025323&ps=bb3.

My favorites are the Death Star grill and the Han Solo frozen-in-carbonite refrigerator. Can you think of something better?

Great line: "Who's the bigger fool -- the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

It's from "Star Wars" (aka "A New Hope" -- you know, Episode IV?), which I've been watching ever since I got back to the office after my city council meeting. 

Obi Wan Kenobi is full of great wisdom for geeks.

What's your favorite movie line -- Obi Wan's or otherwise?

I spent New Year's Eve watching 21 hours of movie musicals. Guys, don't laugh, I'm serious.

These are the movies: "West Side Story" from 1961, "Chicago" from 2002, "Little Shop of Horrors" from 1982 (yes, I've seen the old version, too), "Moulin Rouge" from 2001 (during which I dozed off), "The King and I" from 1956 (during which I was in bed), "Annie" from 1981 (during which I was cooking bacon for five), "Music Man" from 1962, and "Hairspray" from 2007.

Every time I get a new car, I end up loving it, even if it's a lemon. Take these for example:

I wouldn't say that the debate about the ending of "Empire Strikes Back" is exactly raging, but I think we can more clearly decide about it now, more than 2-1/2 decades later.