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It amazes me how much Star Wars junk pops up online each day, and while this post started out about one thing, it's now grown large enough to house a few galactic tidbits. First off, MTV landed a look at our first movie-related Superbowl commercial, and it involves the flick Race to Witch Mountain, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ... and Storm Troopers? Check out the trailer below to see what I mean ...



Next up we have a trilogy of very cool Hungarian Star Wars posters for each of the original three films (courtesy of Superpunch), and tell me these don't freak you out. Especially the one for Empire Strikes Back, and those alien-like At-At Walkers -- or even the one for Return of the Jedi makes it look like some creepy underwater adventure ... or something. Check them out in the gallery below.

Also in the gallery below we have a poster for the book Deathtroopers, written by Joe Schreiber, which promises to be the first Star Wars horror story. Talk about creep-tastic, Shreiber added this about the book over on his blog: "I'm doing the final edits now, and I've tried to make it into exactly the kind of book you'd want to read if you were a child of the 70s who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy and really digs horror in the vein of The Shining and Alien, with a little dose of William Gibson mixed in." Um, awesome? That's part of the poster up above; you can see the rest of it -- along with the Hungarian posters -- in the gallery below. [via StarWars.com and Slashfilm]

This Sunday, most of us will be watching the Superbowl. Out of those folks, at least half (myself included) will be watching solely for the commercials ... and maybe for a tiny bit of actual football. Let's face it, the Superbowl commercials have grown in popularity over the years, to a point where they're more appealing than the actual game. Crazy. While the Coke and Pepsi commercials are great and all, when I was growing up it was all about the movie trailers -- or, more specifically, which summer blockbusters would unleash their first TV spots during the big game.

At $2.6 million for a 30-second spot, this year the major studios have decided to steer clear from promoting the big summer monsters, in exchange for those films that desperately need eyes from a mass audience. Those of you looking forward to catching a Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End trailer will have to wait till a later date -- all Disney is giving us is a trailer for Wild Hogs and (most likely) Meet the Robinsons. Shrek the Third and Spider-Man 3 will also be absent from the big game, all you comic book geeks are getting is a TV spot for Ghost Rider ... and during the pre-game, no less. Other than that, Lionsgate will debut a trailer for the film Pride during the first quarter ... and that's it.

While we're only a few months away from one of the biggest summers ever, you'd think we'd get a little bit more than Wild Hogs, right? Back in the day, the studios always debuted the trailers for their big films during the Superbowl -- and that's why I watched -- but now with internet marketing so cheap and effective, it looks like those days are long gone. Sad, ain't it?

In case you're interested, here's a list of spots we'll be getting during this year's Superbowl.

[via Coming Soon]