Star Wars On Whale Wars Posted By Mike on January 13, 2009
Visit the Official Starwars.com Blog for a fun write up (with links) of how Star Wars has shown up on the Animal Planet show, Whale Wars.
Our friend Greg P. also sent in the following from his observations as well:
"Whale Wars is a show on Animal Planet. The story of Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd, a boat that stops Japanese whaling in some marine sanctuaries around the world. Paul Watson started this venture and also started Greenpeace. He left Greenpeace because they want to observe, but he wants to fight. Anyway, Lucas has given money to his new organization (The Sea Shepherd).
The episode I saw: They were trying to avoid being followed by a Japanese boat, so they hid in an area with a lot of iceburgs to fool radars. They equated it to Solo hiding in the meteor field in Empire. It worked and they were psyched. They made several Star Wars references in the episode. Incredible show Lucas supports."