From FT.com and By Clive Cookson in London "More than 30 years after the famous Star Wars movie scene in which a hologram of Princess Leia appealed for help from Obi-Wan Kenobi, US researchers have unveiled holographic technology to transmit and view moving three-dimensional images."

NOT SO!!!  The very first movie that displayed this type of advanced technology (as well as other devices to dominate the future) was a movie called "Forbidden Planet" made in 1958 with Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, & Leslie Nielsen! This was 52 years ago! It was the first big budget Science Fiction movie ever made and pioneered the specials effects that you now see today.  What is also funny is that the scene with Alteria's  (Anne Francis) 3D image was almost identically mimicked by Darth Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back".  And while you're at it, compare the final X-Wing fighter scenes in the first Star Wars movie to those of the Japanese fighters in "Tora Tora Tora" (1970) and American Panther jets in "The Bridges at Toko ri" (1954).  You might think that there was some amazing coincidence between these movies.

If one ever wants to watch a truly remarkable and great scifi movie instead of one that seems to be created by pure plagiarism, get a copy of "Forbidden Planet"!