A weekly round-up of news stories on the comings and goings of the entertainment world. This week: The live-action Star Wars series takes a step forward, Fisher Price sends a classic kids toy to the movies, and Rumer Willis is headed to America’s most famous zip code.

“Best. Ever.” is a weekly conglomeration of things that made my week. And there was much rejoicing.

The dark webslinger returns, Khaaaaaaan!, Jacob lives!, ER flatlines, Twouble with Twitters, Star Wars/Dallas intro, Red Dwarf rises again, Dallas Green, CuteOverload, and Terry Pratchett.

Depending on how you feel about the Star Wars prequels, The Force Unleashed is either going to be a welcome chapter in the Star Wars storyline, or yet another add-on in Lucas Arts’ ever-growing world of spin-offs. As a gamer though, The Force Unleashed promises the chance to wield the Force like never before, and for that alone, The Force Unleashed is worth a look.

New on DVD and Blu-ray, Hellboy returns to the streets of Manhattan, trying to keep one psycho elf from destroying humanity. While over in George Lucas‘ ever-expanding sequel reality, Star Wars: The Clone Wars takes the universe in an animated direction, sending Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi off for another adventure aimed at selling more toys and a TV series.

Opening this week, George Lucas takes another stab at killing off his Star Wars universe for good with the animated film The Clone Wars. Ben Stiller stars in and directs the Hollywood action parody Tropic Thunder. Plus, Woody Allen debuts his latest sexy drama, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, as Kiefer Sutherland stars in the Asian-inspired horror film, Mirrors.

Set between the second and third prequels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an animated adventure featuring some of the most popular characters from the original films and voiced by some of the best names in the animated business. In the upcoming movie, and the new television series that arrives this fall, there is one notable new face, and her name is Ahsoka Tano.