Irvin Kershner, director of "The Empire Strikes Back" (which many fans - myself included - consider to be the best SW movie) has died, aged 87.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11862557
He also directed the Bond movie "Never Say Never Again", along with "RoboCop 2" (which although not at all as good as the original, was still miles better than the awful "RoboCop 3").