Club Jade

NEWS

• Fractal Matter interviews Rick McCallum about all the usual suspects: Red Tails, TV shows, etc.

• Antifungal drug causes visions of Chewbacca. Well, better Wookiees than, say, Cthulhu.
• Star Wars gets namedropped in Blackwater probe.
• £10,000 worth of figures stolen in UK.

EVENTS

• Cédric Delsaux’s Star Wars on Earth photographs are on exhibit in Washington D.C.

GAMING

• Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron comes out on Tuesday, and TOS has been pulling out all the stops: a two part Q&A; an introduction to Commander Col Serra and a look at his character evolution.

FANDOM

• Perennial blogger Jason Kottke asks the age-old question: What’s the best order to indoctrinate your young with Star Wars?

• University of Alabama offers BUI 301: The Gospel of Star Wars: Mass Entertainment as Postmodern Religion. Does that mean Steve Sansweet is a prophet?
• Bengal Trooper spotted!

PEOPLE

• Sean Connery sexier than Harrison Ford, says poll.

• Natalie Portman campaigns to help end global poverty; will be starring alongside Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers.
• Carrie Fisher to take on Mrs. Bennett in Pride And Prejudice spoof.
• Billy Dee Williams in Aretha Franklin biopic?

MERCHANDISE

• Get your Master Replicas’ products now; with their license expiring, they stop selling Star Wars stuff after December 31st.

• Check out some of the 30th Anniversary Sketch Cards.
• Complete your collection of convention exclusives with the Celebration Europe Droid 2-pack.

Hyperspace

• The latest Bantha Tracks.

• Two Newsnets: Ralltiir Blockade Impacting Sector Economy and Kira Run Opening Up to Mainstream Trade.
• One tiny fiction bit: One Step Ahead.
• And a lowdown on Delta Source.