Club Jade

I’m writing a Game Of Thrones/Star Wars crossover comic. Tense stand off between Han Stark and Joffrey Vader is ended when Han slaps first.

— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) April 1, 2012

Essential Reader preview: Prince Isolder uses antlers in all of his decorating. #notreally #SWEU

— infinata (@infinata) April 1, 2012

#SWCVI programming request: @danwall88 and @jasoncfry sing a cover of Johnny Cash’s I’ve Been Everywhere with Atlas names.

— infinata (@infinata) March 30, 2012

Yup, it’s back, and we’re still recovering from April Fools… More serious (okay, mostly snarky) tweets beneath the cut, including J. W. Rinzler on Making of Return of the Jedi, Paul S. Kemp on carbonite, and more on parenting, programing, and Luke’s love life.

Here’s some actual, serious stuff from VIPs:

Spoke with Harrison Ford about making of ROTJ, and more with Tom Smith about same. More, more image work now…

— J. W. Rinzler (@jwrinzler) March 27, 2012

Sent over manuscript of Making of Jedi to George for his perusal. Will work meanwhile on first draft, fixing nasty rough.

— J. W. Rinzler (@jwrinzler) March 28, 2012

What I learned at work today: Han’s reward was paid in precious metals in ANH, hence those heavy boxes. #themoreyouknow #myjobisweird

— Jennifer Heddle (@jenheddle) March 27, 2012

#SWTOR Annihilation is finished! Off to #Vegas to celebrate!

— Drew Karpyshyn (@DrewKarpyshyn) April 2, 2012

Spike was showing the movies this weekend. Among the tweets I won’t show you was one where a dude was AMAZED that Ghost!Vader was once a bald pasty dude. Yeah, I feel old now. Here’s some feel-good stuff instead:

Doesn’t matter how many times I watch the end of ROTJ, it always brings this happy grin. Now that is why I love #StarWars

— Shannon Hammerstrom(@purfeklilangel) April 2, 2012

This little kid just went psychotic with joy over a non-fic Star Wars book I handed him. That is why libraries/librarians are so important.

— Megan Swicegood (@MeganSwicegood) March 31, 2012

And, okay, fine: Paul Kemp went on a little Carbonite rant during Empire.

By the way, isn’t carbonite a bit excessive?If the Emperor wanted Luke, those manacles holding Chewie seemed to work just fine.

— Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) April 1, 2012

Goddamned Emperor’s always gotta complicate everything.Manacles? No. Freeze Luke in Carbonite and deliver him with a cherry on top, Vader.

— Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) April 1, 2012

Oh, and be sure that when frozen, his facial expression is pained and, oh, I don’t know, left arm should be raised. Otherwise, do it over.

— Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) April 1, 2012

“Luke, join me and we’ll overthrow the Emperor and kick serious ass at the Imperial father-son picnic.”

— Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) April 1, 2012

Annnnd snark. Let’s start with some tweaks on current events…

I’m pretty sure after his heart transplant surgery, Dick Cheney got up from the operating table shaking his fists and said, “NNNOOOOOOOO!”

— Chris Gore (@ThatChrisGore) March 26, 2012

George Lucas just realized that Han Solo would be allowed to shoot Greedo first under Tatooine’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) March 30, 2012

And the pure stuff:

If I get hit with a light saber one more time today, I’m shipping my little Luke Skywalker to George Lucas’ house to see how he likes it.

— shauna niequist (@sniequist) March 28, 2012

@nancipants Luke had a lovelife? I thought we didnt talk about Splinter of the Minds Eye anymore…#SWEU

— Mark Newbold (@JediNews2010) March 29, 2012

Many devs want to create one hit & “improve” it forever,selling fans all the updates. You know, like George Lucas does. You love that.

— Trojan Kitten (@trojankitten) March 28, 2012

Whatever this is:

I said, “Did you know Jabba the Hutt had a child? Rotta the Huttlet?She stared.Wiping a tear away, I whispered, “He fits in a backpack.”

— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) April 1, 2012

And finally, one cold hard fandom truth:

Hell hath no fury like a “shipper” scorned.Man, I wish I could harness that energy.We’d be to the end of the solar system by now.

— Norman Buckley (@norbuck) March 31, 2012

If you tweet about the Expanded Universe, please include the hashtag #SWEU to improve your chances of being included! If you tweet about #StarWars… Hope I have a lot of free time that day.