Club Jade

Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios created a fantastic evening with their Last Tour to Endor party, commemorating the last day of the Star Tours attraction. Fans were treated to their final rides on the Starspeeder 3000 before it closed for a revamp as well as some unique other experiences.

The Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular hosted a one-night-only special mashup show called “Raiders of the Lost Jedi Temple of Doom” where two fan film makers combine Indiana Jones and Star Wars in making the ultimate fan film. Special cameo performances were made in the three shows by such stars as Seth Green, Mark Hamill, Warwick Davis, Anthony Daniels, Jaime King, and Jeremy Bulloch. George Lucas attended the second show, where Seth Green announced that Anthony Daniels would be voice acting in the third Robot Chicken Star Wars special.

Also brought out was some shows from Star Wars weekends: the Jedi Academy training and the Star Wars dance contest. The evening was capped off by a supremely awesome fireworks show set to Star Wars music. “Duel of the Fates” and the assault on the Death Star were my favorites.

Guest list. Anthony Daniels is coming to the autograph hall and on stage. (WTF moment: “He was the voice of Legolas in the 1978 animation, Lord Of The Rings.” The awful one that turned me off Tolkien for decades? What what?)

Panels. And the collecting track just keeps on coming. Don’t fret, folks: I’m sure there’ll be something for the rest of us. (Right?)

Costumes. Register your fabulous duds for the Costume Pageants. If you don’t, they might send the 501st after you.

Book now! There’s no time to waste!

Guide. The folks at Reed have put together Orlando 101.

Star Wars: In Concert has continued to wind its way through the country, leaving lots of local press coverage in its wake: Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City. Dallas, Tulsa, Houston, Tampa, Philadelphia, and Charlotte. (Anthony Daniels was no slouch either.) And don’t forget Paula’s review!

The show will be in New Haven on Tuesday, and Toledo got an early jump on things by profiling the 15-year-old fan who won their prize pack. And there are a couple chances to win tickets for Detroit, Toronto, and New York.

(Picture from Cowboys Stadium by ThornMonkey)

As Star Wars: In Concert rolls along (Los Angeles and San Jose last week,) the press has caught wind and treated us to a few articles and the traditional oh-so-inspired headline choices. So far, the biggest treatment is out of Denver, which uses the concert tour as a hinge to play the dueling franchise game. With infographics! It’s familiar territory but one can’t help but appreciate the enthusiasm.

You can expect the expected (twice) from the San Jose Mercury News, while the Sacramento Press plays it safe. Next up is the northwest, where the Seattle Times and The Oregonian both offer interviews with Anthony Daniels. (The San Francisco Chronicle also nabbed him – on their baby blog? ) Don’t expect much from the east coast or midwest yet (it’s football season,) but Toledo and Cleveland have nods.

Of course CNN, being CNN, got George.

Buns over Broadway. Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show ‘Wishful Drinking’ opened on Broadway this weekend, and the reviews are in. Not too shabby! Let’s not forget the woman herself is still blogging away… And not pulling any punches, either.

Why is the goofy news always from the U.K.? Two stories involving David Prowse… In the first, his car breaks down. Okay, maybe not so wacky, except the part where it used to belong to Kenny Baker, thus allowing all the ability to write a silly headline. In the second, a house where the actor was filming a drama was raided by police after neighbors reported the film crew as being there to shot a porn flick.

Behind the CGI. The New York Daily News has a nice piece profiling the Clone Wars voice talent.

In Concert. Naturally the tour is getting some (digital) ink; L.A. Times’ Hero Complex talked to several folks, including host Anthony Daniels; Pheonix New Times’ Benjamin Leatherman was not particularly impressed, though he did give the masses a say. (Ahh, Twitter. Removing the journalist’s need to actually talk to people for comment since 2006.) As for the places where it’s yet to come, Chicago Now’s Geek to Me and The Ottawa Citizen have taken notice.

As the legion of Star Wars accounts on Twitter grows, it’s getting harder to keep track of. Here’s my humble attempt…

• Carrie Fisher (@CarrieFFisher) Played Princess Leia in the original trilogy.

• Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) Played C-3PO in all six movies.
• Ahmed Best (@ahmedbest) Played Jar Jar Binks in the prequels.
• Warwick Davis (@WarwickADavis) Played Wicket W. Warrick in Return of the Jedi as well as several characters in The Phantom Menace.
• Ray Park (@PARKYBOY74) Played Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
• Richard LeParmentier (@AdmiralMotti) Played Admiral Motti in A New Hope.

• Matthew Wood (@matthewood) Skywalker Sound / Voice of General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars.
• Matt Lanter (@MattLanter) Voice of Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars
• James Arnold Taylor (@JATactor) Voice of Obi-Wan in The Clone Wars
• Greg Proops (@GregProops) Voice of Beed Annodue in The Phantom Menace
• Peter Serafinowicz (@serafinowicz) Voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
• Dee Bradley Baker (@deebradleybaker) Voice of The Clone Wars clonetroopers.
• Phil LaMarr (@phillamarr) Voice of The Clone Wars’ Kit Fisto.
• Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) voiced Barriss Offee in The Clone Wars.

• StarWars.com (@starwars)

• Lucasarts (@lucasartsgames)
• The Old Republic MMO (@swtor)
• Star Wars: In Concert (@SWInConcert)
• Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks)
• Dark Horse Comics (@DarkHorseComics)
• Del Rey Books (@DelReyBooks)
• DK Publishing (@DKPublishing)
• Gentle Giant (@gentlegiantltd)
• Her Universe (@heruniverse)
• Sideshow Collectibles (@collectsideshow)

• Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata) Internet Content Manager for StarWars.com, author, internet rockstar.
• Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl) Editor, Online Content Developer at LFL / Writer, You Can Draw: Star Wars
• Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) Keeper of the Holocron, Lucas Licensing
• Meagan Finnerty (@MeaganFinnerty) Assistant to Dave Filoni
• Matt Martin (@missingwords) Buyer for Star Wars Shop
• Randy Stradley (@Randy_Stradley) Vice President of Publishing, Dark Horse Comics

• Kevin J. Anderson (@TheKJA) Writer, The Jedi Academy Trilogy

• Haden Blackman (@HadenBlackman) LucasArts / Writer, The Force Unleashed
• Jeremy Barlow (@Jeremy_Barlow) Writer / Dark Horse editor
• Nathan P. Butler (@swfanworks) Writer, ‘Equals and Opposites’ / StarWarsFanWorks.com
• Chris Cassidy (@Yav14) Writer, ‘Precipice’
• Paul Ens (@paulens) Writer, R2-D2: Beneath the Dome, ‘Evasive Action’ webstrips / Owner of Red 5 Comics / Former Director of Lucas Online
• Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) Author, The Essential Atlas
• Helen Keier (@HelenKeier) Author, The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
• Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) Author, Crosscurrent
• John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) Writer, Knights of the Old Republic
• Abel G. Peña (@ThePhilodoxer) Writer, things fanboys love
• Joe Schreiber (@joeschreiber1) Author, Death Troopers
• Mike Stackpole (@MikeStackpole) Author, X-Wing series
• Dan Wallace (@danwall88) Author, The Essential Atlas
• Ryder Windham (@ryderwindham)

• Matt Busch (@Matt_Busch)

• Katie Cook (@katiecandraw)
• Dave Dorman (@DaveDorman)
• Nicole Falk (@nicolefalk13)
• FETTS (@FETTS)
• Nathan Hamill (@NathanHamill)
• Jessica Hickman (@garthim)
• Tom Hodges (@hodgesart)
• Leah Mangue (@LMangueArt)
• Randy Martinez (@randymartinez)
• Cyn Narcisi (@CynDraws)
• Amy Pronovost (@amarafox)
• Cat Staggs (@CatStaggs)
• Denise Vasquez (@denisevasquez)

• 501st Legion (@501stLegion) Costume group. Check out who they’re following for individual garrisons.

• Rebel Legion (@rebellegion) Costume group.

• EU Cantina (@EUCantina)

• EU Cast (@EUCast)
• ForceCast (@forcecast)
• Galactic Binder (@galacticbinder)
• Hot Chicks with Stormtroopers (@HCwST)
• Lightsabre (@Lightsabre)
• Nerf Herders Anonymous (@NerfHerdAnon)
• RebelScum (@rebelscumnews)
• TheForce.net (@theforcenet)
• Star Wars Action News (@swactionnews)
• And of course, @clubjade

• Danny Choo (@dannychoo) The Tokyo Dance Trooper

• Jimmy Mac (@JimmyMacRadio) Host of the ForceCast
• Albin Johnson (@tk210) Founder of the 501st
• Gus Lopez (@toysrgus) Collector
• Kyle Newman (@kyle_newman) Director, Fanboys
• Dustin Roberts (@r2d2central) Content Manager for TheForce.net and Rebelscum.com
• Jason Swank (@JasonSwank) Host of the ForceCast
• Bryan Young (@BigShinyRobot) aka the Star Wars Examiner

• Admiral Ackbar (@Ackbar)

• Chewbacca (@Chewbacca)
• Darth Vader (@darthvader)
• Stormtrooper TK 329 (@TK329)
• R2-D2 (@r2d2)
• Ziro the Hutt (@ZirotheHutt)
• There are a lot of characters and RPGers on Twitter – far too many for me to list here. Luckily, someone else has already done it! (Thanks to officefangirl86!)

• Death Troopers (@DeathTroopers)

• Lucasfilm Mouse (@lucasfilmmouse) A mouse.
• Robot Chicken (@cyborgturkey)
• ThinkGeek (@thinkgeek) Geek web store
• Star Wars Jokes (@StarWarsJokes) by @stoogey
• Star Wars Trash Talk (@swtrashtalk)

• Cleolinda Jones (@cleolinda) Writer, Movies in 15 Minutes

• Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) Actress, Fanboys, Veronica Mars
• Felicia Day (@feliciaday) Actress, Dr. Horrible, The Guild
• Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) Director, Iron Man
• Jaime King (@Jaime_King) Actress, Fanboys, Sin City
• Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) Actor, Heroes, Alias
• Naomi Novik (@naominovik) Author, Temeraire series.
• Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) Direct, Actor, Shaun of the Dead
• J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) Author, Harry Potter series
• William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) William. Shatner.
• Will Wheaton (@wilw) Actor, internet superstar
• Naomi Novik (@naominovik) Author, Temeraire series.
• Weird Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) Duh.

Who’d I miss? Make your suggestions – or just share your own Twitter credentials – in the comments.

We got nothing, folks. Nothing. Okay, there was TFU and Clone Wars, but nothing else major. Not even Blu-Ray! The StarWars.com write-up is up for those of you who want a less grumpy take on things… My unhinged ramblings, and what Moulin Rouge has to do with The Clone Wars, are beneath the cut (or on the twitter.) (more…)

Lightsabre have been busy – this weekend bring the second part of their interview with Fanboys director Kyle Newman. And among their other recent guests is the always-entertaining Anthony Daniels.

The actor will provide live narration for the two-hour musical event, which debuts in London next month.

UPDATE: Jedi News has an interview with Daniels.

It’s Friday, and ‘Trespass’ debuts tonight. The episode introduces Chairman Chi Cho, voiced by Brian George, and also features quite a bit of Threepio. Get a preview with the latest webcomic, ‘Cold Snap’

• Last week: Watch ‘Defenders of Peace.’

• Reviews: CJ reader Ben Rollman (Xadrian) is doing them for Television Zombies. Here’s ‘Jedi Crash.’
• Podcast: The Force-Cast’s Clone Wars Roundtable talk ‘Defenders of Peace’ with Fanboy’s Kyle Newman.
• Merchandise: eFX is producing an Ahsoka Tano Lightsaber; Some new kid’s books from Penguin.