Club Jade

Tonight’s episode is ‘Lair of Grievous,’ which sounds kinda like a Scooby Doo episode. I’m not sure what that makes Kit Fisto, but considering who was present at Grievous’ debut it’s probably at least a little appropriate.

• Last week: I’m doing this earlier than usual, so ‘Cloak of Darkness’ isn’t up yet, but you’ll find it here when it does. In the meantime, watch the Takeuchi video!

• Webcomic: ‘The Dreams of General Grievous’ features all four artists and a peek at Grievous’ backstory.
• People: StarWars.com has Matthew Wood (Grievous) and Phil LaMarr (Kit Fisto.)
• Novels: Cover, blurb for book #3, Karen Traviss’ No Prisoners.
• Podcasts: EUC talks clones, while the Forcecast had Paul Dini and Kyle Newman.
• Spoilers: Guess who’s coming to The Clone Wars?

Bonnie recaps Celebration Japan with her picks for the most memorable people, costumes, and phenoms.

Sunday brings Atsushi Takeuchi (and a peek at the TV show… for attendees,) Anthony Daniels, and video from the official site, while Rebelscum continues a constant parade of stuff, including lightsaber chopsticks!

Last night/this morning brings us rare collectibles, George’s introduction and lots of new McQuarrie factoids, as well as more pictures from the official site.

Rebelscum has lots of new stuff as well, including a chat with Mark Hamill.

A schoolgirl girl band. And Ahsoka. Oh, Japan. (From The Clone Wars panel – the band is AKB48, and it seems Dave Filoni does most of the talking.) Also: Steve Sansweet in a kimono yukata, Mark Hamill and George Lucas in Carbonite. (Okay, mildly surprising.)

The final 30th anniversary convention is gearing up near Tokyo… Both StarWars.com and RebelScum are on site.

TheVaderProject.com has updated with the names of some of the Japanese artists (art groups?) who’ll be providing all-new art helmets for Celebration Japan.

Okay, maybe only 17, but a complete list of the exclusive artist prints that will be available at Celebration Japan. Above, a piece from Erik Maell.

Only a week to go! StarWars.com has the schedule – 7 pages worth!

TFN previews more Celebration Japan prints, including those from Randy Martinez, Tsuneo Sanda and Matt Busch. Above, snippets from Sanda, Martinez and Malcolm Tween.