Club Jade

Voice actor James Arnold Taylor, (Obi-Wan Kenobi on Star Wars: The Clone Wars) recently posted a trailer for his one-man show, “Talking to Myself”. Teasing his eighty-minute show, this clip covers some of different parts of his act. If you’ve seen his show from Star Wars weekends at Walt Disney World (or seen video of that half-hour show online last year), these bits aren’t new, but it is always entertaining. Hopefully Taylor will bring his show to Celebration VI!

James Arnold Taylor, who voices Obi-wan, will be live with fans on the Entertainment Weekly site during the airing of ‘Friends and Enemies’ tonight.

The chat will begin at about 7:45pm ET.

James Arnold Taylor’s one man show, as performed at Disney’s Star Wars Weekends this year.

Last Thursday, Legoland California opened up their Star Wars area in Miniland with some big fanfare. The official ribbon cutting was done by Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, and Carson Weiner, a young Star Wars fan representing the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Also on hand for the celebration were James Arnold Taylor and Catherine Taber of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and about 60 costumed members of the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion. Other VIPs included skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and “Wait, I was in Star Trek not Star Wars” Christian Slater and Dancing with the Stars‘ Brooke Burke.

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StarWars.com has a new Clone Wars preview video today, ‘Truly Cinematic,’ featuring Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, and Ashley Eckstein. There are peeks at a lot of the footage that was revealed at Celebration, but I’m not well-vested enough to know if anything else is all-new.

Amazing impressions from The Clone Wars ‘Behind the Microphone’ panel.

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. It’s impossible to list everyone, but here are a few accounts that may be of interest.

Please note that although we provide this page as a service to fans to find official accounts and other people they may wish to follow, we do not encourage pestering or harassing celebrities and/or other fans. Please be respectful to the celebrities and each other.

• Carrie Fisher (@CarrieFFisher) Played Princess Leia in the original trilogy.
• Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) Played C-3PO in all six movies.
• Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) Played Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy.
• Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) Played Obi-wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy.
• Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) Played Chewbacca in the original trilogy and ROTS.
• Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) All -around badass; Played Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy.
• Bonnie Piesse (@BonniePiesse) Played Beru Lars in AOTC and ROTS.
• 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.

• Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) Supervising director of The Clone Wars.
• Seth Green (@sethgreen) Robot Chicken, upcoming comedy series.
• Phil Tippett (@PhilTippett) VFX artist who now heads Tippet Studio; Did stop motion effects for ANH and ESB.
• 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
• Catherine Taber (@cattaber) Voice of Padme Amidala in The Clone Wars
• Sam Witwer (@SamWitwer) Voice of Darth Maul on The Clone Wars, Galen Marek/Starkiller in The Force Unleashed.
• 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.
• Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) Voice of Dengar in The Clone Wars. Director/Actor, Shaun of the Dead, Scottie in Star Trek prequel/reboot.
  
• Greg Proops (@GregProops) Voice of Beed Annodue in The Phantom Menace.
• Peter Serafinowicz (@serafinowicz) Voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.

• StarWars.com (@starwars)
• The Clone Wars (@TheCloneWars) Official account for the show.
• Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) Del Rey’s Star Wars folks.
• Her Universe (@heruniverse)
• Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks)
• Dark Horse Comics (@DarkHorseComics)
• Del Rey Books (@DelReyBooks)
• DK Publishing (@DKPublishing)
• Gentle Giant (@gentlegiantltd)
• Lucasarts (@lucasartsgames)
• The Old Republic MMO (@swtor)
• Sideshow Collectibles (@collectsideshow)
• Star Wars: In Concert (@SWInConcert)

• Mary Franklin (@MaryLFL) Sr. Event Lead for Lucasfilm, queen of all she surveys.
• Jennifer Heddle (@jenheddle) Senior Editor (fiction) at Lucasfilm.
• Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata) Brand Communication Manager for Lucasfilm, author, internet rockstar.
• Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) Keeper of the Holocron, Lucas Licensing
• Meagan Finnerty (@MeaganFinnerty) Assistant to Dave Filoni
• Matt Martin (@missingwords) Works for StarWars.com
• Erich Schoeneweiss (@Darth_Duff) Del Rey editor.
• 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
• Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl) Writer, You Can Draw: Star Wars
• 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
• Drew Karpyshyn (@DrewKarpyshyn) Writer, Darth Bane novels.
• Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) Author, Crosscurrent
• John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) Writer, Knights of the Old Republic
• Abel G. Peña (@ThePhilodoxer) Writer, things fanboys love
• J. W. Rinzler (@jwrinzler) Writer, The Making of Star Wars, other nonfiction.
• Joe Schreiber (@joeschreiber1) Author, Death Troopers
• Mike Stackpole (@MikeStackpole) Author, X-Wing series
• Matthew Stover (@MWStover ) Author, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, Revenge of the Sith novelization.
• Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) Writer, Invasion comic.
• Dan Wallace (@danwall88) Author, The Essential Atlas
• Sean Williams (@adelaidesean) Author, The Force Unleashed novelizations
• 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)
• Galactic Binder (@galacticbinder)
• Hot Chicks with Stormtroopers (@HCwST)
• Knights Archive (@KnightsArchive)
• Nerf Herders Anonymous (@NerfHerdAnon)
• New Jedi Order Encyclopedia (@njoenews)
• RebelScum (@rebelscumnews)
• Tosche Station (@Tosche_Station) blog and podcast
• TheForce.net (@theforcenet)
• TFN’s Jedi Council Boards (@jedicounciltfn)
• Star Wars Action News (@swactionnews)
• And of course, @clubjade

• Tricia Barr (@fangirlcantina) Runs Fangirlcantina.com
• Mandy Bulat (@mandybu) Jader, comic lover, hilarious.
• Austin B. (@Blankitout) – EUCantina webmaster.
• Dan Curto (@dancurto) – Collector, toy photographer.
• Danny Choo (@dannychoo) The Tokyo Dance Trooper
• Mark Hurliman (@illogicalRogue2) – EUCast host.
• Albin Johnson (@tk210) Founder of the 501st
• Justin LaSalata (@JustinL81) U.S. News Editor for JediNews
• Gus Lopez (@toysrgus) Collector, author.
• Andrew Lupi (@MasterAndrew15) – EUCantina content manager.
• Peter Morrison (@PeteMorrisonLR) – Runs Lightsaber Rattling
• Kyle Newman (@kyle_newman) Director, Fanboys
• 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 Star PR (@deathstarpr)
• Lucasfilm Mouse (@lucasfilmmouse) A mouse.
• Robot Chicken (@cyborgturkey)
• ThinkGeek (@thinkgeek) Geek web store
• Star Wars Jokes (@StarWarsJokes) by @stoogey

• Cleolinda Jones (@cleolinda) Snarker, 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.
• J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) Author, Harry Potter series
• William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) William. Shatner.
• Will Wheaton (@wilw) Actor, internet superstar
• Weird Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) Duh.

Make your own suggestions – or just share your own Twitter credentials – in the comments.

An interview with Ashley Eckstein, and while we’re on the topic of voice actors, James Arnold Taylor in the new Insider or over at Newsarama. Also playing? Seth Green!

io9 provides some bootleg-style pictures of concept art, including the a rehash (prehash?) of the Grievous/Obi-Wan duel above. StarWars.com has better pictures of the least interesting offerings (We’ll get the quality scans eventually,) as well as pics of Cad Bane and the clone troopers.