Club Jade

The official site points out some of the little details in the new movie.

A special R2-KT collectible coin is now available, commemorating Katie Johnson, the 7-year-old daughter of 501st founder Albin Johnson, who died after a long batte with cancer in 2005. (R2-KT is Katie’s namesake.) All proceeds from the sale of the coin will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

A lightsaber game for the Wii is closer than you might think, Lucasarts’ Jim Ward says: “We’re all over that, and internally we have already played a lightsaber game on the Wii. It’s a lot of fun, and we’ll get there.”

Luckily, fans are more than ready ready – check out these cute Star Wars Miis in IGN’s mailbag

Also…

• LFL’s Bonnie Burton and illustrator Cynthia Cummens have a comic called “A Star Wars Fan Boy Field Guide” in the anthology A Girls Guide to Guys’ Stuff.

• Chicago fans build TIE fighter for parade
• Middle schoolers put Luke Skywalker on trial
• Filmjerk reviews Heart of an Empire
• Five lessons IT managers can learn from Darth Vader
• Harvard scholar delivers Star Wars-inspired oration – in Latin.

TFN is reporting that The Force Among us crew has been invited to Celebration.

Meanwhile, AICN has a Heart of an Empire review. (And apparently a copy of The Making of Star Wars as well…)

TFN reports that the 501st documentary is screening in Tucson and Newport Beach.

The 501st have links to a new trailer for the Heart of an Empire documentary.

Katie Johnson, daughter of 501st founder Albin Johnson, passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. She was 7 years old. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

The Johnson family is accepting donations for funeral costs and the Make-a-Wish foundation at ForKatie.org