Club Jade

Flickr user DrHaggis has unearthed a Mad article from 1982 that makes predictions for the saga. There are several coincidences with the actual prequels – Episode II as Send in the Clones, a Skywalker being fathered by the force, Yoda defending Kashyyyk, Darth Vader as the father of Threepio, and Artoo knowing the full story of how the Jedi were disbanded (and “holding the entire history of the Galaxy in his memory banks,” which I believe is pretty damn close to the Georgefax.)

And yet, not a single attempt at Return of the Jedi…

Dark Horse’s February/April solicitations, includes our first look at Star Wars: Adventures Volume 1: Han Solo and the Hollow Moon of Khorya (the April part of the equation,) as well as Legacy #33, Knights of the Old Republic #38, The Clone Wars #4 and an Emissaries and Assassins omnibus.

• Bonnie interviews Jonathan Bresman, Senior Editor of MAD Kids, about their upcoming Clone Wars cover. Alas, doesn’t address my burning question of how a kid’s version of Mad magazine is not epically redundant.

• Radio: Sean Williams will be on ABC Radio National’s The Book Show next Tuesday. That’s Australian ABC, but a podcast version will be posted for the rest of the world.
  

Slashfilm came across a fan-made poster that spans the entire saga. I’m usually not a huge fan of the collage aesthetic, but I gotta admit this one is pretty nifty.

NEWS

• This week saw the release of Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga – and yesterday the game’s developer, TT Games, was purchased by Warner Brothers. Guess all that hard Wiisaber work paid off.

• The Discovery returned safely to Earth on Wednesday – presumably with lightsaber intact.
• Fan compiles relevant screenshots from The Clone Wars videos on StarWars.com.
• BBC interviews ANH prop hauler.

FANDOM

• Humor site Aniboom casts U.S. primary candidates and assorted other political types in Star Wars roles. It’s… about what you’d expect. Meh.

• Know A Legion: Neon City Garrison.

BOOKS

• TOS interviews Dick DeBartolo, who penned (all? some of? most?) Mad’s Star Wars film spoofs.

• McClatchy review of The Star Wars Vault.

HYPERSPACE

• On Hyperspace, the Insider #96 online supplement.

• You can now add a StarWars.com app to your Facebook account.

TOS has an interview with Jonathan Bresman, who collected and annotated the Mad about Star Wars book.

And to commemorate the release of The Star Wars Vault
HarperCollins is giving fans a chance to visit the ultimate Star Wars vault: Steve Sansweet’s Rancho Obi-Wan. (Via TOSblog, which also links a virtual book tour.)

TFN points us towards a scan from the latest issue of Mad Magazine. Ewok tossing!