Club Jade

The official site has posted a brief shakedown for episode 4, ‘Destroy Malevolence,’ a new webcomic, ‘Ambush,’ and the teaser video.

Not all that impressed with the Bettie list? Gabri Jade polled her friendslist to create a new one.

Back-to-School season is winding down, which means that on the retail calendar it’s time for Halloween! So of course StarWarsShop is selling costumes, including licensed sets of Vader and Stormtrooper armor that will set you back a thousand bucks. But most of them – including Jedi/Sith gear, kids stuff, and Plo Koon – sell for a more reasonable $40-75.

I do find it a tad amusing that Slave Leia and Geonosis Padme come from a line called ‘Secret Wishes.’ Presumably the baby oil is not included. For women who want to go a little more covered up, there’s also Asajj Ventress, plus Ahsoka for the younglings.

Bettie Magazine counts down nine badass Star Wars women, including several from the Expanded Universe. It’s not particularly hard to guess who rightfully takes the top spot. (via)

” I wanted to show that this poor guy is trapped by shadows, and she’s stuck in the light. And the hand that reaches out to touch her isn’t even a human hand anymore” – Iain McCaig

From The Art of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

• Jedism: Charlotte Church gave the Jedi church people £5,000. Seriously, stop encouraging them already.

• Lists: Anakin and Padme make Yahoo’s list of ten most mismatched movie couples. On the plus side, Yahoo does put in a good word for Boga.
• People: Might as well face it… Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman are addicted to love. No, seriously, it’s a little disturbing. I forsee a lot of bad Darth Padme manips in this spread’s future.

Sleepy Padme by Ruby Chan, because we’ve been a bit lacking in the cute department lately. She also has a second Padme in her gallery, Yellow Queen.

Sith Wedding, by illustrator Leo Lingas, is a riff on the classic Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck.

Check out Lingas’ DeviantArt gallery for two more fannish takes on art classics: The Bad Feeling and Klingons Crossing the Delaware.

Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen in Episode II: Attack of the Clones have been voted as having the least convincing chemistry of on-screen couples by film fans.

No way! With dialog like, “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and irritating and it gets everywhere. Everything here is soft and smooth,” who could believe that? I bet ladies everywhere are waiting for guys to use that line on them.

A fanciful Queen Amidala by comic pro Richard Friend. Be sure to click through to see the whole thing!