Club Jade

Rose Bowl Highlights from Starwars.com, with a lot of footage you won’t see elsewhere, including Mary’s serenade. Also from Pasadena, The Troopers on the Bus and Disco Steve, (not Sansweet) who appears to be… I don’t know.

All the stuff I didn’t link last week

• Star Wars Gangsta Rap Live. Well, it’s Memorex. But still funny.

• Gollum & Smeagol sing Barry White
• Early Return of the Jedi trailer. Watching any of the OT trailers periodically is helpful to remind you just how far trailers have come…
• Star Wars and Religious Message.
• Colbert on the iPhone. The dreaded double wag! NASA! Nerd put-downs!
  

More behind the scenes coverage of the Rose Parade: This time, the trials and tribulations of decorating the floats. Or, for the kids, make your own on a much smaller scale.

Finally, the story of Rose Parade spare Vader Andrew Page can be revealed. And apparently there were folks from E! filming a reality show? Or perhaps E! and a reality show? Huh.

• VES and BAFTA nominations for ILM.

• Q&A: What’s up with the 3-D rerelease?
• Officialness on the Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit in Los Angeles.
• More Disney maquettes in Florida for Steph.
• New What the Story.

It’s a rare thing for us to see Mary Franklin flustered.

It only lasts a few minutes, but you can see her just a wee bit flumoxed as she is serenaded by some very talented members of the Grambling State Band, as seen in this video.

She, of course, gets over it quickly and appears to be quite enjoying it. Lucky Mary!

Thanks to Jimmy from GA501st for the tip that this was finally posted.

Starwars.com sets the record straight. They’re also cycling video greetings from 501st garrisons around the world.

One more time, for the cheap seats in the back.

Tonight, on Baltar’s Basestar… the Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Gag Reel. Waaaatttccch iiitttt. (Warning: Language above and beyond ‘frak’.)

Two more Star Wars PSAs: Candy Wagon and Podracers.

Rose Parade humor: Stormtrooper gets dressed down by drill instructor, Jimmy Kimmel mocks.

Yoda Spears. I… I… I don’t know. But it’s brilliant anyway.

Dancing stormtrooper action

• Imperial Dance Off. (As linked previously; somehow I had missed all the videos before that one.)

• Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
• Hey Ya!
• Numa Numa Stormtrooper. (The original, if you’ve been living in a cave.)
• Getting down. (No music.)
• Stormtrooper girl dances.
• Stormtrooper ballet.
• Trooper Bop. Kind of a ‘greatest hits’ with clips from many of the above set to ‘Sexyback.’

DJ Maul wrote to Bob Eubanks about the Rose Parade annoucer’s discourteous comments regarding the 501st (“They need to get jobs.”) and recieved an apology. There’s also word that Eubanks made a public apology, but the main source seems to be a now-deleted entry on a Livejournal community. I’ll be keeping an eye on 501st.com for further news.

ETA: L.A. TFNers are saying that Eubanks was taking calls on Mike & Brian, a local radio show.

It’s the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, so expect… stuff. Yeah! Also, Rose Parade rehearsal pics.

More Rose Parade coverage:

• Coverage from another network – Offers a closer look at the Spectacular than the KTLA/Travel Channel version.

• HGTV’s coverage.
• Accounts from two participants, JediRacer and Skyryder, on the L.A. Fanforce boards.
• Sam Knapp and Bob Schultz cheer for George
• A closer look at Grambling and the 501st marchers.
• Stormtroopers and Naboo float as the parade starts, as taped by (or near) some very enthusiastic Anakin fans!
• Behind-the-scenes prep from Lorelei and Miana-Dude.
• Parade pics from Darth Haggis, JediRacer and swguru2004.
• Bonnie blogs the troop’s arrival in Pasadena.
• The Stooge meets George Lucas.

Several fans on TFN report that LFL people were taping the parade for a DVD release (or Hyperspace, maybe?) Just the sort of thing one would expect on the inevitable Saga box set…

How was the parade? L.A.’s KTLA has video clips, the Spectacular being about 5 minutes into part 5. You can also vote for your favorite float.

Bob Eubanks is kind of a jerk, but the Spectacular won a Tournament Special Trophy, so who needs him?

One fan, ValedaKor of Los Angeles FanForce, has posted her pictures from the crowd.