Club Jade

I’ve been on Tumblr for a while now, but somehow Friday’s stirring GIF party disappointment ended up with me creating a Club Jade Tumblr. I know! This is madness!

Fear not – most of the stuff I’ve been posting so far aren’t really things that would make it all the way to the blog in a timely fashion, and more stuff from the blog will make it out there throughout the week.

But, of course, I blame Stooge.

With the Star Wars Blogs in their final days, The Stooge has moved his Star Wars Joke-A-Day, a long-time staple of the Blogs, to Tumblr. So fans, be sure to either bookmark StarWarsJokes.tumblr.com or, better yet, create an account and follow him!

Here a few other Star Wars Tumblrs you might want to follow to get started: Distracted by Star Wars, Professional Geek Girl, Star Wars Backstage, Retro Star Wars, Purple Lightsaber. And you can always poke around the tags to find other stuff you’ll like, though beware spoilers (and/or occasional random nudity.)

Samuel L. Jackson – aka Mace Windu, Nick Fury, Jules Winnfield and a host of other iconic characters – has joined Twitter as (what else?) @SamuelLJackson. Yes, the account is verified, so it looks like the real thing. With The Avengers gearing up, I’m sure he won’t run out of things to say.

You can find more Star Wars names with our handy Twitter list.

Yes, Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, is now on Twitter as @HamillHimself. (And yes, it’s been confirmed.) You can’t say he doesn’t have excellent timing!

As soon as I hit the button on this post, I’m off to add him to our Twitter guide, which already includes several Star Wars pros and alumni like Carrie Fisher (@CarrieFFisher) and Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO.)

Lucasfilm’s Leland Chee, the Keeper of the Holocron, has started a new Facebook fanpage in the wake of Monday’s announcement that the StarWars.com forums are not long for this world. You can ask him questions, join a discussion, or find out how this stuff works.

Fear not: If you’re not a fan of the site, you can still bookmark and read the fan page. You will need an account to ask questions or join discussions, though.

Chee has also been on Twitter as @HolocronKeeper for some time now.

As occasionally noted on the Twitter, Santa Maul has been making lists. To find out if you are nice or naughty, all you must do is follow Santa Maul there. Simple, is it not?

It should be noted that Santa Maul does not check his lists twice. That is the way cowardly Jedi do things.

The con is over, but with so much going on there’s still a lot of coverage coming out from StarWars.com and the fans. (Like the video above.) Here are a few highlights

• The ForceCast did several shows at Celebration, but you don’t want to miss the one where they interview Mark Hamill.

• Ben Burtt talks The Sounds of Star Wars
• Video: Time-lapse of Eric Maruscak’s Clone Wars chalk mural.
• A recap of Bryan Young’s wildly popular ‘Why We Love the Prequels’ panel.
• See all the happy couples who tok the time to get (non-legally) hitched at the Commitment Chapel. (Yes, Lucas Online’s Bonnie Burton does explain why she married R2-D2.)
• Video: A very Disney Last Tour to Endor.
• Miss out on a print? StarWarsShop has some left!
• Were you at the Fandom 140 panel? Did you tweet at the panel? You may be a winner!

Your moment of zen: “I was sitting in the middle of the Force Unleashed 2 panel when I saw you from across the room.”

You can become our fan on Facebook. We promise not to spam you (i.e., if you want links to every single entry, the Twitter is a better bet) and we’re still thinking of what to do with it other than just post links, but there it is! (Mondays, sigh.)

Big thanks to everyone who’s become a fan so far!

It’s getting to be that time again… StarWars.com posted their own mammoth Best of 2009 this morning. Below is my personal list. Since it is personal, it’s clearly missing some things. (As always, I don’t speak for all of Club Jade. I just post a lot.) So let’s get to it: (more…)

Counties can have mayors? Huh. (In my area we have ‘county executives.’)

Keep up with announcements by following @SW_Celebration on Twitter, or become a fan of the official Facebook page.

You also may want to submit ideas for panels and events! Alas, I fear there are probably some sort of regulations that will keep us from getting a margarita party on the official schedule.