Club Jade

NEWS

• Yoda stamp set to be dedicated Oct. 25 at Madison Square Garden, while Artoo mailboxes move out overseas for military duty.

• Wired spotlights Robot Chicken and the New York Jedi.

ART & ARCHETYPES

• Liverpool Art and Culture Blog features Return of the Jedi artwork by Josh Kirby.

• Matt Busch corner: Behind the ‘Sith Circus’ poster; Color Pencil video.
• Mark Hamill narrates Green Arrow documentary on Smallville S6 DVDs.

FANDOM

• Stormtroopers love Weird Al.

• Dejarik: Can you play it? Yes!
• Know A Legion: Garrison Carida. 501st of West Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
• Australian lottery winner plans to spend part of his winnings on Stormtrooper gear.

EVENTS

• Where Science Meets Imagination opens in Chicago next week.

• Geppi’s exhibit so popular, it gets an extension.
• Star Wars at the Binghamton Zoo.

EU on HYPERSPACE

• Chewbacca and the Life-Debt.

• Alderaan Destroyed by Own Superweapon.
• GFFA Leisure Activities.
• The Teachings of Joruus C’baoth.

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

The folks over at Star Wars Guide are serious about the Star Wars stamps getting more votes than Elvis. And they’ve set up Star Wars Vote, a website and mailing list that will send out daily reminders for you to do so.

You can vote daily, and are 41 days left to do so… Make it count!

The big story in all this stamp brouhaha – Jar-Jar was snubbed. The heart bleeds.

There are indeed 15 stamps (you can vote for your favorite,) three special express mailers, and a sweepstakes to win a VIP trip for four to Celebration.

First look at the Star Wars stamp at starwars.com, but USA Today reveals that there are 15 stamps in total!

More details sure to come today, with a ceremony taking place in Hollywood. (Keep an eye out.)

As rumored, the Artoo mailboxes are pre-promotion for the introduction of a Star Wars commemorative stamp. The stamp design will be revealed next Wednesday at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

The US Postal Service website has been updated with some cuteness.

(Thanks to Arma_Padawan for pointing it out.)

According to TFN’s ‘anonymous insider,’ the U.S. Postal Service will be announcing 30th anniversary stamps on the 16th, revealing the designs on the 28th, and start issuing them in late May.