Club Jade

And he can’t even do your laundry. Yes, it’s a diamond-studded Threepio brooch, taking the concept of ‘geek chic’ just a tad too far. (via)

All the stuff that got spaced

• Allies in The Clone Wars: TV show is a global production.

• Family Guy: Blue Harvest concept art
• A Sithly go-round for the classic circus poster.
• Know A Legion: Bloodfin Garrison
• Bonnie urges R2 Builders to join the space race.
• Are Artoo and Threepio robo-wimps?

Hyperspace

• Source Archive’s NewsNet Week

• Bantha Tracks covers summer celebrations.

Four types of Star Wars robots – and one from THX 1138 – make the London Times list of fifty best movie robots. What, no Gonk? (via)

Threepio and Artoo top Entertainment Weekly’s Hot ‘Bots list. Damn right. (via TFN)

C-3P0 Strikes Back! (Warning: language.) Silly and random, but I laughed. My prediction for Episode VIII? Jar-Jar ala Christopher Walken. Watch your back!

Action figures based on the original McQuarrie concept art of Metropolis-inspired Threepio and Artoo! Now that’s almost worth waiting in line for.

In other CIV news, Master Replicas will be hosting tree competitive ‘Combat Trials’.

The saga continues: Chad Vader Episode 3!

Star Wars Shadow Puppets. Is that the Audio Drama as (part of) the background? (Thanks, Bonnie!)

The Simpsons vs Star Trek. Genius!

Episode I: The Drunken Menace. Anakin’s ‘angel’ line makes a hell of a lot more sense in this context…

- The truth about Darth Vader
- 12 Angry Robots
- Death of an Ewok
- Filk: Mace on a Plane
- May the Fonze be with you. And also with you.
- Classic Clip: R2-D2 and C-3PO on Sesame Street.

R2-D2 and C-3PO will be among 150 objects that will remain on display while the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History undergoes renovation. The National Air and Space Museum, home to the Magic of Myth exhibition, will be hosting.

The Legacy comic series gets covered in the Philadelphia Daily News.

Chewie, Vader, and Wicket to visit the Florida Marlins.

Another article about the Charles Ross. He’s in the U.K. now.

Star Wars: The Empire Brokeback. Pssh. Threepio/Artoo is so 2005.

New article on starwars.com today: World-Building: An Interview with Brian Gernand, the Practical Model Supervisor for Revenge of the Sith.

Also new, the C-3PO: His Moment to Shine (video) is now available to the general public, an upcoming online chat with Sword Master Nick Gillard, and the launch of StarWarsJapan.com.