Club Jade

The short, handwritten prequel that JK Rowling penned for charity will be auctioned off today in London. The story features the misadventures of the Marauders and is set three years before the birth of Harry Potter. According to the BBC, the story ends with the words: “From the prequel I am not working on – but that was fun!”

The money from JKR’s story, plus those of Nick Hornby, Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, Lauren Child, Sebastian Faulks, Tom Stoppard and Irvine Welsh will go to two charities — English PEN (an “international fellowship of writers, working together to promote literature and defend the freedom to write”) and Dyslexia Action.

In other news, Warwick Davis talks about his role as Professor Filius Flitwick.

Warwick Davis asks an unsuspecting British populace what they know about Star Wars:

There are, naturally, three of them. (So far.)

TOSblog has video (warning: it’s only audio for me) of Warwick Davis interviewing Rick McCallum at Celebration Europe. Lots of TV talk, which is summarized at the link as well.

The Vader hot-air balloon from balloonist Benoît Lambert will make an appearance… And naturally, there’s a Costume Pageant, hosted by Warwick Davis.

Warwick Davis set to host Celebration Europe.

Warwick Davis and Robbie Coltrane attend ‘cheese’-rolling activities in Stilton. While there, Davis revealed he’ll have a part in Prince Caspian.

What if Quentin Tarantino made Lord of the Rings? Orodruin Dogs, Ring Fiction, Natural Born Orcs, and White City. Not as good as Star Wars Pulp Fiction, but still pretty damn funny.

Bill Moyers’ interview with George Lucas from The Mythology of Star Wars TV special, in four three parts: 1, 3, 4. I’m not sure where part 2 went, if it was ever there at all.

James Michael Tyler talks to Jonathan Rinzler about The Art of Revenge of the Sith and The Making of, as well as Matthew Stover about the ROTS novelization and James Luceno about Dark Lord.

Screw that, have more funny

• Matthew ‘General Grievous’ Wood and Warwick Davis sing a classic Disney song.

• Hayden Christensen on MTV’s TRL.
• Budweiser Star Wars. I’m sorry.
• To continue tonight’s slide into cheesiness, a Jeff Foxworthy/Star Wars mashup. Really, very, very sorry.
• Okay, okay, here’s something that will only make you cringe a little: 1977 cast interview on The Today Show.