Club Jade

Ground was broken yesterday at the future Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at the National Mall in D.C.. George Lucas donated $1 million to the memorial.

Basil Poledouris, film composer who did the music for Starship Troopers, RoboCop, and Conan and a classmate of George Lucas at USC, passed away last week. Watch a video tribute at Youtube.

Fans are big on spin-off novels. Shocking! However – Star Trek and Lost I can understand, but do CSI novels really sell better than Star Wars, as the article insinuates?

All things muppetlike and furry

• Interview with one “DJ Yoda”.

• Stephen F. Austin State University has a Wookiee on campus.
• Epic Systems Corp. campus in Verona, Wisconsin will have an ‘Endor’ treehouse.

This time, the ears make sense. Okay, so maybe Wookiees don’t have adorable round little ears on the very top of their heads. Still, it’s the thought that counts.

Best entry I’ve seen yet in the Stephen Colbert Greenscreen Challenge. (Warning: Contains George W. Bush.)

J. Hasbien Talent Agency. Finding work for ‘semi-retired’ sci-fi characters.

Wookiee Nights, a Star Wars/Boogie Nights trailer mashup. Yes, really.

More Wookiee!
- Chewbacca’s Lifetime Achievement Award
- Wookiee Translations
- South Park: Chewbacca Defense

Finally, I can express myself as I always knew I was meant to – in Shyriiwook.

ETA: Don’t Stop Believing! Brilliant!