The new (to me) Geek Crafts blog has a list of thirteen geeky baked goods for your perusal. Some we’ve seen before, but many we haven’t, including the great Revenge of the Sith cake above. (Check the blog’s comments for more, too!)
Secret apprentice crosses over to Soul Calibur
Gamespot is reporting that the secret apprentice from The Force Unleashed (aka Starkiller) will be joining Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur IV – on both versions of the game.
While we’re on the subject, io9 has some pics and a trailer with footage of Vader and Yoda.
Do, or do not: Monday morning pick-me-up
Meet GraphJam, your new internet timewaster. (See also: Tarkin battle plan, Population of Alderaan, “Use the _____, Luke,” This day, and The Likelihood of Imperial Stormtroopers Hitting Any Given Target.)
The fandom minute
- Media: Civilian Alice Bradley’s account of life with two hard-core Star Wars fans.
- Fanzines: FF Portugal has released the first full issue of their zine, Undercity #1.
- 501st: Vader’s finest inducted comic writer John Ostrander as an honorary member at ICON earlier this month.
- Video: Cartoonist Adam Koford draws Yoda on Sketchcast. (via)
- Charity: The Washington DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club is selling a Boba Fett pin to raise funds for young burn survivors.
The fandom minute: Yodaspeak, 501st, art, advice
- Humor: Topless Robot tried to brand May 22 as ‘Talk like Yoda’ day – It didn’t really catch on, but be sure not to miss their twenty famous movie quotes as delivered by Yoda.
- Authors: Troy Denning inducted into the 501st Legion as an Honorary Member by the Empire City Garrison at a New York book signing.
- Sand art: Neatorama finds Star Wars sand sculpture by Mykyta and Egor Zigura disturbing. I can’t imagine why!
- Kids: Mommy, where does Darth Vader live?
The Yoda cake to end all Yoda cakes
Check out this super-impressive hand-carved Yoda cake by Debbie Does Cakes.
The Clone Wars: Yoda concept art
StarWars.com serves up this Yoda study for the upcoming movie/tv series.
In other Clone Wars linkage, surf over to Deadbolt for 4 Things to Expect from The Clone Wars TV Show (and 3 Things Not To.)
Geek sweets: Good food, yes!
Haven’t you ever wanted to take a little chomp at Yoda’s ears? No? What if he was a cookie? (Or, what about Vader?)
Also, cakes, as found by our own Heather W.: Jabba, stormtrooper, Yoda, ewok, R2-D2 and the Millennium Falcon, all part of Great White Snark’s Geeky Cake of the Week feature.
Got your Yoda stamps yet?
The U.S. Postal Service released the Jedi Master all by his lonesome yesterday. They’re just the thing to adorn your holiday cards!
The catchup: Monday morning reading list
GENERAL
SWTV: A Day in the Life of Clone Wars while Jimmy Kimmel addresses live-action show in monologue and MSNBC’s Mary Beth Ellis asks if “Lucas be trusted with ‘Star Wars’ universe?”
- Pablo eviscerates sloppy journalism.
- Preview Insider #97, on sale tomorrow.
- More CE stuff for sale.
SWTV: EVENTS
FANDOM
- New England Garrison has a Jabba puppet!
- Meet the Dune Sea Garrison
- New York Jedi in the news again.
- Tina Fey Geeks out.
HYPERSPACE
- Bantha Tracks: Best Worst Costumes.
- Source archive: Whiskers, Command Performance, and Pantolomin Halfback
- NewsNet: Tarkin, Staff Die in Tragic Shuttle Crash