In an interview with Australia’s Herald Sun, Indiana Jones producer Frank Marshall says Australia is a “definite possibility” for the fourth film’s production. Marshall also said that the film will take place 10 or 12 years after The Last Crusade. If that’s the case, Harrison Ford might have to trot out that mileage line again…
From the Blogside
Reads of the week: Oninobara on her conception of Padme Amidala in the light of V for Vendetta’s Evie and a Fanthropology discussion of whether Mary Sue has evolved into fandom’s boogiewoman.
Modillian considers the role of Anakin’s visions in the prequel trilogy.
The Infinite Force documents coming to terms with Darth Vader.
Selphish posts her impression of Heirs to the Force, aka the first in the Young Jedi Knight series. It’s, ahh, not favorable.
In Time, You Will Learn is the third part of Sarnjasra’s Revisionist History series.
Charlie_and_aj ponder how different fandoms deal with and percieve canon.
Lazypadawan wrote about how Palpatine lured Anakin to join the Sith.
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So Donnie Darko, Rogue, and Darth Vader walk into a bar…
Over at LJ gossip nexus ohnotheydidnt, pictures from This Is Our Youth, a 2002 play starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin and Hayden Christensen. They’re so little!
April Fools!
StarWars.com: The Shadow War Chronicles.
Locus Online: Lucasfilm announces “Adult” Star Wars Novel Line. Titles include Slave Girl of Tattoine and Brokeback Falcon. (Also discovered by Slashdot)
TheForce.net: Madonna Signs On For Live Action Television Series!
Jedi Council Forums: “There will indeed be a sequel to the blockbuster movie, Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith… “
Wookieepedia: Featured Article: Earth
RebelScum: Operate on the Dark Lord
501st: Pwnd by Rebel hackers
Ask Slashdot: How Hot Would a Light Saber Really Be?
Sideshow Collectibles: 6-inch Partial Figure Exclusive: Final Battle Darth Maul.
For breaking news from other fandoms:
Oh wow…
The cover of Darth Bane: Path of Destruction is awesome. It’s by John Jude Palencar, one of those fantasy artists whose work I like but never expected to see on a Star Wars cover.
We’ve also got names for book 4 and 5 of Legacy – #4 is Exile and #5 is Sacrifice, by Allston and Traviss respectively.
And for you NJO fans, Hyperspace is now running Greg Keyes’ Emissary of the Void, a six-part story previously printed in Star Wars Gamer and the Insider.
Frodo and Sam: Secret Lovers?
So wrong it’s right: TBS is running the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and they’ve whipped up some utterly hilarious ads. (Thanks Yav!)
A GFFA PSA
Star Wars drunk driving PSA from 1979. God, I love YouTube. (via Scrubbles)
Catnip….Unlimited catnip!
It’s pet day in the fandom… starwars.com gets crafty with instructions for mouse droid and Vader cat toys.
What’s up with TFN? Not much…
In the past week, it seems that TheForce.net, Star Wars fandom’s most popular fansite, has been down. And up. And down. A lot. Their message boards are working, though most of the time all the graphics and styles appear stripped away. (I actually find this much easier on the eyes than the usual design chaos, but it seems most don’t agree.) I ventured into the boards seeking answers, but found little but vagueness and confused users. So is it an April Fools joke? Did Philip Wise forget to pay the server bill? Trekkie DOS attack? Sister site Rebelscum (which seems to be running just fine) eating its own? Only time will tell. Until then, I shrug.
Ford talks Indy 4
Yes again, to the Time Out London’s movie blog.
“Indiana Jones is going to be older,” Ford explained, “And the story will therefore take place in a different historical period of time. We are not going back to World War II and the Nazis but I think that it will be relatively the same type of tale – George’s special mix of Saturday matinee western serial and crypto-spiritual sort of stuff.”
Nothing really breaking, but a little insight into the process.
Meanwhile, TFN (in-between down periods) is reporting that Harrison Ford hates the internet.