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Carrie Fisher well-wishes ailing canine namesake. Of course, this being the internet, who knows for sure? On a less cynical note, it’s rather heartwarming. (Thanks, Bonnie!)

October 5, 2007December 22, 2007

The Catchup: Friday morning reading list

NEWS

Fractal Matter interviews Rick McCallum about all the usual suspects: Red Tails, TV shows, etc.
Antifungal drug causes visions of Chewbacca. Well, better Wookiees than, say, Cthulhu.
Star Wars gets namedropped in Blackwater probe.
£10,000 worth of figures stolen in UK.

EVENTS

Cédric Delsaux’s Star Wars on Earth photographs are on exhibit in Washington D.C.

GAMING

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron comes out on Tuesday, and TOS has been pulling out all the stops: a two part Q&A; an introduction to Commander Col Serra and a look at his character evolution.

FANDOM

Perennial blogger Jason Kottke asks the age-old question: What’s the best order to indoctrinate your young with Star Wars?
University of Alabama offers BUI 301: The Gospel of Star Wars: Mass Entertainment as Postmodern Religion. Does that mean Steve Sansweet is a prophet?
Bengal Trooper spotted!

PEOPLE

Sean Connery sexier than Harrison Ford, says poll.
Natalie Portman campaigns to help end global poverty; will be starring alongside Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers.
Carrie Fisher to take on Mrs. Bennett in Pride And Prejudice spoof.
Billy Dee Williams in Aretha Franklin biopic?

MERCHANDISE

Get your Master Replicas’ products now; with their license expiring, they stop selling Star Wars stuff after December 31st.
Check out some of the 30th Anniversary Sketch Cards.
Complete your collection of convention exclusives with the Celebration Europe Droid 2-pack.

Hyperspace

The latest Bantha Tracks.
Two Newsnets: Ralltiir Blockade Impacting Sector Economy and Kira Run Opening Up to Mainstream Trade.
One tiny fiction bit: One Step Ahead.
And a lowdown on Delta Source.

October 2, 2007May 25, 2008

Carrie Fisher to guest on 30 Rock

She plays Rosemary Howard, a writer and idol of Tiny Fey’s character. The episode airs October 25th.

June 7, 2007June 28, 2008

Bryan Young defends the prequel trilogy at perhaps one of the last places one would expect such a thing – The Huffington Post. If he was at CIV, I think I may have asked him (or his son) a trivia question or two…

Also, among the things we missed due to C4, Empire’s special Star Wars section, including a marathon interview with George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Whoops.

Fandom

Wookieepedian participates in contest looking for the biggest ‘Star Wars’ fan in Central Texas.
Austrailian fans profiled.
Washingston D.C. 501st profiled.
Kentucky couple has Star Wars wedding. Jeremey Bulloch attended – in costume!

Events

Gaming

1up rates retro Star Wars games.

Misc

May 3, 2007December 30, 2007

Star Wars People Tidbits

Quite a few tidbits about Star Wars people in the news:

Keira Knightley (Sabe) is about ready to give up acting. Millions of fanboys flock to counseling for support.

Masi Oka, a former ILM-er, almost did the same thing before a gig on a little show called Heroes came along.

Natalie Portman (Padme Amidala) is apparently going in the opposite direction by playing two roles in her upcoming film Goya’s Ghosts.

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) didn’t seem to care much. She just enjoyed having lunch with hairy creatures and robots.

And someone who might be a bit too busy to do any acting for a while is Keisha Castle-Hughes (Queen Apailana), who gave birth to a little girl on April 25th.

April 26, 2007December 30, 2011

CIV: Carrie Fisher, Fanboys

Get your tickets now for A Conversation With Carrie Fisher at Celebration on Saturday.

Also, fans will also get a preview of the movie Fanboys and a panel discussion with the filmmakers, and a limited edition comic book that acts as a prequel to the film.

April 12, 2007January 4, 2008