Irvin Kershner is coming to Celebration! Along with Howard Kazanjian, Norman Reynolds, and Robert Watts.
More CIV updates
One million Potters!
Amazon has received a whopping one million pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. They’ve lowered the book’s price to celebrate, or something. In any case, it’s cheap. (Though I personally recommend stopping by your local 24-hour megamart at 3am on the day of release… No waiting for the mailman!)
Poll: IMDB’s All Our Trilogies
IMDB’s latest poll asks for your favorite movie trilogy. Both the classic and prequel trilogies are present, and TFN is urging folks to vote for the OT, so this could get… interesting. Assuming you’re willing to register on IMDB for the privilege, anyway. As I post this, Lord of the Rings is winning, with the OT close behind.
First look at August comics
Dark Horse solicitations for August 2007. Rebellion #9, Legacy #15, KOTOR #20, Dark Times #6 and more.
Also on the comic front, Wizard interviews John Ostrander.
Bananakin Skywalker peels the Force
Yes, the dude who dresses up like a banana got himself a Jedi Robe and is interviewing Star Wars stars. Potassiumriffic!
Wizard’s Star Wars top tens
Comic magazine Wizard lists the top ten movie and comic moments. Dorky white Vader at #3? Um…
Furtive glances and shifting stormtroopers
Out this week
Wednesday bring the long-awaited (in some areas of fandom, anyway) Legacy #11, as well as Dark Times #3.
Variety feels the force of fandom
Whoops – two Friday Variety articles we seem to have missed, both focusing on Star Wars fandom – one on the 501st, and another on the Wookieepedia.
“Guns. Lots of guns.”
Plenty of familiar moments in SF Signal’s seven coolest scenes in science fiction film and television. Including Raiders of the Lost Ark seems to be stretching the limits of ‘science fiction,’ though.