Fans of our GenCon neighbors the Colts predict the football season by comparing the teams to Star Wars characters. I only know enough to laugh at their choice for Detroit.
Kristen Bell is down with nerds
Who knew? The actress we (currently) know best as Veronica Mars talks Fanboys, Heroes, and Judd Apatow’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall with Entertainment Weekly.
EW also checks in with James Marsters.
Q&A with Sue
Speaking of breakfast…
A flash from the past: Fifty reasons why Return of the Jedi sucks. My dead mother was an Ewok, you insensitive pricks! (via SF Signal)
Links for breakfast: Bite-size news
With blackjack! And hookers!
- Hot rumor mill action! Jim Hill wonders if Lucasfilm and Disney are plotting something. Oh, oh! A land war in Asia!
Elsewhere in the media…
- David Lynch (briefly) talks about George’s offer to direct ROTJ. Sadly lacking in wacky Lynch-ness. (via)
- Star Wars-inspired shoes much less Star Wars-looking than expected. I am underwhelmed. Really, you could throw a SW logo on pretty much anything made of shiny black leather and call it Vader-inspired.
- Video of George Lucas at the D5 conference.
- I bet Phil knows this guy. Also every time I see the headline I think it says Mary Franklin.
- Star Wars namechecked in column on movie soundtracks, surprisingly absolutely no one.
- Artist re-envisions critic as a Hutt. Naturally. (via)
On StarWars.com
Do you feel lucky, punk?
Scholastic has finally kicked off their sweepstakes to distribute tickets to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows reading at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The date for the event is Friday, October 19.
Rowling will be doing a total of four readings on her U.S. tour, but the Carnegie Hall gig is the only one that adults have a shot of attending.
Contest rules also state that if you win, you must bring Yav with you.
Guys, I hate to break it to you…
There are girls on the internet. They’ve even infiltrated the Wookieepedia. Try to contain your shock. (via Jezebel)
Space fashion streamlines at MIT
MIT professor designs sleek spacewear for astronauts. You won’t see it strutting down any runways in Paris, but it certainly looks like an improvement on the existing ones.
New preview from Dark Horse
Legacy #16. Sorry Wantons – no additional Obi-Wan until the issue actually comes out in September.
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