Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Clearly our reporting has suffered in the onslaught of the holiday madness because this is cool!
Robert Pattinson, who played Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter films, has been cast as Edward in the film version of Twilight. (A book series that is the obsession of many of us, right now.)
The author apparently approves, as well.
So I got a little busy to post all the nifty little Stargate gifts we got for Christmas week. (Such a slacker.)
The Official Site added a bunch of content including:
– Mitch Pileggi finally returns to the Pegasus Galaxy after far too long an absence
– The sneak preview for Be All My Sins Remembered
– An interview with Joe Flanigan and David Hewlett about The Wraith.
Over on GateWorld, we find:
– An interview with Jason Momoa (Jason Momoa. Chewbacca. Separated at birth?)
– News of the chance to become part of Stargate Worlds through a new contest
– Details for The Ark of Truth DVD
And finally, a round-up of Christmas greetings from Stargate cast and crew:
– Michael Shanks
– David Hewlett (yes…that’s me he’s mentioning)
– David Nykl
– Producer Joseph Mallozzi
On Wednesday, those daring enough to venture out into the post-Christmas crowds ought to be able to nab themselves a copy of Rule of Two, Drew Karpyshyn’s second Darth Bane book. Comic releases are less certain – the shipping lists won’t be updated until Wednesday – but according to last week’s preliminary, Friday might bring Knights of the Old Republic #24.
Premiere Magazine does an interview with John Hurt on being in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The veteran actor talks about being cast but keeps contractually mum about the script as his role, even amid speculation that he plays Abner Ravenwood. He also discusses working with the divine Spielberg and leaving Lucas alone.
Other news from the world of Indiana Jones:
The cover of J.W. Rinzler’s The Complete Making of Indiana Jones (covering all 4 movies) has been revealed on starwars.com. The book comes out May 22, 2008.
Disc Nine of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones – Volume Two: The War Years is visited on starwars.com, with a historical lecture on War and Revolution, and for your computer, an interactive timeline and a game called “Special Delivery” based on Indy’s adventures in Africa.
And of course, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones – Volume Two: The War Years was released this past Tuesday on DVD. Get it wherever DVD box sets are sold.
Well, we know he doesn’t need a comb… But it’s on YTMND so don’t strain yourself too much.
TheRaider.net (#1) and TheForce.net (#25) bookend Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Fansites. (EW also has kind words for both official sites.)
The force is strong with some of our other favorite fandoms as well – Galactica Sitrep (#19,) Heroescast (#13,) Project Rungay (#12,) Memory Alpha (#11,) Whedonesque (#8,) The One Ring (#6,) Lostpedia (#3) and The Leaky Cauldron (#2.) Congrats to all for the honor and (more importantly) all the extra eyeballs it brings!
StarWars.com’s 100 most popular databank entries for 2007 is an interesting (and snarky!) read. EU fans will particularly love Kyle Katarn’s blurb.
And because I’m clearly behind on the ‘mention the namesake’ quota, I’ll note that Mara is the highest ranked EU entity, coming in at #21… And the third-highest female (behind Leia and Padme, natch.) Even if her entry is a tad behind on the timeline.
Sheer brilliance: The anti-fanfic bingo card. Slash gets the plum spot, surprise surprise… (via)
ABC News rediscovers the Star Wars Holiday Special. In the realm of the slightly less awful, Nathan Rabin of The Onion’s A.V. Club revisits rat-tails and Howard the Duck.
