May 2008 – Page 8

May 14, 2008December 28, 2011

In the news: Wedding, drunks, box office, TFU

The Brits really love them some Star Wars wedding: The GFFA-themed marriage ceremony of Bramwell Brightey and Tamsyn Lofts showed up in both The Guardian and The Sun today.
Could Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull beat Revenge of the Sith at the box office? That’s the magic of inflation!
No jail time for drunken Vader attacker. Shocking!
The Force Unleashed is “greatest Star Wars story that we’ve ever told in a video game,” says LucasArts’ Cameron Suey. Better than Masters of Teräs Käsi? That’s unpossible!

May 14, 2008June 23, 2015

Only you could be so bold, Font Vader

The Dark Lord of the Sith… in letterform. Neat, huh? (via)

ETA: Death Star!

May 14, 2008October 26, 2013

LOTF Week Fan Art: Tenel Ka

Queen Mother by Shea Standefer. Shea also has pictures in progress of Jaina, Allana and Tenel Ka with Jacen. But she’s probably best known in fandom as am accomplished Jaina costumer. You can see more of her art on DA, and an impressive array of costumes at tempered-steel.net.

Check back tomorrow morning for the next installment of LOTF fan art!

May 14, 2008December 29, 2011

Crystal Skulls in the news…

With Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull coming out in less than ten days, crystal skulls are popping up across the newscape:

CNN gives a brief overview of the real-life crystal skulls and their role in Mayan mythology.
Crystal skull stolen from New Age store in Claremont, California.
An interview with Lester Holt about his upcoming Sci-Fi Channel special: Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls (Sunday May 18, 9 pm).
and completely not skull related at all: a review of the demo version of LEGO Indiana Jones.

May 14, 2008December 30, 2011

Carrie Fisher heading out to Celebration Japan

It’s beginning! Our first chunk of Celebration Japan news is a biggie: Carrie Fisher will appear at the three-day anniversary con near Tokyo. In other news, sculptor Lawrence Noble will be sculpting Luke Skywalker live, the Collectible Medallions are returning, and tickets are going on sale this weekend!

May 13, 2008December 30, 2011

Wacky (and maybe fake) merchandise of the day

Making the blog rounds is this set of a “talking R2D2 ice bucket” and Han Solo in Carbonite ice tray that appears on Amazon. The image is clearly a photoshop job, but Lucasfilm, I would totally pay for a Han Solo in Carbonite ice mold. Hint hint.

May 13, 2008May 13, 2008

Just in case you’re not sick of Invincible yet…

It’s in bookstores right now, RandomHouse.com has posted an excerpt, and don’t forget that Troy Denning’s author tour starts today in St. Paul!

May 13, 2008May 14, 2008

Del Rey contract renewal confirmation?

Not an official announcement, and not really a huge surprise either given what we’ve been finding on RandomHouse.com, but Rebelscum is saying that Star Wars Action News is reporting (~~I can’t find it on their site, and life is too short for podcasts.~~ It’s on their message boards.) that someone at Del Rey confirmed that they did renew their contract with Lucasfilm.

We’ll no doubt get additional details when the official announcement is made… Hopefully soon.

May 13, 2008May 13, 2008

New poll: The Clone Wars trailer

Last week’s poll asked if you read Star Wars spoilers and… Most of you do! Occasionally, anyway. Tisk tisk.

This week’s poll asks about your reaction to The Clone Wars trailer. Did it do it for you? Or not so much? Find it under the cut, or on the sidebar, where it will remain all week. Continue reading “New poll: The Clone Wars trailer”

May 12, 2008

I want to believe…

… the new X-Files movie won’t suck. I’m not holding my breath though. In any case, I couldn’t resist the lure of the viral videos posted on io9 where Moose and Squirrel discuss their feelings for each other (warning: could be seen as spoiler-ish).