Darth Vader cupcakes by Kati Peck on Flickr. Check out her complete photostream for more fannish sweets. (via)
Out this week: Invincible, KOTOR
You probably won’t be surprised to hear that the final Legacy of the Force novel, Troy Denning’s Invincible, goes on sale Tuesday. (We’ll poll for your reactions next week.)
Meanwhile, Diamond says Wednesday will bring Knights of the Old Republic #28, the fourth part of Vector and the finale for its run in KOTOR. (The storyline will then jump several thousand years forward in Dark Times #11.)
Lost kicks ass
What does the future hold for Star Wars?
With a new era of the franchise looming, The Deadbolt’s Reg Seeton wonders about the future of Star Wars.
Video: The X-Files: I Want to Believe trailer
Similar to the WonderCon bootleg, but watch it anyway.
Karen Allen on Return of the Ravenwood; Reviews of Indy IV…
Karen Allen talks up her role as cult icon to iF Magazine and and about her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark & Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: “How can you go wrong when you meet a woman in a bar in Nepal and she’s drinking men under the table, yelling at large men in Nepalese and ordering them out of the bar, and when she first sets eyes on Indiana Jones, she socks him in the jaw?”
Reviews of IJ&KotCS have started to appear online:
- USA Today sums up the online reviews
- AHN talks about some of these ‘leaks’
- Review #1 on Aintitcoolnews.com (may contain spoilers)
- Review #2 on Aintitcoolnews.com (may contain spoilers)
- Review #3 on Aintitcoolnews.com (may contain spoilers)
The LA Times looks at the re-release of the first three Indiana Jones DVDs, as a retrospect on Spielberg’s filmmaking.
Weirdest thing on the Wookieepedia
At 328,784 bytes, Corran Horn’s entry is the biggest on the wiki, outpacing Palpatine, Anakin, and Luke. (Mara is #5.) Corran’s quote page, at #13, is bigger than Han Solo’s entire entry. (Note: Reading any of these pages may lead to LOTF spoilers, including some for Invincible.)
The hell, Wookieepedia? Is Stackpole moonlighting over there or something?
The Clone Wars director interviewed
Jedi News talks to The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni. (via)
Legacy of the Force week begins!
So we kicked it off with the book giveaway, but now it’s EU Cantina and NJOE’s turn. Starting today, there’s discussion over at EUC and trivia at NJOE, both of which come with prizes of their own. Head on over to EUC for the details.
Invincible giveaway: We have a winner!
Congratulations to Rae, #85, winner of our Invincible giveaway! The book order is fermenting in the bowels of Amazon.com even as I type.
Thanks to everyone for participating (fabulous response – almost 100 people!) and double thanks to the folks at EUC, NJOE and TFN for the linkbacks. Might even do it again! (Maybe.)