- Reference: Rebelscum has a new cover for DK’s Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection. The DK listing still shows another version.
- Upcoming: On the Dark Horse boards, Randy Stradley has revealed the complete contents of the The Ultimate Star Wars Graphic Novel Collection.
- Preview: Dark Times #12/Vector part 6.
New Scholastic series spotted?
TFN user Jacenskylo has spotted a listing on Amazon.com for a series from Scholastic titled Rebel Force and scheduled for next January.
It is a critical moment in the struggle between the Rebels and the Empire: the Force itself hangs in the balance, and all the hopes of the galaxy depend on the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and a host of other heroes….
Scholastic moving away from the prequels? I’ll believe it… eventually.
The fandom minute: Collecting, Leia, book club
- Collecting: Times Online‘s money blog has a list of the top ten Star Wars collectibles – some old, some new. Cinematical has all the pictures.
- Lists: Filmcritic puts Leia at #5 on their ten best female action heroes.
- Expanded Universe: The EU Cantina is reviving their Book Club this summer with the Republic Commando series.
- Blogs: Don’t talk to Darth Vader before he’s had his coffee.
Disney Star Wars Weekends ahoy!
This Friday sees the first of several Star Wars Weekends at Disney World in Florida. The 501st will be there, as will several Star Wars celebs, and (of course) plenty of merchandise, like the crossover figures featured on the official blog today.
Video: I’m a Geek
I thought Last Comic Standing got canceled back when the naked dude was still tooling around Survivor?
Crafty corner: LED LEGO trooper, X-Wing beer
Flickr user onkelond transformed a standard LEGO minifig clonetrooper into this upgraded cyclon-esque model with the magic of LED. (Instructions at the link, naturally.) Burning question: Can I get one in Jawa?
For the less electronically inclined, how about X-Wing Beer?
In the news: George, TCW, TFU, Philip Wise
- People: The business of the Democratic nomination was (finally!) settled last night, and AFP has a few words from George Lucas on Barack Obama.
- The Clone Wars: Canadian fans will be able to catch the series Sundays on CTV.
- Gaming: Got a Playstation? Get a preview of The Force Unleashed.
- Fandom: Collector and Rebelscum/TFN/OfficialPix head honcho Philip Wise in The Dallas Morning News.
“Han Solo is not a loser:” Grey’s Anatomy video clip
Remember Dr. Bailey’s Star Wars speech from the Grey’s Anatomy season finale a couple weeks ago? io9 now has the video.
Wacky merchandise of the day
…Fishing tackle? Is this a new low? On the up side, I’m not actually finding a store link for these things, just an item on TFN, so maybe it’s a faker? (via)
The fandom minute: Tees, lists, pedias, cubes
- T-shirts: The latest Steampunk Artoo… Now you see it, now you don’t.
- Fan sites: Wookieepedia is one of Wired’s eight best non-Wikipedia pedias.
- Craft: Fold yourself a Cubetrooper, Indiana Jones, Fetility Idol or any number of others.
- Lists: Topless Robot’s eight biggest reasons Indiana Jones is better than Han Solo, ten greatest spaceship chases ever, ten most blatant Star Wars toy rip-offs of the ’70s and Cracked’s eight classic movie robots that suck at their jobs. Hogwash!