It only takes a can of Club Jade’s favorite fruit, your freezer and a food processor to make Ridiculously Easy Pineapple Sorbet.
Teaser: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Joss Whedon! Neil Patrick Harris! Nathan Fillion! Some other people who look vaguely familiar!
What all the Femtroopers will be wearing next season
…Stormtrooper high heels. What will they think of next? No, wait – I’ve seen that Cathouse clip. Nevermind. (via)
Acronym soup: CBR interviews JJM about KOTOR while WOTC preps for Old Republic RPG
Comic Book Resources talks to Knights of the Old Republic scribe John Jackson Miller about the book’s upcoming ‘Vindication’ storyline.
Speaking of KOTOR, Wizards of the Coast is gearing up for the release of the Knights of the Old Republic campaign guide and miniatures in August with some previews – the first of which went up yesterday. (via)
In the news: LucasArts, George, a filly named Shmi
- LucasArts: The layoffs earlier this month also took out key members of the team for The Force Unleashed. (via)
- Politics: George is talking up Barak Obama again! While on Capitol Hill the other day, he said it’s “reasonably obvious” that the presidential candidate would be a Jedi.
- Sports: A filly named Shmi Skywalker? Why not?
Only Karens for five-book The Clone Wars series
In the light of yesterday’s press release, Karen Miller spills a few more beans at her livejournal:
The Sekrit Projekt is a Star Wars novel. I’ll be doing 2. They’re both set in the Clone Wars era, and connected to the new animated series that’s coming out soon. It’s a 5-book series in total, and the super spectacular Karen Traviss will be writing the other 3. I’m so lucky to be working with her. It’s a bit of a cosmic trip, this, no pun intended. I think I’d be a lost cause if I didn’t have her to guide my tottering footsteps.
Gotta tell you, I am having waaaaay too much fun.
Random merchandise of the day
Artoo and Darth Vader USB hubs. Oh, Japan.
EU newsbits: Previews, Wordle, The Clone Wars
- Preview: Library Journal has a first look at The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed. (via) Meanwhile, you can take a peek at the contents of DK’s Ultimate Blueprints Collection on Amazon. (via)
- Random: Dan Wallace wordles The New Essential Chronology.
- The Clone Wars: TFN catalogs the exhaustive amount of tie-in books for The Clone Wars.
ComicCon with No Actors?
Collider points out that if the Screen Actors Guild decides to hit the picket line next week, promoting things at San Diego ComicCon might not happen.
Given what this convention has become, it would be decidedly odd. Sure, they could always go back to their roots and focus more on comics. But it’s all about the moving media, these days. And while die-hard fen enjoy getting to see the producers and writers, I just don’t think they’ll get as much coverage.
It’ll be interesting to see what goes down. (via)
Gate Geek – The Season Cometh
Only a couple more weeks until Season 5! So the newsbits are flying fast and furious.
To start this out with some amusement, the latest Super Fan video is up on the official site. Big stunts with this one.
Super Fan Contest host, Martin Gero, talks with GateWorld. In it, we get some slightly spoilery (although not overly so) discussion about the overall storyline, some teasing about Episode 100 and a small discussion about being inadvertently sucked into the middle of a political battle because of his new movie‘s name and content.
Someone who is willing to be spoilery is E! Watch with Kristin who, along with thousands of other fans, has found out the basic gist of what happens in the season opener.
Those screeners are getting a lot of traffic, but producer Joe Mallozzi understands. He tries to prevent it, but he understands.
Atlantis comes back July 11th.