Batman kicked ass at the box office yet again this weekend, netting $441.5 million and moving it ever closer to A New Hope’s domestic box office record…
Star Trek update: New teaser posters!
Four more character shots were revealed at VegasCon ’08: Our first official look at Sulu (John Choo,) Scotty (Simon Pegg,) Chekov (Anton Yelchin) and McCoy (Karl Urban.) Like the Comic-Con posters, the four come together in the shape of the delta emblem. Trekmovie also reports that a screening of the movie’s first cut went very well.
Video: I Google You
Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls (she has a solo album coming out in September! Whoo!) sings a song written by Neil Gaiman.
What Sith through yonder window breaks?
Bonnie tracks down creator Paul Souders to get the story of the Stained Glass Darth Vader.
The Clone Wars: Saturday morning dispatches
A new video on the heroes of the movie went up on StarWars.com last night: There are a few new snippets in there.
The Washington Post’s Ann Hornaday is skeptical of George as a storyteller – and brands his cinematic outings as some of the world’s most expensive commercials.
Expanded Universe newsbits: Harper, Williams, TFU
- Interviews: StarWars.com catches up with Ben Harper about Obsessed With Star Wars.
- TFU: Preview Dark Horse’s The Force Unleashed adaption; See novel adaption author Sean Williams in Malibu.
- Toys: Expanded Universe Comic Pack pictures at Rebelscum.
Today in The Clone Wars
The video game clip that showed up in Entertainment Weekly yesterday is now up at StarWars.com, or watch it above. LucasArts has launched a new site for the games.
- io9 has several interview clips with Dave Filoni, including a question on ‘clone romance.’ Sorry slashers, I really doubt you’ll see romances between the clones. In any case: Been there, done that, rolled my eyes at the flame wars.
- IGN has a new video clip, Obi-Wan’s Landing Party. (via)
- Crave Online has an interview with George.
- Also: CNBC, The Daily Telegraph, E! Online.
The Clone Wars Happy Meals incoming
Our first official (or at least unblurred) look at the new McDonalds tie-ins is here – I assume they start next week? And they actually are bobbleheads. Oh, McDonalds. (via)
Today (yesterday?) in The Clone Wars
- George Lucas, Dave Filoni and Catherine Winder on the official site; Lucas, Filoni and LucasArt’s Darrel Rodriguez at Entertainment Weekly; Filoni and Winder at Cinema Blend.
- The Deadbolt has seven questions about The Clone Wars.
- The official webcomic announcement is here – and not a word about Hyperspace.
- The Clone Wars novel is #12 on the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list, and #48 on USA Today’s.
- Also: The Mercury News, The New York Sun, Brisbane Times, New Zealand Herald.
Uh-oh! A worst of the Expanded Universe list!
You folks love these, right? Well today, Topless Robot has the 8 worst things in the Star Wars expanded universe. I don’t necessarily agree with everything (you can see my own picks here and here) but props for including Darksaber, if not for calling Anderson a ‘great author.’