Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
There is some seriously crazy stuff in StarWars.com’s look at faddish Star Wars merchandise: My favorite is the Luke Skywalker Member’s Only jacket. I swear if I didn’t actually remember the pogs and holograms and foil promo cards I would write the whole post off as April Fools…
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All sorts of nifties while I was away on vacation. (A lovely thing. I highly recommend.)
The big news is the sneak peak trailer and cast photo for Stargate Universe. Kinda BSG. I’m intrigued. i09 kinda is, too. Star Robert Carlyle is pretty psyched about it.
In old-school news, Amanda Tapping stopped by Joe Mallozzi‘s blog to do a Q&A. She’s just as nice in her Q&A’s as she is in person.
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff is back with the fourth installment of A Padawan’s Journal.
After the madness of April Fool’s, the inflatable starships and Death Star beach ball really don’t get much more than a shrug. Hell, they’re actually kind of adorable… And I really don’t know where else to tell you I saw the kites at Sam’s Club for $20. $20!
Canada is finally getting Fanboys this weekend. Look for the film in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.
TORn is reporting that negotiations are underway for a trilogy (rather than a dulogy) of The Hobbit films.
In the hefty realm of Star Wars pranks, the big hit seems to be ThinkGeek’s Tauntaun sleeping bag. What kid wouldn’t love that!
Meanwhile, Wookieepedia has gone purist: “…the consensus of the Wookieepedia administrators is to only accept the Star Wars films as canon. Expanded Universe material will be treated as non-canon from here on. ”
And Firefox News has Diablo Cody tapped to Write Star Wars Episode VII; Get a feel for the concept by flashing back to If Diablo Cody Wrote Star Wars.
Big thanks to for the enthusiastic replies to Laurel K. Hamilton’s Jaded Conquest, and to CJ’s Heather W. for the title. We actually have a great run of title suggestions on the list, including Journey into Skywalker, Jedi in Chains, Under The Hand, and Hard Jade Knight. I think it might call for a poll…
Other EU tomfoolery: The Movie Blog reports that George Lucas is making a Legacy movie; TFN’s Lit forums celebrate the release of Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls and the announcement of Republic Commando: Tipoca Thunder, while there is mass outrage of Dark Horse’s decision to reshuffle the NJO timeline for Invasion.
As for the rest of the internet…
Or at least, that’s what I was told. But seriously, you’ve got to see it to believe it. Lucasfilm has got a real powerhouse on this one… Continue reading ““This book will blow your mind””