After last night’s Lost and South Park double-header, The New York Times’ Dave Itzkoff calls for an end to random Star Wars references on TV. I for one am more than willing to surrender him Family Guy and all reality shows. (Okay, make that triple on the reality shows. Particularly the ones that involve ‘talent.’)
Uncomfortable plot summaries are sweeping the internet
Here’s a taste:
STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.
STAR WARS: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Boy is abused by midget, kisses sister, attempts patricide.
STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI: Handicapped mass murderer kills septugenarian, is lauded.
EUbits: Adventures, Kemp, Bohnhoff, TCW, Invasion, Threat of Peace
- Preview: Take a peek at the first issue of the new Star Wars Adventures digest. Apparently some have found it in the UK, but there’s been no sign of it on Diamond so I wouldn’t go looking just yet.
- The Blogside: Paul S. Kemp has thoughts on writing Crosscurrent, while Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff has two updates in her Padawan’s Journal series: Protocol Droids and Velveteen Bunnies and Mistakes Were Made.
- The Clone Wars: Don’t expect to see a paperback of Karen Traviss’ Clone Wars novel anytime soon – There are no plans to release one, says Sue Rostoni. If you absolutely must have a paperback, look to the UK version.
- Comics: DarkHorse.com has a new From the Editor, about Invasion. (Nothing we don’t already know, but we can expect an announcement in a week or so.)
- Webcomics: Third and fourth updates in The Old Republic‘s Threat of Peace.
‘A Musical Journey’ blasts off
The official site has David Iskra’s fourth dispatch from the London’s O2 arena, a report from the performance(s) themselves. They also highlighted a review from Lightsabre’s Mark Newbold.
Cheap shots: Star Wars/Macgyver mashup
The mashup we didn’t know we were waiting for! (via)
Fundraising to assist Aaron Allston
Aaron Allston’s medical bills from his recent bypass are rapidly mounting. And he is going to need to have yet another procedure on Thursday. UPDATE: Bob just posted that tomorrow’s surgery has been canceled on the basis of a more detailed scan.
Fans wishing to help out should check out the information on the info site.
Star Wars fans and personalities unite to help victims of Australian bushfires
The bushfires that raged in the Australian state of Victoria earlier this year killed more than 200 and left over 7000 homeless. The fires may be snuffed, but the victims are still hurting, and Star Wars fans have banded together to help them.
Though there are plenty of items up on Ebay now, including signed photographs from David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Jeremy Bulloch and Bonnie Piesse. But of particularly of interest to EU fans is a chance to get a namesake (tuckerized) character in the fifth Clone Wars novel by Karen Miller or a yet-unannounced Star Wars book (!) from Sean Williams. And Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta are offering an original manuscript from one of the Young Jedi Knights novels.
Chad Vader joins Rifftrax for ESB mocking!
The latest Rifftrax is out, and it’s spoofing our beloved Empire Strikes Back. Joining Mystery Science Theater 3000 alums Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett is the internet’s own Chad Vader, for extra mocking fun. The sample had me laughing out loud, so prepare for awesome.
(Psst… They also did Twilight.)
Video: Latest Half-Blood Prince trailer
This is the English version of the Japanese trailer, with an additional focus on Jim Broadbent’s Professor Slughorn.
Starlog won’t kill your trees anymore…
Starlog, a magazine that was my lifeline to geekdom when I was a kid, is ending its print magazine and moving to online only.
Y’see, kids (she says, putting on her best old person voice), back in the day, this was one of the few ways to get any news on the geeky stuff. I can remember my complete shock and utter joy to find Starlog magazine.
These were people who understood me! They covered things I wanted to hear about! I would bore my mother for hours regurgitating everything I’d read in it.
Alas, the advent of the fast reporting of the internet and its increasing costs to publish has taken down this classic. You’ll just need to content yourself by following them online.
Thanks again, Starlog!