Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Twelve new locations this weekend, including Charlotte, North Carolina, which will have the 501st’s Carolina Garrison in attendance Saturday night.
Meanwhile, StarWars.com has the DVD art. Look for it in stores May 19, aka the 10-year anniversery of The Phantom Menace.
Dune roleplayers in the virtual community of Second Life were taken aback when they received a takedown notice from the literary agency that maintains the Herbert Estate. The Dune RPG is rather small – just 130 members – and no one questions that the Herbert Estate has the right, but the move seems needlessly defensive – and completely clueless.
Hat tip to Boing Boing for the find, as well as this gem from their comment section, which puts it all in perspective…
Well it would be horrible for any fan activities to undermine the dignity of the Dune legacy. Isn’t Vacuum Cleaner Lint of Dune coming out next year?
Well, I doubt it has anything to do with dignity, given who they have (co-)writing the things…
So I was checking out the Google News Search yesterday, as one does, and what should appear but – lo! – A Musical Journey, which starts tonight! And so, the BBC has a tour of the companion exhibition.
As for other upcoming events of note, StarWars.com has the Star Wars Weekends 2009 guest list (Heavy on The Clone Wars; Jay Laga’aia and Ashley Eckstein share hosting duties.) and a video of Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter going up in Indianapolis for The Clone Wars exhibit.
io9 discovered the art project FIELD – 1301 fluorescent bulbs planted on a British farm, powered from above by power lines. Artist Richard Box was inspired by – what else? – tales of lightsaber games. The actual field, circa 2004, is long gone, but you can see more pictures at Box’s website.
This was actually all over the internets a few months ago, but Paula helpfully reminded me of it today. Sure to be a huge hit at this year’s Dragon*Con and other places where people who get the joke will congregate, the shirt is available for both men and women. Wear it hoping that the Twilighters actually have a sense of humor offline.
Lucasfilm’s David Iskra is filing reports from overseas as setup for A Musical Journey begins in London. So far, there are three: The Journey Begins, Around the Clock Around the Planet, and Arriving at Elstree.
There has been much angst and gnashing of teeth about the lack of movement on the promised Stargate Atlantis movie. Producer Joe Mallozzi vaguely tries to reassure fans that these things take time in this wacky business and they haven’t forgotten about us. Maybe in the fall?
Speaking of Stargate movies, Stargate Continuum racked up 11 Leo Award nominations! And the above-mentioned Stargate Atlantis? Sixteen. (Okay, so Leo’s are a kinda local thing to the Vancouver area, but still nice to have kudos.)
In a slightly better-known award, Brad Wright was nominated for a Nebula for the SGA episode “The Shrine.”
Rebelscum has Dark Horse’s July comic solicitations, including Invasion #1, The Clone Wars #7 and Legacy #38, above.
The Guardian’s Tim Jonze takes on the Star Wars by someone who’s never seen it challenge, but alas, the video is better. Still, it’s a slow news day and all, so…
Their heroic captain is called Luke Skywalker and he is joined by their man-shaped pet Chewbacca, a 2ft robot, and Princess Leah; since she’s the only girl, Luke would quite like to get it on with her. I hope it’s not his sister.
He does watch it afterward, though, and realizes how wrong he was.
While the film enjoyed its world premiere in Australia, Texas fans thought they were going to an Austin-area Drafthouse to get a 10-minute sneak peek of the new Star Trek Movie before settling in for a viewing of The Wrath of Khan.
After a bit of “impromptu” theater featuring one Leonard Nimoy, they got to watch the whole friggin’ movie! Rather annoyingly, the AICN article starts going into story detail (my eyes). If you can stop yourself, quit reading when he talks about the excitement level in the audience. If you can’t stop yourself, here’s a much tamer description. (via)
Bummed you missed the excitement? You can console yourself during the long wait by getting a Star Trek bridge wall mural.