Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Something to add to those Episode VII wish lists… Jaina Solo makes io9’s list of the most badass female space pilots of all time. It’s a damn shame we never got anyone in the movies who qualifies…
A good wingman is hard to find. A t-shirt tribute to everyone’s favorite secondary character. This is an excellent shirt to wear when asking Aaron or Mike to sign your arm. (Yes men, you can get one, too.)
If you thought Episode I was slashtastic… Episode VII is among the five posters for sci-fi spinoffs that Sci Fi Wire really wants to see. Nice idea, but their suggestion of Peter Jackson is a bit much. (I mean, really? REALLY? Did no one see his King Kong? Lord of the Rings is one thing, but no giant gorilla movie has any right to go on that long.)
They don’t serve your kind. Duncan Jenkins’s guide to cantina collectibles.
Distressing damsels. Leia and Willow’s Sorsha are among Sci Fi Squad’s top ten princesses of sci-fi and fantasy.
Whoops. Seven classic star wars characters who totally dropped the ball.
Of course it’s Ann Arbor. TFN found a Star Wars day camp.
Lucas Online is hiring! Pablo and Bonnie have been out and about urging folks to apply for the Project Web Developer job. One could certainly do worse…
This song by the Brobdingnagian Bards seem more than appropriate for a Friday evening/afternoon… (via) There’s a prequel version, too!
Both songs are available on iTunes: The original is from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, and the prequel is on Real Men Wear Kilts.
The term ‘fan fiction’ is one of the new additions to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Here’s their definition, according to the Associated Press:
Fan fiction (1944): stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet.
Other new words and phrases making the cut this year are ‘flash mob,’ ‘frenemy,’ ‘sock puppet,’ ‘vlog,’ and ‘webisode.’
The Indianapolis Fan Force chapter is throwing a fundraising breakfast for our pal Aaron Allston Saturday, August 15th – that’s during GenCon – at The Ram restaurant, not far from the convention center. Cost is $40 per ticket, with $20 coming back to the purchaser as a Ram gift certificate.
If you can’t make it and still want to help, don’t forget about the Aaron Allston Donation Fund.
This Mara Jade minifig is a custom creation of Andrew Becraft, aka Dunechaser, one of the contributors over at The Brothers Brick. (He has a Kyle Katarn, too.)
A look back at the early days of Industrial Light and Magic from A New Hope crew member David Berry. (via)
L.A. Weekly checks in with the progress of making ThinkGeek’s April Fools TaunTaun sleeping bag a reality. Thinkgeek PR guy Shane Peterman says:
We are definitely trying to make it in to an actual item to be sold on our site. As of right now, it’s still an “if,” but it’s turning in to more of a “when.” Things are looking pretty good, we just don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. There’s certainly been enough of a demand, both from customers and from those of us that work here. Right now, we’re aiming to have it available for the holidays, or at the latest, the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back next spring.
But what of Lucasfilm?
We’re still working with Lucas to get approval for a final design. Again, it’s looking good, we just can’t say too much right now since it’s still in the works.
Well, we’re patient.
No. No it is not. But it will be soon, and thus details about the con are coming thick on the ground. We got the general Star Wars event schedule earlier in the week, but now StarWars.com gives us Del Rey’s, including some signings and giveaways like a double-sided Fate of the Jedi/Deathtroopers poster, above. (Far more tempting is the possibility of getting free copies of The Essential Atlas, The Complete Vader and The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia)
Doyouloveanapple made these fantastic Mighty Mugg-based cakes for her partner’s birthday! They both feature homemade marshmallow fondant. (via)
