The episode guide says something about “undead warriors.” Death Troopers, what have you wrought? (Also, Lumiya.) Meanwhile, Underwire has a peek behind the scenes at at Lucasfilm Animation.
TGIF with the EXTREME DAGOBAH tourism ad
Warning: Some language. If the crazies who make those toy commercials that air during The Clone Wars made slightly NSFW tourism videos instead, I bet they would look something like this… (via)
Is Twilight actually Star Wars for girls? Probably not.
In this corner of cyberspace, I feel pretty safe in saying that Star Wars is Star Wars for girls. (Well, sometimes.) But the New York Post does have some points – granted, a bit inflated points, but still, points. (Harry Potter fans must be so relieved that the buck has finally passed.) And it’s hard to deny at this point that Twilight isn’t a game-changer, and if Fandango and Nikki Finke are onto something, we might be seeing the requisite record-breaking ticket sales, too. In any case, it’s too soon to say – ruling a box office is one thing, but still being relevant thirty years on? That takes some doing, particularly when your audience is full of fickle teenagers.
Still, for those of us who find the appeal of Twilight puzzling, it’s nice to know that there are some parents out there at least a little wary of letting their daughters see a movie where a girl throws herself over a cliff over some guy with glitter issues.
UPDATE: Finke is now saying that New Moon did Dark Knight numbers for the midnight release. This will certainly be interesting…
The Clone Wars review: ‘Weapons Factory’
So we’re sticking around Geonosis for a while, huh? I suppose it makes sense. Season 1 included a little virus-fueled trip to Naboo, and now that we’re in Season 2, it’s time to mine those Attack of the Clones locales. At this rate, the Ewoks will show up in Season 6, in what will be billed as their triumphant return to animation. Yub nub, Cartoon Network. Yub nub. Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Weapons Factory’”
Star Trek: We “Khan’t” tell you if Khan will be next
Poor JJ Abrams. They finally release the latest Star Trek on DVD (which totally rocks, by the way) and people are already pestering him about the next one.
Bottom line, no decisions have been made as to what will be pulled upon next. So let’s not anticipate Khan before his time. And JJ won’t commit to directing (sometime in 2012) until he sees a script. Way too long to wait, people.
The fandom minute: New Moon takes Sith to its knees
Oh, it’s on now, sparkles. Fandango’s advance ticket sales for New Moon, the second Twilight movie, have surpassed Revenge of the Sith’s record. I am resisting so many choking vs. c-section jokes right now, but mostly just thankful it wasn’t Transformers.
Oh honey, no. Someone decided that yesterday was World Wide Wookiee Life Day. Here concludes my obligatory mention of the Holiday Special for the season. Call me when Santa Maul wakes up, okay? (via)
Phone stuffs. A Trench Run game is now available in the iTunes store priced at $4.99 for those with compatible devices. (The lightsaber app is still free.) Meanwhile, those who possess a lesser device an LG Arena KM900 can get some custom Star Wars stuff, including a ringtone.
List. Star Wars is the indisputable champion of Geekdad’s top ten bad messages from good movies, at least if you don’t count Disney as a single entity.
At random. Yoda in the form of the new Twitter default icon.
Crosscurrent excerpt at Paul S. Kemp’s blog
It’s fairly length, so head on over to his Livejournal to read it. Crosscurrent is due out in January.
Out this week: KOTOR, Insider
Wednesday brings Knights of the Old Republic #47, but also keep your eyes open for a ‘Special Edition’ of Star Wars Insider.
Video: The tauntaun costume to end all tauntaun costumes
Now that is dedication. Anyone will to walk around in stilts after a couple of beers has my respect.
Yahoo’s Star Wars site to fade out soon
Get ready to say goodbye to starwars.yahoo.com, the GFFA outpost founded back to 2007 to… Uh, we’re not sure, exactly. In any case, the URL will redirect to StarWars.com as of December 15, 2009. (via)