Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The New York Times has a nice article on The George Lucas Educational Foundation, a charity founded by Lucas that encourages innovation in education.
George will also appear on the next season of The Apprentice (Donald Trump version) regarding some marketing for the Revenge of the Sith DVD release.
Thanks to Susan for the links!
The second book in the Legacy of the Force series is Bloodlines by Karen Traviss. Sue Rostoni posted the info in her blog yesterday.
Legacy of the Force is the nine-book series that leads us into the ‘Legacy’ era, which takes place after the NJO and Dark Nest. We don’t know much about it, aside from what can be drawn from the titles, but we do know Boba Fett will be involved in (at least) Traviss’ portion. Check the coverage of the Legacy C3 Panel for more on ther series as a whole.
I was more than a little surprised that the Tori Amos Star Wars concert info ended up on TFN, since I never even considered blogging it… The Dent being as un-TFNy as a fansite can possibly get – but it’s amusing that it did. Pictures from the concert even ended up on Pink is the New Blog – scroll past Britney and Paris and look for the 5 year-old in the Amidala costume. Fuzzy, but cute. Someone on the Tori LJ community has pics, too.
It’s just been one thing after another for V for Vendetta: Now the release date has been moved back a second time to March. By the time this movie comes out, Natalie Portman may actually have hair.
Star Trek may not be actually dead. Again: Stake. Heart. Plunge. Rinse with holy water. Repeat.
Steve Spielberg’s next project is When Worlds Collide, which sounds like an Armageddon retread. Spielberg being Spielberg, it should turn out okay if Ben Affleck and Aerosmith are kept far, far away.
Jessica Alba is not Jeannie. (As in I Dream of.) Instead, she’s starring in a movie called The Wake with Sigourney Weaver and Hayden Chistensen. Classic TV fans breathe a sign of relief… I mean, do we really need a remake of I Dream of Jeannie in this day and age? Did Nicole Kidman’s Bewitched teach us nothing?
British actor Michael Sheard, best known to Star Wars fans as Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back, has passed away of cancer at the age of 65. He also played Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and a U-Boat Captain in Raiders of the Lost Ark. His best-known role in the U.K. was as Mr. Bronson in the 80’s TV program Grange Hill.
Club Jade raises a Mustafar Meltdown in his memory.
Revenge of the Sith is the first major film that won’t be coming out in VHS – only a DVD version will be available. Mourning? (Why?) Here’s a Requiem for VHS. Good riddance, I say.
Lucas Licensing is toning down the packaging look for next year – the eye-searing lava and flames motif is being replaced by images of Mustafar from afar. Darth Vader, of course, remains.
Worth1000.com’s Mate a Movie Photoshop contest is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week. There’s a few duds, of course, but it’s hard to beat “Raylien,” “Freaky Friday the 13th,” “Dirty Harry Potter,” and “House of Flying Robots.” Perhaps the geekiest offering is “Office Space Balls,” narrowly beating out “Saving the Life of Brian.” (Via Posterwire)
The Church of Waru. There are people on TFN who have a sense of humor! A hundred and thirty five pages worth! Okay, so it’s mostly a chat thread… Still! Praise Waru!
LFL names Hewlett-Packard their ‘preferred technology provider.’ They’ll be using HP tech for digital storage and to produce video games and effects.
Although marketing is mentioned briefly, there’s no word yet if this will lead to any kind of product tie-ins. Not that we wouldn’t mind Star Wars-themed paper products, hint hint.