Or a $4.95 Jedi Knight certificate from the Universal Life Church. Your choice.
Not as clumsy or random as a PC
Rerelease hoedown
Begun, this format war has… More thoughts on the OOT DVD transfer issue from The Digital Bits.
TFN has a report of The Phantom Menace in 3-D. Either that’s a very good sign (The entire saga in 3-D! See them all!) or very bad (The prequel trilogy gets 3-Ded first. Not enough of a draw for this fan, sorry. Unless it happens around a con.) Or, given what’s said by George Lucas, TPM was just the pitch and the article screws it up, since all the other reports are saying A New Hope is first up…
From the Blogside
Star Wars Blogs turned one this week!
Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi considers the changes made to the original trilogy.
Darth Vader is immersed in Da Vader Code.
BlueMilk has some thoughts on the dark side of Star Wars fandom.
EvilDarthBear consider the feasibility of the Old Republic Senate.
Diviner525’s impressions of Dark Lord.
RyanKaufman explores Jar-Jar, Anakin and the Will of the Force.
MPAA strikes back at Detroit Comic Con
According to Comics Worth Reading and Mark Evanier, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) brought the law to Motor City Comic Con today and shut down dealers selling bootlegged material. Ten years ago, when I first attended the con, there was one video booth. Last time I went – about six or seven years ago, just as DVDs were becoming mainstream – I remember there being about half a dozen booths with bootlegged VHS and DVDs. I’m sure the number has grown – Comics Worth Reading is saying 25 booths.
ETA: The MPAA showed up Friday, not Saturday – Report and pictures from Comic Buyer’s Guide. Looks like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was there as well.
The Da Lucas Code
Luke Skywalker: He’s like Jesus, in a way.
Start your engines
Preorder the OOT DVDs from StarWarsShop. Price is $59.99 for all three. Deal!
Also, Lucasfilm shirts.
Video Saturday
You must watch Ten Things I Hate About Commandments. Not Star Wars, but you know you can’t resist.
R2’s being a bad bad boy in this anti-smoking PSA.
Cooking with the Emperor. Who knew the Sith were so versatile?
Alderaan shoots first. Kind of dumb, but it made me smile.
Classic Clip: Troops
Dastardly!
Cracktastic Revenge of the Sith synopsis! Highly selective but so unabashedly adorable I could not resist.
Star Wars Week(s)
May 16th, 2002 was the day Attack of the Clones was released. Meanwhile today, the 19th, is the anniversary of The Phantom Menace (1999) and Revenge of the Sith (2005.)
On Sunday the 21st, fandom celebrates the 26th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, and Thursday the 25th is the 29th anniversary of A New Hope and the 23rd of Return of the Jedi.