Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Fan Club races are for amateurs, so The Dark Moose declares himself Emperor. As the Emperor’s Hoof, it is my duty to beat you all until you accept his Divine Grace. Or, you know, not.
Sarnjasra looks at A New Hope with You’re All Clear, Kid.
Rynne has some thoughts on angst.
Diviner525 considers the paradox of loyalty in Revenge of the Sith.
Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi takes a hard look at the ‘Chosen One’ prophecy.
Kenobi-fan is annoyed by clones (and cilantro) and wonders why.
I don’t generally post non-humorous fan art, but there’s a fresh face in Darth Artsy, Jackieocean, and she’s posted three fantastic pieces – portraits of young Obi-Wan, Han, and Luke. See more (including some familiar faces from Lost and Serenity) at her deviantART gallery and sketch blog.
Atom films is pimping the ten most downloaded Fan Film Award winners. Looks like the submission deadline for the 2006 contest is approaching fast…
The case filed by Ghyslain Raza, who gained internet fame has the Star Wars Kid, and his parents has been settled with the families of three former schoolmates they were suing for cyber-bullying. The trial was set to begin on Monday.
Adult Swim wants more women viewers. Well, I love Harvey Birdman, The Venture Brothers, The Boondocks, and Robot Chicken, but they lost me with the last crop of subpar shows. Tom Goes to the Mayor? Squidbillies? 12 Ounce Mouse? I’ve read grocery lists with more laughs.
Sticking Futurama in the new 10:30 weekday slot was a great start, though. Chicks love Futurama. At least, I do.
The custom t-shirt maker at StarWarsShop has been around for a while now, but it’s been updated with a ton of new images and the ability to choose colors and add words and phrases. Pretty neat!
Surrounded by idiots? Irrational fanpersons? Internet lawyers? People who use terms like ‘true fan’ seriously? Don’t despair: try playing internet argument losing bingo! (via Karen Traviss)
Here’s your weekly Lost link: The Lostpedia, a fan wiki that’ll keep you up on the latest goings-on on show.
As we reported earlier, Lucasfilm is running a recruiting contest for the next Star Wars Fan Club president. Whoever gets the most referrals from people signing or renewing Hyperspace wins. The winner gets to be Fan Club president and an expense-paid trip to San Diego Comic-Con International, among other things.
It looks like it’s between Dustin Roberts and Tom ‘Uscwannabe’ Costabile. According to the leaderboard, Costabile is currently in the lead, having 29 bounties to Robert’s 26.
Costabile’s lead is all the more impressive since he doesn’t have two major fansites pimping him out several times a day. Or maybe Rebelscum and TFN readers are so annoyed with the Roberts news-flood they’re throwing votes to the competition? Hmm…
Two articles on genre fiction from Publisher’s Weeky: Too Geeky for Its Own Good? looks at science fiction and Fantasy Goes Literary is about – duh – the mainstreaming of fantasy. (via Galleycat)