His response to the latest Firefly/Serenity rumor is way better than the actual rumor.
Oh, and there’s some stuff about Wonder Woman, too.
Interview with Steve
Steve Sansweet talks to MovieWeb. Mostly what we’ve heard before, but there are some details about the Star Wars TV shows I don’t think I’ve heard yet.
George the Disrupter
More on George Lucas in Washington from the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and McClatchy Newspapers.
No Indy for C4
The Indiana Convention Center is all booked up for May 2007, with no Celebration in sight. There’s nothing Star Wars looking on the Las Vegas Convention calendar for spring/summer 2007 either. The rumor mill is guessing pretty much every major California city, as well as more central locations like St. Louis and Texas. (Texas??)
In any case, best start saving now for airfare. Just in case.
Lustful Wookiees!
Mal and Starbuck: They fight crime!
Not so, I lie! Instead, Nathan Fillion (Serenity) has signed and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) is in negotiations to star in White Noise 2: The Light. Now, did anyone actually see the original White Noise? (via Cinematical)
ILM receives National Medal of Technology
President Bush awarded the National Medal of Technology to Industrial Light & Magic today. George Lucas and ILM president Chrissie England were on hand to accept the honor.
ETA: AP article on the event, via Lucas Online.
But what’s up with the earring?
We’ve been sadly lacking in Harrison Ford coverage, mainly because most of what I’ve seen is stuff panning his new movie, Air Force One in a Bank or whatever it’s called, and I really don’t see anyone but ultra crazy Ford fans going to see that. (And yes, I know you’re out there, but how far does one take ‘genre’ anyway?)
Anyway to make up for the lack, here’s a quote from Ford on why he doesn’t discuss politics in public, along with pictures from the premiere of… erm… Firewall.
Convention updates
AICN reports from WonderCon. Not much news, but confirmation that Celebration 4 is still in consideration for 2007.
Of more interest may be RebelScum’s coverage of Toy Fair – they have galleries of many of the new toys coming out, including Gentle Giant’s super cool Star Wars Animated line, which are original trilogy figures done in the style of the Clone Wars cartoon. The chioces are a little odd – Vader, Leia, Boba Fett, and… an Ithorian?
It also appears there’s a Mara Jade mini-bust coming out, the first Mara figure over an inch tall since the POTF2 figure back in ’98.
Starwars.com Roundup
Our cup runneth over today…
If you’re a paid-up Hyperspace member you can become President of the Star Wars Fan Club by being really, really annoying. I annoy through blogging. Should I just link to all Hyperspace articles from now on? The username’s D-A-R-K S-P-O-R-K.
Of use to those with artistic talent are portfolio review tips from Lucas Licensing Art Director Troy Alders.
For the collectors, a preview of new stuff from Hasbro.
And gamers are no doubt having fits over the official announcment of LEGO Star Wars II. I just want old-fashioned non-digital solid LEGOs. Is that so wrong?