Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The interactive Harry Potter website Pottermore, announced in June, has finished enrolling its last beta testers.
I somehow lucked out on hitting the site when one of the Magical Quill qualifying rounds opened. This method involved having the hopeful answer a trivia question and then head to another webpage to find the magical quill. Click on it in time and you’re in! Continue reading “Review: Pottermore needs more… servers”
Every year, the publishers try to come out with fun books that the long-suffering relative of a Star Wars fan can grab as a nifty gift. Since the holiday shopping season starts earlier and earlier each year, it’s no surprise that you can start getting a few of them right now.
How to Speak Wookiee is a really cute board book with sound board. You get a Wookiee-shaped sound board with ten phrases that you can use to get on everyone’s nerves by playing them over and over. The illustrations by JAke are adorably cute with lots of funny details. And the write-ups by Wu Kee Smith made me laugh out loud. Knowing bookstores, they’re probably lurking in the childrens’ section, but it’s worth the hunt.
Darth Paper Strikes Back is the follow-up to the surprise hit The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. The adventures of our intrepid middle school students (from Ralph McQuarrie Middle School) continue with a case study of Dwight’s suspension from school, as told by various witnesses. Adults should not blow off this book because it’s set in middle school. It’s very cleverly written. Always funny. And it will have you hurtling back to your own middle school days in no time. (Okay. Maybe that’s not really selling this.)
The Jedi Path has been released in book form without the nifty bells and whistles of the “vault” presentation box and its various trinkets. But you really don’t need the extras. This book is really well done, with a nice combination of serious background information and hilarious written notes from its various owners over the years. If you missed the high-end one, don’t miss this one!
It’s just the beginning of the onslaught. And while you’re there, don’t forget your Star Wars calendars!
The Star Trek franchise has been off the television air since 2005. (Dang, really?) After a few ideas that seem to have died on the vine, there’s a producer developing a new Star Trek series for television that is at least talking a good talk by showing up at the annual Creation Star Trek Las Vegas Convention to pitch his idea to the fans.
David Foster (of 1947 Entertainment and not music-producer fame) is proposing a series set post-Voyager. And we have the “younger and edgier” line, but combined with staying true to Gene’s vision.
He does have experience working the fan base, having gotten folks worked up about his project with Richard Hatch on his Battlestar Galactica reboot trailer. But there doesn’t seem to be much beyond that on his resume.
Still. Stranger things have happened. If he manages to hook up with a seasoned Hollywood commodity, enthusiasm could get Star Trek back on the air. (Maybe?)
After Twitter exploded with rage that Eureka was being cancelled last week, The Wrestling Channel SyFy announced that they were giving them six episodes to wrap up the series, next year. Apparently, they have now changed their minds.
Wil Wheaton, who has been playing the hilariously petty Dr. Parrish on the show, wrote up his reaction on his blog. And here’s a round-up of the fan and cast reactions.
After the way they played Stargate fans, you’d think SyFy would have learned how to better break up with a show.
As you have hopefully already heard, Mark Hamill will be guesting on Chuck next season.
During a break in filming, Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez indulged every fan’s dream by getting Mark to go back to his old Jedi ways. Sweet!
Sensing the gap coming up after Harry Potter and Twilight, Entertainment Weekly is now starting its push to be the central place for all things Hunger Games with initial stills from the film and several upcoming covers – including our first look at Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson as Gale and Peeta.
I’m okay with that.
In the meantime, go pick up those books. They are most awesome.
Lucasfilm had one of those up and down days in the UK courts.
They lost their appeal of a prior rejection in the UK courts against Andrew Ainsworth and his stormtrooper helmet replicas. In short, the stormtrooper helmets were considered to be utilitarian and not artistic (since they were used as a costume for a movie), so the “antiquated” UK copyright laws did not apply.
But, on the upside, Bloomberg says that this has established that companies can sue to enforce copyrights held in other countries. Corporate lawyers everywhere rejoice.
In order to get over our depression celebrate the awesomeness that was Stargate (well, most of the time), GateWorld is starting up the Stargate Rewatch project in which the community works its way through every single Stargate episode as a group.
As a sort of practice run, they are doing a community viewing of the Stargate movie that started it all, this week.
So dry off your tear-soaked DVDs and start reliving the fun and agony that was Stargate with your fellow fans.
The final Harry Potter cast got together for a photo call as the premiere festivities get underway.
This will give the fans camping out something to look at to pass the time.
With coverage on Today, little Princess Leah Esquenazi is getting a lot more attention than just from Star Wars fans.
What started as word of mouth with Star Wars fans through a Facebook page and other online presences like the 501st, Artoo-Katee and even Steve Sansweet, has turned into nearly $20,000, a fundraiser raffle and lots of guesses to try and help this little baby with the mysterious illness that is affecting her muscles and breathing.
Her family is keeping everyone updated through a blog and are trying to stay positive.
If you are so inclined to help the family with a donation, there is a donation function on the web page.