Star Wars belt buckles, from Hot Topic. Your choice of Vader, Fett, or stormtrooper.
Jim Baen, 1943-2006
Publisher Jim Baen passed away yesterday. Author David Drake has written an appreciation of his life and career.
He’s also remembered fondly by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Cory Doctorow and many more.
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Do we really need MTV to tell us that the secret to franchise success is die-hard fans?
Still less weird than black velvet paintings
Tattoos have always kind of creeped me out, but those of you not so encumbered might enjoy the impressive collection of Star Wars tattoo photos at Tattoos and Toys. (via Boing Boing)
Spiderman bartends. In the dark.
It was only a matter of time, I guess: Spiderman 3 teaser trailer.
Indy 4 rumor mongering
AskMen.com’s 5 Things You Didn
Licensing love
Star Wars is Overall Best License of the Year, according to the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association.
Legacy #1 chat transcript
The Legacy chat last night was a success. Artist Jan Duursema attended and answered questions from a very continuity-minded crowd.
Video Monday
The carbon freezing sequence from Empire Strikes Back done entirely with action figures. Pretty impressive, though the synthesizer soundtrack makes me think more of The X-Files than Star Wars.
The Holy Sith is scenes from Revenge of the Sith with dialogue from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Because we were all thinking it anyway.
Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech, because we need more reasons to love the man.
Ryan Cartwright wonders what it would be like to be Hayden Christensen.
– Pong Wars!
– ‘1979’ ESB trailer
– Drawing Mr. Vader
– POTC, with lightsabers
– ‘Jarth Mader’ on The Chappelle Show
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Keith Richards to appear the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Anyone surprised? Anyone?