Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have completed their amazing John O’ Groats, Scotland to Cape Agulhas, South Africa motorcycle journey. That’s some 15,000 miles in 85 days. And they’re still alive!
There will be a series! It’ll be airing on BBC Two in the fall. Hopefully the rest of the world will get it some time after that. And there are certain to be DVDs.
Intrepid travellers Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have made it to South Africa, the final border crossing on their three month trip from northern Scotland to southern Africa. Woot!
Standing next to the border sign, Ewan yells their destination.
‘Look where we’ve got to, look! ‘Welcome to South Africa’! We’re in South Africa, we made it! We made it all the way down from John O’ Groats to our last border crossing into South Africa. Well done mate!’
‘Well done,’ replies Charley. ‘It’s been an incredible journey really. It’s just, fourteen countries!’
Don’t miss the video to the right of the pictures, where they literally skip to the border.
We here at Club Jade always appreciate a fine piece of parody, and Maya comes through with a sidesplitting take on the “Order of the Phoenix” film. Click for a whole new world of “HELL NO.” (You’ll see.) No “Deathly Hallows” spoilers, but as most spoilerphobes are probably aware, there are no guarantees when it comes to the comments, so tread carefully.
One of our own recently had a wonderful essay published in the Time Argus about having grown up along side Harry Potter. (There are no spoilers in this article.)
Kudos, Caroline!
And passed the halfway mark yesterday in their epic Long Way Down motorcycle journey from John O-Groats, Scotland to Cape Agulhas, South Africa.
They are currently in Iganga, Uganda and are having a lovely time visiting with the elephants.
Did I mention they are still alive?
“Guys and Dolls” seems to be in good hands with newcomers Sarah Lancashire and Nigel Harman receiving generally good reviews.
Harman admits that taking over for McGregor left him with “big shoes to fill”:
“He (McGregor) wrote me a note on my mirror which I kept on there which said ‘brother Harman, you’re dice’, which is kind of a variation of a line from the show which is brilliant,” he said.
The play is currently taking bookings through September 2006.
The Man. The myth. The unfortunately not all that attractive 12″ General Kenobi action figure.
His costume looks great though. Wish we could preview his boots!
He can be pre-ordered at SideShow.
Thanks to Amberlee for the find!
Browncoats will close on January 6, 2006.
An email to members reads:
Browncoats,
We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty!
Serenity was the #1 DVD upon its release! This was a huge success that would not have happened without the support and dedication of The Browncoats. On behalf or Universal, I would like to thank you all for everything you have done to promote Serenity.
It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that on January 6, 2006, The Browncoats will shut down. We have had some wonderful times over these 19 months: met people from around the world, had interesting discussions about Serenity and every topic under the sun on the message boards, had lots of laughs (
Ewan McGregor has spent five days in Malawi in his capacity as Unicef ambassador visiting children whose lives had been affected by HIV/AIDS.
The motorcycle trip from John O’Groats to Cape Town is still on and further visits to support Unicef are in the plans.
A great find from Deet:
Many of you may be familiar with the idea of a wiki. It’s an open-source, community-driven and produced encyclopedia-like site that draws on the knowledge of the general public. The most prevalent example is the Wikipedia, a site which not only has become a go-to starting point for information seekers but has also evolved into a great source for news.
Well there is now a wiki-powered resource for all things Star Wars. The Wookieepedia (an excellent name) is your all-inclusive site for everything you might need to know. All aspects of the Star Wars universe are covered, from the movies, the novels and even the Marvel Comics series. One of the great things about wikis is their power to connect events, and in the case of Star Wars that’s a great thing to have at your hands. An event from a recent book might have been related to something that happened in a comic book years ago. The events might not connect to you, but someone here has it covered.
Source: Cinematical & wookies pic, dragondrop.org