Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The temptation! This wouldn’t normally be something we’d include on this page. But I just had to.
You have to acknowledge some amusement when SciFi hosts a contest in which you can die in an upcoming original SciFi movie (many of which have died in the ratings on more than one occasion or marked the death of many an acting career).
Go! Be a part of the Crappy Movie Hall of Fame!
You just can’t make this stuff up, folks.
Roto-Rooter is hosting an online sweepstakes to win the ultimate “Pimped Out John.”
You not only get a flat-panel TV and beer tap, but you get a Star Wars DVD with it. Really.
There are some guys you’d never get to leave their bathrooms!
Tomorrow is Carrie Fisher’s birthday! Let’s celebrate by making this week’s featured filk my favorite Leia filk from the archive! Yes, this one is the best, my absolute fav, a classic of our times, one which… :::clickclickclick::: yes, it’s here somewhere, I’m sure, this great homage, this wonderful…::click:: ::click:: ::clickclickclickclick!!!::
Are you kidding me? You mean to tell me we don’t have a single by or about Leia in the entire Club Jade Filk Archive??? No so much as an “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Brassy Gold Slave Girl Bikini” or a “Princess of Power”? How can this be?
Clearly this is an oversight that must be rectified immediately. Thus, I inaugurate the first ever Filk Friday Challenge: Princess Leia!
Write and post your best Leia-based filk in the comments here. It can be sung by or about her, but she must be central figure of the filk. Include your screenname, filk, and the song your filk is based on. All submissions are due by 11:59pm (PST) on Nov. 2, and will be added to the Archive (under the new category Readers, for non-CJers). The winner will receive my undying appreciation for filling this glaring whole in our collection as well as the honor of being the Featured Filk in two weeks (Nov 3). Readers are welcome to post comments and/or lobby for their favorites, but in the end, my opinion will be the sole judge of victory.
Bring forth the challengers!
Assuming it’s true, that is, and it looks likely. Spotted in the latest Insider by Acky12 at the NJOE boards:
Del Rey Asks Fans to Name the next Sith Lord
Besides being the ultimate bad guys, Vader, Sidious, Maul, and Bane have another thing in common: they all had to go through the ritual of shunning their identities to solidify their allegiance to the Sith order. A pivotal point in the career of any self-respecting Sith Lord is the adoption of his or her Darth title. If you’ve been reading the Legacy of the Force series of novels (and if not, why haven’t you?) then you know that – SPOILER ALERT, highlight to read – Jacen Solo is turning toward the dark side of the Force. The young Sith Lord is about to take the most definitive of steps by adopting a Darth moniker and Del Rey is sponsoring a contest in which readers get to choose the name of the newest Sith Lord in the Star Wars saga. Is it us, or is that pretty sweet? Details for the contest can be found at www.darthwho.com
Darthwho.com has been registered by Random House and currently redirects to Randomhouse.com.
Got the talent? Now’s your chance to prove it. The Art of Ralph McQuarrie website is holding a contest. Doug Chiang and McQuarrie himself will be among judges. (via TFN)
And our winner is… Adoration of the Jedi by Leah Mangue of Nerf Herders Anonymous!
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Our judges said: “Those Eopie would be the cutest things ever, except for the Vader-tater and his Evil Halo; A beautiful drawing. Especially like Windu’s tears!”
Make us a Star Wars themed nativity scene! Then send us pictures. The best one – as chosen by a crack panel assembled from the Club Jade mailing list – wins.
You can use pretty much any medium – a drawing, action figures, your pals from the 501st… We’re not picky.
Send us at least 3 but no more than 6 “high-res” (at least 600 pixels wide) quality JPGs of your entry. At least one must be a full shot of the scene, the rest can be closeups or details. Email your entries to simpletricks@gmail.com by December 15th, 2005.
Originality counts, so be as creative as you can. Remember, CJers love the bizarre.
RULES
1. The scene must contain at least 5 recognizable Star Wars characters. It doesn’t have to be all Star Wars characters, but they should be the main focus.
2. Only one version of each character may be used – you can have an Anakin or a Vader, not one of each. (Multiple Stormtroopers/Clonetroopers/Jawas and such are fine, but only one of each will count towards the 5 figure total. Yes, different kinds of troopers are fine.)
3. Pictures must be in focus. Mostly. We need to be able to tell who’s who.
4. Keep it at least PG-13.
5. Mind tricks don’t work on us. Only funny.
PRIZES
The first place winner will get a choice of $50 gift certificate to either Star Wars Shop or Amazon. First, second and third place winners (and maybe more) will get their entries posted to the Club Jade blog for all to admire.