Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Now, we sometimes forget this in our pursuit of booze and parties, but GenCon is actually a gaming convention. Over at the TOS blogs, Sterling Hershey has the reports on the Star Wars and general RPG announcements.
For the EU fans, looks like WOTC will be making Legacy of the Force, Knights of the Old Republic, and The Force Unleashed minis.
Behind the Tantive IV corridor at Celebration Europe. Hopefully they can get something like that over here for the next Celebration!
Our good friends over at Star Wars Blog have captured some great pictures of Club Jade’s very own Rogue and Caitlin in their Star Wars costumes from Comic-Con.
Their entry in the Masquerade featured a send-up of DreamGirls called Rebel Dreams that won Lucasfilm’s Industry Award.
Congratulations!
I did not regret not going to Comic-Con until I heard this: They showed a Futurama trailer. Why is it not online? This is so unfair.
You changed the outcome by measuring it!
Trailers and such
It’s almost sorta kinda like really being there! Alas, looks like CIV took most of the wind out of these sails.
RebelScum reports that among their rebooted Evolution will be three sets that contain EU figures – Evolution of the Jedi will have a NJO Luke Skywalker, Evolution of the Sith (#2?) contains Darths Bane and Nihilus, and Evolution of the Fetts will have a Mandalore figure. (Looks like KOTOR era, but I could be wrong.)
Also, expect to see the the HttE and ESB Infinities Comic two packs on shelves in August, and the X-Wing pack (Hobbie! Fel!) in November, with wave 5 following in December.
Also spotted at Hasbro: Yoda & Kybuck, shirtless Anakin from the (first) Clone Wars cartoons; Darth Revan and Darth Malak from the KOTOR games and pre-cyborg Grievous and a McQuarrie concept Chewbacca.
Video of yesterday’s Indiana Jones broadcast from Comic-Con. Watch it before it’s gone! Or, watch an official behind the scenes video at the Indy site.
Zachary Quinto is young Spock. Meanwhile, Leonard Nimoy will reprise his role as original flavor Spock in scenes that will act as a framing device for the film.
Also…
Friday is Star Wars day, so keep your eye on the TOSblog and Flickr.
Breaking news out of Comic-Con: Marion Ravenwood will be back in Indy IV!
UPDATE: TOSblog has a transcript on the Indy presentation. Yes, it’s short – it was only a small part of the larger Paramount presentation.