Cracktastic Revenge of the Sith synopsis! Highly selective but so unabashedly adorable I could not resist.
And the Overdoing Fandom Award goes to…
Goreans are old hat in SF fandom; I remember reading this article in Salon years ago.
Well, at least it’s not on Amazon
Matt Ruff, a juror for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, recently posted the long list of nominees for the award. On the list is a Harry Potter/CSI fanfic, Emily Brunson’s Arcana. And the cherry on this sundae? It’s Snape/Stokes MPREG. The story didn’t win, or even make the shortlist, but naturally, chaos insues.
Author Elizabeth Bear comments and the posts turns into yet another debate on fanfic legitimacy – and again. More takes from Cathexy, Coffeeandink, and Ruff himself.
West Coast fans get together at Disneyland
The Orange County Star Wars Society is holding their Second Annual Star Wars Fan Day on June 25th. (via TFN)
From the Blogside
Today is George Lucas’ birthday!
David Louis Edelman follows up the ESB post I linked last week with his tale of going to see Return of the Jedi.
Pandarus writes in defence of fan fiction. Meanwhile, Hal Duncan has some thoughts on how creators and fanfic writers see the phenomenon.
Stella Belli asks who (or what) is Mary Sue?
The Dark Moose considers the curious workings of the Lucas Edit Machine and the OOT release.
Meanwhile, in the realm of VIPs…
Abel G. Pena on the art of naming Darths.
Don Bies meets Tom Cruise.
One day left in the fan club race
Tom ‘Uscwannabe’ Costabile still in the lead, with 227 bounties to Dustin Roberts’ 156. Tomorrow is the last day in the promotion, and it’s come to my attention that both candidates have done podcast interviews with the Star Wars En Direct. Costabile’s is available in their archives, and TFN has the direct link to a short talk with Roberts.
It’s rough, and it gets everywhere…
TFN reports on a very impressive Star Wars themed sand sculpture. I hope they can bring these guys to C4. (Assuming there is a C4.)
Internet famous
The Star Wars: Musical Edition is mentioned in a How Stuff Works article on How Science Fiction Musicals Work!
Another unauthorized Star Wars tee
Why isn’t Lucasfilm snapping these freelancers up? After the whole Lori Jareo brouhaha, I’ve realized that maybe I shouldn’t be quite so nonchalant about this kind of thing, but… These shirts are awesome, far better than anything I’ve actually seen come out officially. (Yes, they’re trying, but I’m not really feeling the graphics at all.) The Urban Outfitter tees are close, but it seems like they’re trying too hard. You don’t need miles of text, or even a brief snappy caption. Just… simplicity.
It’s not like there’s not precedent – how many fan artists has LFL picked up over the years? Honestly, I don’t know. I’m sure there are contracts and exclusivity deals along the line somewhere. I just hate seeing awesome SW tees hovering in limbo.