Ole Miss’ Admiral Ackbar mascot campaign gets some love (and resolution?) in this ESPN commercial. (via) Check below the cut for the extended version: Continue reading “Video: “Maybe it was just too perfect””
Monday morning filk: Midichlorian Rhapsody
DBSW dug this up: A filk by Jeff & Maya Bohnhoff. Hey!
The United States of Star Wars
Rogue Leader on Tumblr created a map that corroponds each of the United States to a planet from Star Wars. It didn’t take long for a few objections to spring up on Twitter, but I must admit I get a huge kick out of Michigan being Kuat. (via)
Star Wars: Uncut wins Creative Arts Emmy
The Emmys are tonight, but in this corner of the internet the biggest winner has already been announced: Star Wars: Uncut was named the Emmy winner for Interactive Fiction at last weekend’s Creative Arts awards. (A story even made the front of the Arts section of the New York Times.) Even Lucasfilm is down with the fan film’s success:
Lucasfilm said in a statement Friday that “we are really pleased that they won an Emmy for their efforts” and that its long-time partner for fan productions, Atom Films, is in talks with the producers. Atom holds an annual Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge, which culminates in screenings of winning films on the Spike channel, and “we hope that some day ‘Star Wars Uncut’ can air on Spike,” Lucasfilm said.
Also winning last week was Robot Chicken, which took home the Emmy for Short Form Animated Program.
Monday morning video: Blackstar Warrior
Dear George Lucas: I would watch this TV show. Make it so.
Celebration V roundup: Less than a week to go!
The schedule appears pretty much complete, and the good news is that the the Main Event looks to be taking up every screen in the place.
StarWars.com is posting some handy guides based on your Star Wars foci. So far: Movie fans, Costuming and clothing, Builders/Makers and Engineers, art and art lovers and The Clone Wars.
(No EU yet, but the signing schedule for authors is up!)
- I gotta admit I’m getting a huge kick out of the Starspeeder 1000 exclusive.
- The Family Room is back.
- There are only a handful of days left to pre-order tickets to TheForce.Net’s CV party. It’s Thursday night, and Jaders will be there! Plus actual names like Aaron Allston, Troy Denning and more. TFN’s ForceCast will also be doing three live shows from the con.
- And in other fansite news, EU Cantina is giving away a four-day pass.
I fly out Tuesday and I haven’t done a damn thing. Eek! But we will have swag: More on that later! In the meantime, head over to Facebook and tell us what your most-wanted item is.
And the rest: Game of Thrones, #Wookieeleaks, Legend of Korra and more…
A familiar face joins HBO’s Game of Thrones. Julian Glover, who you’ll remember as General Veers from Empire Strikes Back and Walter Donovan from his face-melting turn in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, has joined the cast of HBO’s adaption as Grand Maester Pycelle. He replaces Roy Dotrice, who had to step out for health reasons.
Torn from the headlines. NPR gives some love to #Wookieeleaks, the hashtag that took Twitter by storm last week.
Airbender successor series won’t be ongoing. UGO snatched some time with co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko at SDCC to bend a few new details on the upcoming Legend of Korra. Chief among them: It’s mini-series. But that does mean that DiMartino and Konietzko are writing each episode. This has done very little to temper my excitement. Maybe because I keep running into stuff like this.
Your moment of zen. Kate Beaton has produced the best Wolverine comic ever.
Video: Artoo at the hospital
Paul Bussiere’s R2-D2 is a regular visitor to the children’s hospital in Bangor, Maine
‘Darth Vader’ robs bank; The Empire responds
A man dressed as Darth Vader robbed a Long Island bank on Thursday. The Empire’s response, via DeathStarPR:
The Galactic Empire categorically and emphatically denies Lord Vader’s involvement in the alleged robbery and quite frankly, we find these allegations offensive. Several reliable witnesses can confirm that at the time of the robbery, Darth Vader was busy brutally murdering a Jedi cell in a galaxy far, far away.
They go on to use “Darth Vader’s’ fashion choices as proof. However, Darth Vader claims he is at Comic-Con. What is the real story? Stay tuned…
UPDATE: Chad also denys.
Stormtroopers get spotlight in the runup to San Diego
With Celebration V coming up fast, it’s easy to forget about this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con – at least for those of us who aren’t attending. So it’s nice to see the 501st get some mainstream love.
(Also at San Diego: Some new Clone Wars characters. Also, aprons.)