Through a series of various odd Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-style coincidences, the author of 1982’s The Jedi Master’s Quizbook has been rediscovered by the folks at StarWars.com, and they’ve got a feature up for the occasion.
John Knoll at TED 2008
Boing Boing’s Mark Frauenfelder blogged briefly from a presentation the ILM VFX Supervisor gave at the TED conference yesterday in California. (via)
30 under 30, the ladies
There are a lot more familiar faces in Entertainment Weekly’s under 30 actress roundup than there were for the men, including Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, Kristen Bell, Katee Sackoff, Emma Watson and Summer Glau.
Jim Marquand to direct live-action episodes?
Jim Marquand, son of Return of the Jedi director Richard Marquand, was asked by George to direct some episodes of the live-action TV show, says the Liverpool Daily Post. (via)
In the news: Fanboys resistance, Windham speaks, George goes hip-hop, Sidi Driss listed
- Fanboys: The Stop Darth Weinstein campaign gets some mainstream coverage in the New York Post, Vanity Fair’s VF Daily blog, and The Daily Telegraph.
- Events: Author Ryder Windham speaks in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
- People George Lucas at …the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network awards? (Girlfriend Mellody Hobson was being honored.)
- Places: Tunisia’s Sidi Driss is among USA Today’s 10 great places to check into movie-hotel history.
Eye Candy: EW’s 30 under 30
Hayden Christensen, Shia LeBouf and Daniel Radcliffe are among Entertainment Weekly‘s 30 under 30. I assume the actresses are waiting in the wings…
In the News: TFU, People, Merchandise
San Francisco Chronicle on The Force Unleashed. They also feature Ray Harryhausen, who is awesome. (Star Wars content, not that you should care: Quotes from Dennis Muren, lots of ILM mentions.)
- People: MSNBC counts down Natalie Portman’s coolness, Seth Green talks about Robot Chicken: Star Wars.
- What? We hate Moby? Apparently he got a lot of flack from Star Wars fans while dating Natalie Portman. But he’s the only person I’ve ever seen on Cribs with actual books! (Okay, him and Hanson. I know, right?)
- Toy Fair leftovers: Variety looks at high-end toys.
Video: Harrison Ford’s Barbara Walters interview
Supposedly the special is playing on ABC’s site, but I can’t get anything there but commercials and promos. And people wonder why Youtube is so popular?
Talking with an effects legend
Lightsabre concluded their interview with Dennis Muren this week!
And the Oscar goes to…
The Golden Compass took the VFX Oscar. Sorry, ILM. Needless to say, that was pretty much the only genre win of the night, but you can check out the rest of the winners at Oscar.com.