Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Great news!
Patty of the LJ community Ewan_Playground (and if you’re not already a member, why not???) received an email from LWR HQ saying the show would see a North American release before Christmas.
The US will get the seven episode version while Canada will get the extended ten episode one.
It’s not listed yet, but you can probably get the Canadian version at Amazon Canada or at Chapters/Indigo.
Hooray! Thanks Patty!
The New York Times has a nice article on The George Lucas Educational Foundation, a charity founded by Lucas that encourages innovation in education.
George will also appear on the next season of The Apprentice (Donald Trump version) regarding some marketing for the Revenge of the Sith DVD release.
Thanks to Susan for the links!
British actor Michael Sheard, best known to Star Wars fans as Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back, has passed away of cancer at the age of 65. He also played Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and a U-Boat Captain in Raiders of the Lost Ark. His best-known role in the U.K. was as Mr. Bronson in the 80’s TV program Grange Hill.
Club Jade raises a Mustafar Meltdown in his memory.
The official site has coverage of George Lucas at the SIGGRAPH 2005, the digital arts conferance. There’s a full recording of his Keynote Q&A for Hyperspace members. He also addressed plans for the two television shows.
More coverage of the event:
– Life is too short for busy Lucas (Reuters)
Congratulations to former Hobbit Sean Astin and his wife Christine on the arrival of a new baby girl!
We at Club Jade a kinda partial to Sean as he signed an item for free for us during our last auction to benefit Reading is Fundamental.
Former Coronation Street star Sarah Lancashire will replace Jane Krakowski starting 5 December. No word yet on who will replace Ewan McGregor.
Wah! The end really is coming. If you’ve been debating whether or not to go, time to get serious about finding a cheap fare to London.
Liam Neeson is indeed voicing Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Disney confirmed it at Comic Con.
NarniaWeb reports that Liam Neeson could be the voice of Aslan in WETA’s adaption of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The source of the rumor is AICN and there’s no official proof, but with the film’s December release fast approaching there’s little doubt that someone must be filling the role. Neeson is as good a guess as any!
Mark Hamill (better known to many CJers as “the guy we fell in love with during the twin sunset scene) has given an interview to ShadowChroniclesNews.com, a RoboTech website.
In it, he discusses not only his upcoming work on the new RoboTech series, but geekdom and future projects, as well.
He’s going to be busy over the next couple of years!