Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Really, io9? Really? Is there so little actual news in the entire world of science fiction and fantasy today that you had to dig up some news from December and try to spin it to be about the live-action series? Really? Here’s a hint: It isn’t.
On the other hand, thanks for the laugh. I needed that.
Pixar’s Up took Best Animated Feature last night at the Annie Awards. And while it might not be worth a mention from The Hollywood Reporter, Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 nabbed Best Animated Short Subject. Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder was named Best Home Entertainment Production.
The Clone Wars’ Kevin Kiner was up for Music in a Television Production, but that honor went to The Fairly OddParents
Check out the complete list of winners at annieawards.org
The Jedi Temple Archives has what appears to be a Hasbro marketing calender that places a “TV Movie Event” in September. Best guess? The basic cable (broadcast?) premiere of the original The Clone Wars movie.
I asked the collective intelligence of Twitter, and (hat tip to @RyanPom and @MandyBu) we’re pretty sure that The Clone Wars never got a run on premium cable here in the U.S., which could make this the first airing on TV, period. Emphasis on could, of course, since there’s always the slim chance they’re making another full-length ‘feature’ to launch S3…
Tune into Comedy Central this evening to see the Maker chat up George Lucas’s Blockbusting with Jon Stewart. I wouldn’t count on any lightsaber battles, alas.
It’s getting to be that time again… StarWars.com posted their own mammoth Best of 2009 this morning. Below is my personal list. Since it is personal, it’s clearly missing some things. (As always, I don’t speak for all of Club Jade. I just post a lot.) So let’s get to it: Continue reading “Dunc’s top ten Star Wars events of 2009”
Here in the U.S., Spike is celebrating the holidays with a Star Wars marathon as well: Prequels today, original trilogy tomorrow.
The second installment of Family Guy‘s retelling of the Star Wars saga comes out today on DVD and Blu-Ray (bypassing a TV broadcast). Entitled ‘Something Something Something Dark Side’, the Griffin family slips back into their Star Wars roles to retell The Empire Strikes Back. Does Darth Vader (Stewie) tell Luke (Chris) that he’s his father, or his brother?
“Now, this doesn’t have as many of those insightful moments as the “Blue Harvest,” nor is it as funny as the “Robot Chicken: Star Wars” episodes, but that isn’t to say you shouldn’t get this if you love either “Family Guy” or “Star Wars.” Especially since, at the moment, there are no plans to air this on TV (and even if they did, it would be without some of the best lines, if you know what I mean).”
So, need a last minute Christmas present for the Family Guy or Star Wars fan? This might be a winner!
Three comics out in a holiday week? Stranger things have happened, I suppose… Yes comic fans, you get three on Wednesday: Legacy #43, Knights of the Old Republic #48 and The Clone Wars: The Colossus of Destiny TPB.
Oh, and there’s some Family Guy DVD as well.
The Clone Wars’ Kevin Kiner was nominated for Music in a Television Production for the episode ‘Weapons Factory,’ while Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 is up for Best Animated Short Subject. Other genre noms went to Coraline, Up, Futurama and the other usual suspects. (via)
Kiner was nominated in the same category last year for the music of ‘Rising Malevolence,’ while Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II took home three awards, including Best Animated Television Production.
The first episode of Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible, which premieres Tuesday on the Science Channel, will take a look at lightsabers and a Stargateesque portal. Sure, the History Channel has been-there done-that, but the more the merrier. As for the ones in the pictures… I doubt those are actual plasma tubes, io9.