Palpatine throwing a hissy? Admiral Ackbar, cereal spokesman? Obi-Wan Kenobi, nutkicker? The innate dignity of Star Wars is forever ruined!
The Legacy Revealed revealed
The History Channel special, all official-like. Now with Stephen Colbert!
History loads up on Lucas
In addition to Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed, the History Channel acquired a series of 94 never-before-seen documentaries based on the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. They will premiere on History.com later this year.
Vote for Falcon, Star Wars TV
News: Panels, interview, ILM, and more
Full transcript from the Great To Be Nominated post-movie panel discussion. See how Pablo suffers so we might be properly informed?
Dutch fansite ToscheStation.nl interviews Rick McCallum about his background in film, working with George, and of course, the TV shows.
Three-part BBC series on ILM concludes with a look at the people driving the effects and a photo gallery.
Carrie Fisher one of the judges on Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett’s On the Lot, a Hollywood-based reality show debuting in May.
The Force In The Flesh, a new book about Star Wars body art, will debut at Celebration. Doesn’t appear to be an official release, but certainly of interest to many fans.
Pre-order the Star Wars stamps now.
Bonnie Burton hosting ‘Make Your Own Yoda Doll’ workshop at Maker Faire.
CIV: Family Guy SW episode preview
Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane will give fans the first look at the show’s one-hour Star Wars tribute episode at Celebration. Joining him will be Executive Producer David A. Goodman, Director Dominic Polcino, and writer Alec Sulkin.
What the hell is an aluminum falcon?
Remember the Robot Chicken Star Wars special rumors? Well, Robot Chicken: Star Wars does exist, and it’s running in June.
TV show hints from an unlikely source
AICN has a tidbit regarding the upcoming Clone Wars 3-D show from musician Eric Riegler:
The EmCee introduced Eric, and said Eric had just finished recording some music for the Star Wars TV Series. I followed up with Eric during the intermission, and he told me the following: Yes, he did in fact record music for the series. Each of the planets has its own theme, and the one he was brought in to develop music for was patterned after Bulgaria. So, his music was patterned after an instrument (I think he called it a gaeda (spelling?), a bagpipe-like instrument played there), although he performed his music on the Irish Pipes. He said it looked amazing, and Lucas had done an incredible job of the look/feel of at least what he saw.
He also said he was told the series/his episode would be airing Summer, 2008.
SW and trash TV – the love affair continues
Apparently Joey Fatone did a Star Wars themed tango on last night’s Dancing with the Stars. Dancing with the Stars? Ugh.
UPDATE: Video is up on Youtube. It’s set to the disco theme and his partner has a pseudo-bikini and it’s every bit as cheesy as expected.
The History Channel takes on Star Wars
The History Channel is airing a two-hour special on Star Wars and pop culture on Memorial Day. How convenient!