An in-depth look by The Secret History of Star Wars’ Michael Kaminski of the processes undergone to restore the films for their 1997 re-releases. (via)
Video: A Veterans Day Dedication
To all those who have served, furry and otherwise.
Wacky merchandise du jour: Garden Jawa
I have no garden to put one in, but I’m totally loving the Garden Jawa. Meanwhile, Bonnie has dug up some gardening tips.
Video: Star Wars Gangsta Rap Chronicles
Atom has the debut of Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles, a new installment in the famed series.
Sansweet: The Clone Wars moves back to 9pm on Friday
Steve Sansweet was on the Forcecast live tonight and announced that The Clone Wars will be moving back to the 9:00pm slot as of this week.
He declined to say anything besides ‘”soon” on the CV announcement, and once again denounced the latest sequel trilogy rumor as “so ludicrous.”
In the news: Motorola’s Droid, Carrie’s dressing room, Twilight wolves
It’s a droid! MTV’s Josh Wigler goes on a flight of Star Wars fancy regarding Verizon’s Droid phone. The Mercury News’ Mike Cassidy is less enthralled, but he did make a call to Lucasfilm.
Behind-the-scenes decor. The Wall Street Journal gets featurey with a story on Broadway dressing rooms – with a focus and pictures from Carrie Fisher’s.
What do AT-ATs and werewolves have in common? ILM alumni Phil Tippett’s Tippett Studios is responsible for New Moon’s werewolves.
Star Wars in Concert treks on
Star Wars: In Concert has continued to wind its way through the country, leaving lots of local press coverage in its wake: Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City. Dallas, Tulsa, Houston, Tampa, Philadelphia, and Charlotte. (Anthony Daniels was no slouch either.) And don’t forget Paula’s review!
The show will be in New Haven on Tuesday, and Toledo got an early jump on things by profiling the 15-year-old fan who won their prize pack. And there are a couple chances to win tickets for Detroit, Toronto, and New York.
(Picture from Cowboys Stadium by ThornMonkey)
Video rerun: Today Show drunken Ewok highlights
Yes, we saw those earlier, but it’s The Soup! Take it away, Joel McHale.
Cute attack: Star Wars at Build-A-Bear Workshop
Even putting the Ewoks aside, fanmade Star Wars and other sci-fi themed teddy bears are nothing new, as a quick search on Flickr (and CJ’s own Lissy) will tell you.
But now we have something from the official realm to make it easier to please kids and collectors: Star Wars costumes from Build-a-bear Workshop. Currently they only have Clone Wars-inspired Anakin, Jedi (totally Obi-Wan,) and Rex, plus a Darth Vader and a themed pajama set. Will we see more movie-inspired styles? I suspect the Christmas sales rates will tell us… Dressed bears cost $40-$35, and the costumes alone go for $15-12. The Vader outfit is currently one of their top 20 products! (via)
Preorder the legendary Tauntaun sleeping bag now!
Both Thinkgeek and Star Wars Shop have the April Fools product made reality available for preorder right this minute.