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Alien reruns: Gotal and Jawas and Biths, oh my
So if last week StarWars.com was celebrating the Millennium Falcon, this week’s pet topic seems to be aliens: Cantina roll-call (originally published on the site back in 2003,) alien collectibles (Hyperspace,) and an old drunk driving PSA.
Yoda pumpkin just the right amount of scary
StarWars.com has instructions from Lawrence Noble on how to make a spooky Yoda pumpkin.
New England Jedi and troopers on parade
Last year we were wowed by their Jabba puppet at the Wolburn Halloween parade, but this time around the 501st New England Garrison and Rebel Legion Alderaan Base brought a dewback and a landspeeder, plus an actual teenage Ashoka. Check out all the gallery at 501neg.com, and direct your comments to tk7602.
Inside, outside and all around the Falcon
It seems that it’s still Falcon week over at the official site, as today brings secrets of the Millennium Falcon, a look at how artists Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas juggled multiple and sometimes conflicting sources to create the latest set of blueprints.
Wacky merchandise of the day: Vader TV
I’m with Gizmodo: This Vader TV set is more than a little ridiculous, lightsaber remote or no lightsaber remote. (They used to sell a much more accurate, if not particularly functional-looking universal remote on its own. You can still find them on eBay.)
Counting down Falcon collectibles
The official site continues Millennium Falcon week with a selection of the best collectibles based on our favorite hunk of junk. Included is this 6-foot Toys R’ Us display.
Falcon week continues behind-the-scenes
This morning, StarWars.com takes Hyperspace members back to the making of The Empire Strikes Back with The Last Corellian Shipyard, an article reprinted from the UK Star Wars magazine (at least if Wookieepedia is to be believed) on the the full sized Falcon set built for The Empire Strikes Back by actual shipbuilders in Wales.
For those without Hyperspace, your consolation prize is a look back at the Falcon in video games.
Explore the cracktastic early drafts of Star Wars
Try not to be totally surprised that Star Wars is #2 on Cracked’s list of seven terrible early versions of great movies. After reading the early drafts, some of the prequels less-stellar quirks make a lot more sense.
You can read early drafts of Star Wars for yourself at The Jedi Bendu Script Site, and see the (considerably less painful) Ralph McQuarrie concept art in Michael Heilemann’s Flickr collection.
Wacky merchandise of the day: Artoo backpack!
Fred Flare is a neat little online store (though they’ll be opening a brick-and-mortar location in Brooklyn next week) and you can pick up this Artoo backpack for a mere $65. (Though I’m sure some of our more creative crafters could simply make their own.) Also of interest (and a tad more socially-acceptable) is this Barbie ‘Nerds are hot’ tee. (via)