Check out ‘The Prototype’ and two other Star Wars pieces from illustrator Benjamin Carre at ConceptArt.org.
The fandom minute: Tees & too many lists
- T-shirts: Cover your shame with Thinkgeek’s Echo Base, Do or Do Not, and DO NOT WANT. Yes you can haz (for $14.99 – $18.99 plus shipping.)
- Lists: So if you check over on the sidebar (and scroll a lot) you’ll note there’s a tag cloud. And in that tag cloud, lists is the biggest one. Why? Because the internet loves lists. (And also, I’m not anywhere near done tagging all the old entries, changing categories to tags, and all that fun stuff.) So here are a few more: Top ten Star Wars games, ten villains who deserved better, eight timeless classics critics are afraid of, five greatest space operas. And thus the ‘net gods are satisfied.
Can the Star Wars mixed relationship survive?
The sitcom How I Met Your Mother explored that tense moment in every relationship when you have to ask those big questions: “Have you seen Star Wars? And, if so, do you love it as much as I do?”
One of the characters faced that moment. io9 has very conveniently compiled all the critical moments for you.
Weird merchandise of the day: 80’s deco Leia
A limited edition print of Leia in the style of the 80’s favorite artist, Patrick Nagel. Honestly? I’m a little creeped out, and find myself with a strange urge for a corned beef sandwich. (Back in the 80’s, my parent’s favorite deli had a Nagel theme.)
Top nine badass Star Wars women, again
Not all that impressed with the Bettie list? Gabri Jade polled her friendslist to create a new one.
More super cute handmade Star Wars dolls!
Struzan talks about his poster art with Time
Drew Struzan’s greatest hits, with commentary from the artist himself (including the Special Editions, above) in Time:
While they fit together perfectly in a triptych, they were never painted side by side. I basically had a week to finish each. I put a black border around each one and had everything breaking out of the frame to make it look grander than it actually was. George liked it so much that he wanted the rest of the Star Wars posters to match that. So, on Episode I, and II, and III, I repeated that concept. George has a wonderful screening room at Skywalker Ranch, and there’s this big wall with all six paintings lined up in order. It’s one big movie.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vader: The couple that Siths together
As photographed by Cayusa @ Flickr. He also spotted a Jedi Clampett and an unusual lightsaber duel. But my favorite has to be the Cookie Killer. Only at Dragon*Con, folks…
The fandom minute: Tina Fey’s endorsement, bento boxes, Yoda’s a (badass) geek
- TV: Tina Fey was spotted wearing a Leia ’08 t-shirt on Saturday Night Live’s season premiere this weekend. On that note, io9’s list of SNL’s best sci-fi sketches contains bonus Mark Hamill.
- Food: Star Wars bento boxes? Wacky!
- List: Yoda (though not in cake form) is one of Great White Snark’s top five unexpectedly bad-ass geek heroes.
Super simple, super cute Star Wars dolls
Fried Gold shows off some handmade dolls on Craftster. In addition to the Star Wars bunch she has a bunch of other geek-centric dolls available at her Etsy shop. (via)