Created by Tom Spina Designs for a home theater/office. Check out their theme props gallery for some other Star Wars pieces. (via Boing Boing, who also featured an Antique-D2)
New licensee to make costumes and armor
Museum Replicas’ Windlass Studios will make replica clothing and armor for Star Wars fans. They’ll have booths at the International Costume Show Las Vegas, San Diego Comic-Con and Dragon*Con. I’ll be interested to see how this is received by the costuming community…
Hyperspace members big on math
At least, that’s the impression one gets from winning entry for the 2008 Hyperspace Shirt Design.
Wondercon starts tomorrow!
There’s plenty going on for Star Wars fans at the San Francisco con. On Friday, look for the Lucas Licensing Portfolio Review and a showing of Star Wars fan films hosted by the fabulous Mary Franklin. Saturday brings a How to Draw Star Wars panel with Bonnie Burton, Matt Busch and Tom Hodges. And Inside Lucasfilm with Steve Sansweet, which will also feature The Clone Wars Executive Director David Filoni and Producer Catherine Winder.
The official blog has more details.
Other highlights include an X-Files 2 panel with David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson Chris Carter, writer-producer Frank Spotnitz, a Sarah Connor Chronicles Q&A with Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau Brian Austin Green and producer James Middleton. Other highlights include a panels with J. Michael Straczynski, previews of Get Smart, Prince Caspian WALL•E and Iron Man.
Hallmark cards now slightly less vomitastic
It’s nothing new to see Star Wars cards at Hallmark (How many of you received that musical one for a birthday?) but now there are more of them. Whoo.
Hayden Christensen explains it all
He talks Jumper, acting and the prequels in the latest issue of Details. The bit you’re going to see all over for the next few days:
“How those movies are made is very specific, as far as what our jobs are,” he says, with a bit of a shrug. “George isn’t looking for us to come in and have script meetings with him and talk about characters.”
…Of course Christensen is grateful to Star Wars. If he could go back and do it all over, he wouldn’t change a thing. Just don’t ask him to do it all again. “It wasn’t necessarily anything you could feel good about creatively, as far as ‘This is why I became an actor,’” he says of his work in Star Wars. He puffs on a cigarette. “It’s not why you become an actor, to do stuff like that.”
Star Wars isn’t about acting? Next you’ll be telling me it’s all about giant piles of toys and stuff blowing up. God, Hayden.
Have you seen this fan?
The official blog asks: Whatever happened to Rusty Miller, author of 1982’s The Jedi Master’s Quizbook? We can only hope he ditched the ‘Rusty’…
Nothing says ‘gangster’ like a giant slug
What list of fearsome movie gangsters would be complete without Jabba the Hutt? I don’t see any of those other slackers making bikini girls dance for them or displaying those who’ve wronged them in the form of giant foil-wrapped candy bars, do you?
Collector madness: Meet Rob Foster
Gizmodo interviews collector Rob Foster. It might not be the biggest collection in the galaxy, but it’s certainly impressive.
Darth Vader on NPR’s Morning Edition
Andrea Shea took a look at Darth Vader on NPR this morning for the ‘In Character’ segment. Ben Burtt and David Prowse both appear to talk about Star Wars’ most iconic character.