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“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
I’m not sure I can take this entirely seriously
Listverse has the top twenty geek movies of all time. The Original Trilogy comes in at #9, and Spaceballs is #3. Uh, yeah. Okay then!
In the news: Jediism, TFU, Family Guy sales
- Just when you thought the whole Jedi church thing couldn’t get any more embarrassing, the Daily Mail comes through with a picture. Thanks a lot, guys.
- IGN gets hands-on with the Nintendo DS version of The Force Unleashed.
- Family Guy: Blue Harvest mastered national DVD sales this week, beating out the Dane Cook/Jessica Alba comedy Good Luck Chuck.
A night for lists
Entertainment Weekly celebrates sexy aliens, with our own Lando Calrissian clocking it at at #4. (Yes ladies, a fair amount of menfolk make the list, which is nice.) Slightly less innocent is New York Magazine’s ten movie vaginas even scarier than the one in Teeth, which ‘graciously’ includes the Sarlacc pit at #1. Whoo. (Our Google referrals are sure to get even weirder now.)
Meanwhile, for the folks not in the mood to oogle or wince, take a gander at Deputydog’s ten stunning ultra-geeky home cinemas. While many of the home theaters profiled are familiar, there’s plenty of brand-new ones to discover (or rediscover.)
T-shirts for the fans, by the fans?
So far, we’ve only heard of one case where LFL came down on someone making unlicensed t-shirts. And there have a been a lot of them… But is DustinCropsBoy.com walking too close to the line?
Of course, most of the fans don’t care. And if they can come up with some shirts that are more Threadless than Wal*Mart, even I might be swayed. (The current selection is less than encouraging, but it’s early.) But for now? I’ve spent too much time wrangling fanfic to be anything but wary of this sort of thing.
Marc Ecko gets more press
This time it’s the New York Times, checking out his new store in Chelsea. A brief paragraph addresses the Star Wars line:
He is also obsessed with “Star Wars” and somehow wrangled a licensing deal with the franchise. A white T-shirt has a storm trooper head rendered beautifully in little appliquéd crystals, while a likeness of Yoda in green dots on a brown T-shirt looks warty and nauseating. Mr. Ecko lovingly explains his fetish in a long paragraph printed on the back inside collar: “It’s no secret I am a fan of all things Star Wars,” it reads. “Just when I am getting pop culture fatigue, I watch Star Wars.”
In other merchandise news, StarWars.com features another line of t-shirts and a new Sideshow farmboy Luke.
When You Wish Upon a Death Star
StarWars.com goes behind the scenes at Disney’s new, expanded Jedi Training Academies, talking to writer/director Mark Renfrow and technical director Marcus Hurst.
In the News: Wednesday morning reading list
- Leia abandons Padme and Chewie! Luckily, zookeepers stepped in to save the pair of critically endangered tamarin monkeys babies.
- Geek Gestalt celebrates ILM and Skywalker Sound’s Oscar noms, while StarWars.com has quotes and the complete lineup.
- Homeland Security channels the Death Star with a military grade throwable digital camera.
- Cleveland firm restores stained glass at Skywalker Ranch.
Official blog moves to official domain
The Official StarWars.com Blog is now officially residing on StarWars.com. We’ve changed our blogroll – have you?