It’s not the holidays without various television show holiday specials, and here’s a very special list of sci-fi / space western holiday specials. Whether it’s the Star Wars holiday special or Quark getting a visit from the Bajoran Prophet of Christmas Past or Jewel Staite as a Sugar Plum Fairy, there’s something for everyone on your list.
2007: Sith! Clones! Sex! Death! Cake!
Star Wars Addiction’s Top 10 Star Wars events of 2007. I’m not quite sure I agree with the ordering: No way can I buy Death Star being as high as it is when no one I know actually read it. (Seriously, we threw a chat and no one came!) but it’s an interesting look back at the year.
Perhaps we need a CJ version? Ponder on this I will…
Santa in Imperial custody! Or not.
Now that’s what I call a war on Christmas… Gizmodo reports.
One for the Karrdes
It should surprise no one that Princess Leia (in slave girl gear, natch) is #3 on Asylum’s list of the 13 Hottest Babes in Space. What is rather boggling is who ends up at #1 and #2. Whatever, man.
Video du jour: Holiday Rifftrax
Get into the spirit of the season with a sample of Rifftrax’s take on the Star Wars Holiday Special.
I’m sorry you hate happy endings
MSN movies places Return of the Jedi (Okay…) and Return of the King (Which one of the six… Oh.) on their list of worst movie endings ever. Titanic is there too, as well as a good handful of Spielberg flicks. (That said, AI deserves all the scorn it can get.)
I’m sure this is some flavor of blasphemy
The Jawa nativity! (via)
Harry Potter? Star Wars? NO WAI!
Sorry folks: I don’t even have the heart to properly snark this one. But since it’s been a week for stuff that’s been all over the internet fifty times over, this did the same thing much more effectively.
Gross prejudice against buns
Leia and Padme (twice!) make Yahoo’s list of the Worst Hairstyles in Movies, along with a certain poncy elf, Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka, Halle Berry’s Storm, and a lot of ironically-coiffed folks from Frat Pack movies.
But what’s missing? The Padawan Mullet! While Padme had some weird hair, it’s not every day you run into a style that can fug up Ewan McGregor. Or how about Luke’s toddler do from Return of the Jedi? Man, I need to stop thinking about this, or I’ll be editing this post all day.
Artoo Autopsy
Tech Republic dismantles a Hasbro R2-D2 Interactive. Not for the weak of circuits! (They previously did the deed to a Force FX Lightsaber.)