TFN finds the next Mimoco flash drive – R2-D2. Looks like there’s a Stormtrooper coming, too.
Stuff blowing up real good
Star Wars tops IGN’s list of the Five Most Memorable Action Movies. Blade Runner and The Matrix also get nods.
I feel a great disturbance in the copyright…
Urban Medium is now offering a bust of their CheTrooper graphic.
Jamaican Elmo, teehee
Entertainment Weekly actually found a Star Wars virgin to watch the Cinemax marathon. This is his report.
Old-school gaming
Jek Porkins and Ponda Baba star in the Mario-esque Haunted House Candy Hunt. (Thanks, Bonnie!) I’m really bad at these games and I never even got past the first screen, but let me know if your luck is better than mine.
News in Brief
Ground was broken yesterday at the future Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at the National Mall in D.C.. George Lucas donated $1 million to the memorial.
Basil Poledouris, film composer who did the music for Starship Troopers, RoboCop, and Conan and a classmate of George Lucas at USC, passed away last week. Watch a video tribute at Youtube.
Fans are big on spin-off novels. Shocking! However – Star Trek and Lost I can understand, but do CSI novels really sell better than Star Wars, as the article insinuates?
All things muppetlike and furry
View from a Star Destroyer
Is this the Lars Homestead, really? A likely story!
Playing catch-up
Well, first I was sick, and then there was this big election thing, and between the two I ended up sleeping when I should have been combing the internet. Here’s what we missed:
- Cinemax marathon starts tomorrow night! Speaking of, there’s an ad in Entertainment Weekly I saw an ad in last week’s, but the sound chip is news to me…
- Send Helen your NEGAS photos!
- Homemade Star Wars boxers! Simple but cute.
- One of the elves from the Big Lot’s spokes-elf commercials/competition has a Star Wars connection.
- TFN has a coupon code for Skywalker Ranch Merlot.
- There’s a new VIP blogger. She’s playing a queen on a Rose Bowl float.
- No Starwars.com update tomorrow.
- And lastly, Vader and Yoda ‘bond’ over an iPod Shuffle.
Cinemax hosting SW events
San Francisco Fan Force has details about a Cinemax-sponsored “Join the Jedi” event in Union Square on November 7th. (Because why not vote in costume?)
Similar events are planned in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
Watching the Saga?
What is the best viewing order for a Star Wars marathon? I’m a traditionalist – I’d go with chronological order. I believe in reading books that way (You really don’t want my EU reading suggestions) and the differences there would be far less jarring than going from ROTS to ANH. And it doesn’t rob the OT of some of its best moments, the way pre-knowledge of the prequels would. But ‘Greedo’ also offers a third and fourth method that could be interesting.
I know we have plenty of folks lately pondering this very question – what’s your solution?