National Geographic looks at how scientifically feasible the Star Wars galaxy is. As usual, the answer is “not very”, but it’s interesting (and educational!) to wonder.
It *IS* all about Obi-Wan!
This writer gets it ! (Even if she has a few things wrong.)
For TPM Obi-Wan:
It is also a grand-slam exploration of the vast emotional range lying within
Box Office Update
ROTS has fallen to third place at the box office this week, but it’s climbing up the all-time list steadily – #19 at the moment, but it’ll probably pass ROTJ and AOTC pretty easily. It also beat Shrek 2‘s record for being the fastest film to reach $300 million.
May the Force help you hold it down!
Thanks to Liz for pointing this one out.
Virgin Atlantic is incorporating Star Wars themed airsick bags.
You gotta love an airline that knows its audience. And a great way to fly over to London to catch Ewan McGregor in Guys and Dolls!
Links to (get) chew(ie) on
Club Jade’s own Bad Methodist explores the personal, political, and spiritual fall of Anakin Skywalker.
In the press, USA Today goes to Lucasfilm for answers to some of the questions raised by Revenge of the Sith, while The Christian Science Monitor profiles Charles Ross and The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy.
There’s a new daily newsletter for the ever-expanding Star Wars fandom on Livejournal. Jedi News is a daily roundup of icons, fanfic, essays, and other links of interest in much the same vein as the Harry Potter fandom’s Daily Snitch.
SF Site reviews The Dharma of Star Wars, but says that the Star Wars content is slim. On a similar note, Star Wars And Philosophy gets a much better review over at Saga Journal.
Aren’t we glad he stayed with SW?
Well, he may have stopped writing music for Harry Potter, but John Williams still has the magic.
Congratulations to Mr. Williams for winning 8 slots on the ClassicFM list of Top40 Movie Soundtracks!
Star Wars was kept from the top spot by Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings soundtrack, but that’s a worthy man to take it from him.
Congratulations, Mr. Williams!
Box Office Report
I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that Sith is #1 for the holiday weekend, beating Adam Sandler and some CGI animal flick.
Flights of absurdity
Who doesn’t love a dancing, lip-syncing puppet?
Balls! Bowling balls, that is, the latest tie-in merchandise to make me ponder LFL Licensing’s collective sanity.
Sith, Spidey showdown a draw
Sith has tied the Spider-Man 2 record for fastest to $200 million, and it’s now (officially) the biggest movie of 2005.
The Associated Press asks what’s left for fans to fawn over with Star Wars and Star Trek both at an end. They suggest Harry Potter, perhaps not realizing that HP is already the biggest fish in the fandom pond these days. Not to mention Serenity and Battlestar Galactica, which are poised to be the ‘new’ Wars and Trek, respectively.
Aside from box office tidbits, SW news is getting to be scarce again. I’ll have to go back to normal posting, oh horrors!
Rumor Control!
Let’s be very clear: This is bullshit. George Lucas is done making new Star Wars movies, and he’s said so multiple times over the last few years. And I’m betting he’s going to stick to that, at least until the next huge technical advancement in the world of CGI.
Onto more positive topics… Box Office Watch: $191 million domestic at the moment; $347 million worldwide.
ROTS Easter Eggs on starwars.com.
Dork Tower has been running Star Wars strips all week, but I find this one to be most amusing: “It’s only because I’m so in love.”
Classified Imperial memo! NOOOOO!!!!!!
And last but certainly not least… Selection from William Shakespeare’s “Celestial Battles: A Fantom Menyce.” I demand someone do a performance of this at Jadecon.