List of references to Star Wars in television. Whenever I find myself wandering around a Wiki, the ‘list of references’ is my favorite part. Now, there’s no way in hell this list is complete, but it’s still pretty sizable.
J.K. Rowling was on 60 Minutes?
First I’ve heard of it… Luckily, there’s a video at Yahoo.
Crime and punishment
Is it Halloween yet?
Bonnie’s pics from this year’s ILM party. Yeah, there are a ton of awesome costumes, but my hat is off to the cardboard stormtrooper and working (?!?) digital camera.
Sabrina Fried writes her latest ‘Fried Circuits’ column about Star Wars costumes.
R2-D2 among the Northern Iowan’s last-minute costume ideas
Meanwhile, the incomparable Cleolinda has a Halloween present for her many readers: The Prestige in Fifteen Minutes
(P.S. random Googlers: Looking for the pumpkin stuff? It’s here!)
CIV registration open for business
Or something
Weird Al interview at starwars.com. You knew it had to happen eventually.
Video Monday: Halloween!
The Life and Death of a Pumpkin, from the folks who bring you Chad Vader. Fan-freaking-tastic.
Old-School Daily Show: Steve Carell teaches Stephen Colbert the true meaning of Halloween. It’s heartwarming. In a way.
Robot Chicken takes on The Great Pumpkin. And yes, it’s flagged as mature content for good reason, but pretty damn funny.
Have a scary Christmas. I’m a big grouch, so this is the closest you’ll ever get to a Christmas-themed video post from me. (The Holiday Special doesn’t count.)
Okay, fine – one more. Your requisite Nightmare Before Christmas clip: This is Halloween. There’s also a new Marilyn Manson version for the 3-D re-release.
Backstreet’s back! I am so, so sorry. Here, have some Ghostbusters instead. Or Dead Man’s Party, an awesome Army of Darkness fanvid.
And of course, it’s just not Halloween without The Rocky Horror Picture Show: It’s just a jump to the left / And then a step to the right / With your hands on your hips / You bring your knees in tight / But it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane / Let’s do the Time Warp again!
Any of you guys know how to Madison?
- Numfar! Do the dance of joy!
- Indian Thriller. This is just… bizarre.
- Clips from Roseanne Halloween episodes.
- The Simpsons do Edgar Allen Poe.
Most adorable things ever
Chibi Marvel figures at the Tokyo Hobby Show. Wasn’t there a Star Wars version of these at one point, or am I thinking Kubricks? (No, not the Burger King toys: These are way cuter.) In any case, I WANT SOME. Gentle Giant needs to go there. (via Fandom Lounge)
The development of LOTR
The early days of the Lord of the Rings films in a excerpt from an upcoming Peter Jackson biography:
“At one point Bob said: ‘So there’s these four hobbits, right? And, you know, they go on this adventure and none of the hobbits die?’ Well, no, we explained. Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin all survive . . . ‘Well, we can’t have that,’ he said. ‘We’ve got to kill a hobbit! I don’t care which one; you can pick — I’m not telling you who it should be: you pick out who you want to kill, but we’ve really got to kill one of those hobbits!’
Teehee!
From the Blogside
The Movie Blog’s John Campea on why we aren’t swimming in fantasy films in the wake of Lord of the Rings.
Apprentice of Wisdom does some digging and finds a possible origin for Palpatine’s name.; RJ Peters considers hope and redemption; Kenobi-fan on the Force; Abel G. Peña continues his Emperor’s Pawns endnotes with a look at the retconning of Lumiya; Leland Chee on continuty, cross-platform storytelling and non-SW terms.