Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley announced yesterday that the comic company is going back to press for second printings of Rebellion #1, Legacy #1, and Legacy #2. The reprints will be on shelves October 25th, along with three brand new issues of the various Star Wars titles.
George and Me out today
Fan documentary George and Me was released today on DVD. The film has already garnered some decent buzz, with both Sky Gilbert and interview subject David Frost getting local media coverage, in addition to fan love from TFN and the 501st.
Go about your business
Pablo lets us know that this is not the MySpace profile you’re looking for.
Fans love, costumes kill
Guess who’s blogging?
It’s Helen! The book she co-authored, The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, comes out at the end of October.
Filk Friday
Wednesday was Denis Lawson‘s birthday (yay, Wedge!), so to honor everyone’s favorite GFFA supporting character, this week’s featured filk is an excerpt from the stage extravaganza Star Wars: Musical Edition. Set just after the Rebel briefing in Return of the Jedi, Wedge’s Lament is a heartfelt tribute to the friends Wedge has seen come and go as the only non-main character to survive all three movies, and a hope that he will lose no more friends by helping to end the war.
In other filk news, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album released on Tuesday. The video for his new tune “Weasel Stomping Day” was produced by Seth Green and his cohorts over at Robot Chicken and aired on this week’s episode.
Trying to resist the head-chopping jokes
Pictures of Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman on the set of The Other Boleyn Girl, an adaption of the book of the same name. Portman is playing Anne Boleyn, with Johansson in the title role.
Since the costume-porn is minimal on that one, I’ll throw in some scans of Kirsten Dunst in Vogue pimping Marie Antoinette.
Another DVD review
Sci-Fi Weekly reviews the Limited Edition DVDs. Nice point that not including a new commentary on the changes was a missed opportunity… We’ve heard the reasoning before, and starwars.com did some pretty extensive photo galleries, but it would have been a nice feature.
Star Wars in the News
Someone has a sense of humor… Of all the animals to name after Yoda, a giraffe? He is, however, an “unusually gentle and calm giraffe,” according to the director of his former zoo.
James Earl Jones is fifth on the list of Forbes‘ most trusted celebrities.
Is the Force becoming reality? Or do science writers just really, really want you to read their story?