Not that I had any doubts it wasn’t going to happen, but today we get dates: July 13 to July 15, 2007.
Dark Lord of the Sound System
Whoops of the day
George Takei Agrees to Film Internet Episode of Star Wars. Um, guys? If you’re not sure, just use the AP headline next time, okay? Or, you know, actually read the story…
This is a pretty big thing for Trek fans though, as the series in question is fan-run.
May the money be with him
Far be it for Star Wars fans to not want to help keep all things Star Wars on the big lists. In our continuing effort to keep the beloved Flanneled One, George Lucas, out of the poor house, Star Wars fans ponied up countless dollars, euros, yen, etc, to put George Lucas at #70 on the Forbes 400 Wealthiest Americans list.
Whew! He’s safe for now….
Video Monday
Best entry I’ve seen yet in the Stephen Colbert Greenscreen Challenge. (Warning: Contains George W. Bush.)
J. Hasbien Talent Agency. Finding work for ‘semi-retired’ sci-fi characters.
Wookiee Nights, a Star Wars/Boogie Nights trailer mashup. Yes, really.
More Wookiee!
– Chewbacca’s Lifetime Achievement Award
– Wookiee Translations
– South Park: Chewbacca Defense
Oh yes, this will end well…
Assuming it’s true, that is, and it looks likely. Spotted in the latest Insider by Acky12 at the NJOE boards:
Del Rey Asks Fans to Name the next Sith Lord
Besides being the ultimate bad guys, Vader, Sidious, Maul, and Bane have another thing in common: they all had to go through the ritual of shunning their identities to solidify their allegiance to the Sith order. A pivotal point in the career of any self-respecting Sith Lord is the adoption of his or her Darth title. If you’ve been reading the Legacy of the Force series of novels (and if not, why haven’t you?) then you know that – SPOILER ALERT, highlight to read – Jacen Solo is turning toward the dark side of the Force. The young Sith Lord is about to take the most definitive of steps by adopting a Darth moniker and Del Rey is sponsoring a contest in which readers get to choose the name of the newest Sith Lord in the Star Wars saga. Is it us, or is that pretty sweet? Details for the contest can be found at www.darthwho.com
Darthwho.com has been registered by Random House and currently redirects to Randomhouse.com.
From the Blogside
Today, it’s all about fandom… A few things Penknife would like non-fans to know about fanfic; Powerofthebook has a great entry on legitimate fanfiction; Lozenger8 and pals on fandom as a capitalist society; and Millefiori has some thoughts on fannish dysfunction.
TFN thread of the indeterminate time period
“Will Zahn Dare to Do It?” It being Luke/Leia twincest. I don’t know about you, but when I think of Star Wars authors willing to flirt with sibling-on-sibling action, Tim Zahn is the first person that comes to mind.
When fanboys attack (each other)
I waffled back and forth on this one – while certainly relevant to fandom, these interviews with Star Wars spoilerfolks get pretty obscure if you weren’t a part of the spoiler scene. (Let’s put it this way: Once the discussion gets past TFN, Jedinet, Starwarz, etc, even I fail to recognize half of the sites being discussed. And I was by no means spoiler-free.)
Joshua Griffin, surprisingly, makes the best impression; T’bone, for all he denies it, comes off like someone hauling around a very bad case of sour grapes; Fatboy Roberts has the most interesting historical perspective; there’s one more yet to go, but although I remember Episode X I have no clue who this Tai person is, so I’ll just let it go.
But whatever your position, the interviews form an intriguing look at one of fandom’s more cutthroat periods.
Filk Friday
Monday, September 25 will be Mark Hamill‘s birthday, so in honor of everyone’s favorite farmboy turned jedi, this week’s featured filk is written as sung by Luke on the Bespin gantry. Father of Mine is one of my favorite Luke filks and introduced me to one of my now-favorite bands, Everclear. Find more filks from authors Yav and Trace in the Filk Archive.
And don’t forget, Weird Al‘s new album comes out next Tuesday and catch his new video White and Nerdy!