Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Our first look at the bonus DVD menu for Empire Strikes Back. I really like that they’re choosing the less-common posters. If only they’d done it with the covers… Of course, it’s naturally paired with yesterday’s look back at 1980.
Also, the costumed folks hit Charlotte, Columbus, and Portland.
The official site interviews author Karen Traviss about today’s release, Bloodlines, the second book in the Legacy of the Force series. Also included – a new excerpt.
Action figures on a cat, Star Wars geese, a selection of remixed Mr. Potato Heads, including Yoda! And last but not least, custom vinyl Vader and stormtrooper… bears?
BusinessWeek looks a the future of Star Wars gaming. It’s a nice roundup of upcoming games and what may be lurking in the wings – although no platform, not the Xbox 360, has been announced for the ‘Star Wars 2007’/Force Powers’ – The one with the demo where you throw Stormtroopers – yet.
In another corner of the ‘net, IGN has a theory… Could the 2007 game contain hints for the live-action TV series?
And you can finish off the required gaming reads of the day with a short history of LucasArts.
Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark are among the movies profiled for the Opening Shots project at Jim Emerson’s Scanners. (via Kottke)
Just in time for Halloween prep, Simplicity is offering patterns for several “Star Warriors” costumes… There’s more than one pattern per item, so be sure to click on all the familiar-looking characters. There are several other familiar-looking costumes on offer as well – Pirates, elves, Willy Wonka, and many generic fantasy and historical types.
But… erm… Is Leia a little off? Or is it just me?
Don’t forget, Bloodlines comes out tomorrow. And… drumroll… there’s an excerpt up.
Trailer for 5-25-77. That’s an upcoming movie I haven’t heard of for a long time…
The Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, and Return of the Jedi in 60 seconds, with Attack of the Clones and Empire Strikes Back in 10.
British Phantom Menace spoof. I believe this is from French and Saunders – that’s Jennifer Saunders as Qui-Gon, anyway. Some of the funny must have gotten lost in the trip over the Atlantic, but screenshots of the Queen Amidala scene have been amusing me for years so I had to link it. Sorry. This action figure parody of game show The Crystal Maze may amuse more.
Ewoks and Stormtroopers, just because:
– Injured stormtrooper.
– Ewoks cartoon promo.
– Return of the Jedi trailer.
– Classic Clip: Stormtrooper hitting his head.
This week’s highlight: Pablo Hidalgo’s On the Internet, Everything is a Big Deal. You’re on the internet, right? Read it.
Abel G. Peña looks back at “The Emperor’s Pawns,” a piece he did several years ago that defined and (in some cases) retconned the position of the Emperor’s Hands as we know it today.
Matril on why she loves Star Wars.
Anakinside1 looks inside the belly of the beast.
Oboe-Wan finds a telling moment in Empire Strikes Back.
Mike Beidler continues his NJO retrospective with a look at Mike Stackpole’s Dark Tide dulogy, Onslaught and Ruin.