Natalie Portman didn’t win an Oscar… But Cate Blanchett did. Quite frankly, I’m a-okay with that, because it would be a sad, sad world if Cate Blanchett didn’t have an Oscar.
More Chronicles from Steve and Pablo
Ahh…this book collector is very happy! Looks like we’ll be getting two new Chronicles books: one one the posters and one giving the Chronicles treatment to the Prequels.
Chronicle Books is the company that brings us those really cool coffee table books like the super-huge Star Wars Chronicles. They know how to do the big books correctly.
Best of all, these two books are being authored by Steve Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo. And we know they know their stuff.
You’ll have to wait until the end of the year, though, to see them.
Dagnabbit.
Natalie’s No-No
I’m quite surprised she didn’t know any better, given her background, but Natalie Portman got into some big trouble for filming a kissing scene at Israel’s Western Wall.
The sexes are supposed to be separated here. Impressed she didn’t get stoned for this goof.
Obviously the diplomatic skills of her character, Senator Padme Amidala, did not extend to her non-Star Wars life.
Spoil Show
I’ve been going back and forth on posting this link for the last day or so. It’s all over the blogosphere, and with the glut of photos lately I’m not sure if all of these are exactly kosher. But it’s a fabulous Cliff-Notes version of pretty much every spoiler I’ve seen, so link it I shall: Everything you want to know about Revenge of the Sith but were too lazy to ask. Bear in mind this is mostly guesswork: I spotted a few places where I think they may be off. But it’s mostly eye-rolling Anakin/Padme stuff, so take it as you will.
“Labyrinth of Evil” interview
Del Rey has an interesting interview with “Labyrinth of Evil” author James Luceno.
I don’t agree with a lot of what he has to say in the interview about Anakin and Obi-Wan’s relationship. In fact, it seems incongruent with what he wrote in his book. Regardless, LoE is a good read. I’d even go so far as to say I wouldn’t want to go into ROTS without having read both LoE and the utterly brilliant “Dark Rendezvous.”
KJA marvels at Lost
I just read this article in this morning’s USA Today about Lost. (I didn’t see any spoilers.) It’s mainly about the writers and how they work on the show, but there’s one part that I had to mention. It’s a quote from one of our favorite SW authors:
Kevin J. Anderson, co-author of Dune: The Battle of Corrin, marvels at the writers’ balancing act.
“I have to say I’m amazed as a writer. How are they going to keep this up?” he says. “They have a foreground story with problems on a mysterious island. But the back stories are just as interesting.”
If you want to read the rest of the article, go here: ‘Lost’ Island burns with mystery
Cardboard men!
So help me god, if we don’t have a cardboard Palpatine at the next JadeCon I will whine like a Skywalker .
Don’t make me whine, PG.
Shake it like a Tatooine Farmboy
First purses, now a working Landspeeder made out of a golf kart. What can’t you find on eBay? (via Boing Boing)
Be sure to check out the bumper stickers. “My kid lightsabered your honor student at Jedi Academy”? Genius!
Get your purse on
Can’t bear to be parted from your collection? Why not take a bit of it with you? Found on eBay by Purseuing are three themed purses: a licensed Chewbacca head on a string (for all you Vong fans), Yoda coinpurse , and a bag made out of the issue of Entertainment Weekly that covered the new DVDs. There are currently no bids on any of these fine products. Madness!