Remember Vader? They now have C-3PO and Yoda.
Star Wars: Uncut is up for an Emmy!
Casey Pugh’s brainchild of collaborative fandom love is up against against network-producted fare for Glee and Dexter for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Fiction. Big congratulations to Casey and all who participated!
The Emmys are rarely a big deal for genre shows, but Lost is one of the few that have gotten plenty of love – and that adds up to twelve nominations for their final season, including Outstanding Drama Series. (Along with True Blood.) Matthew Fox, Terry O’Quinn, Michael Emerson and Elizabeth Mitchell are all up for acting.
Robot Chicken got two nominations, one for their ‘Full-Assed Christmas Special’ and another for Seth Green’s voiceovers.
As for the other genre nods, Ian McKellen got one for being the only part of The Prisoner remake that anyone liked, while Caprica, Stargate Universe, and V will duke it out with original flavor CSI for special effects.
Celebration V details from Steve Sansweet
Our pal Steve Sansweet was hanging out on the Forcecast tonight, and he gave us some tidbits:
- Jon Stewart’s “Main Event” with George Lucas will be a one-time only thing, but there will be an overflow room.
- All six Star Wars films will be screened digitally, two a night.
- The U.S. Postal Service will be on hand the first day with a special mailing station and themed cancellation stamp.
- Randy Martinez is doing the program art.
- There will be some form of opening ceremony – because Steve needs to wear a silly costume (See right.)
- And weirdest of all… There will be speed dating. No, really. Speed dating.
The podcast is aired live tonight, but will be up later this week.
UPDATE: Listen to Steve on the ForceCast!
John Jackson Miller reveals Knight Errant to MTV
It’s our first look at the upcoming book/comic series, and the most detail so far – including these comic covers from Joe Quinones and Dave Ross.
Issue #1 is due out in October.
Second Imperial Commando book on the chopping block – again
UPDATE: Look, Googlers: There will be no more Imperial or Republic Commando books. Aaron Allston is writing a Wraith Squadron book that took RC #2’s publishing slot. It’s over.
The book was looking likely to survive Karen Traviss’ departure by getting a new author, but now Sue says that they’re “seriously considering abandoning” the second (and final) book in the series:
The time between the two books is going to be years and we’re not sure enough people will still be interested in it to warrant the writing. We have something else in mind, though, something that I know many of you have been wanting for years. So hopefully you’ll be happy with the change. As soon as I can, I’ll give you more details.
Something that many have “been wanting for years?” What’s your guess?
Out this week: The last (maybe?) Clone Wars novel
…For the time being, that is. (And not counting the kids stuff, because there are just not enough hours in the day.) Yes, it’s The Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller, starring Anakin Skywalker and his lustrous hair, in bookstores today.
The new Diamond shipping list ought to be up this afternoon due to the holiday, but Midtown Comics is listing The Old Republic #1 – aka the print debut of the ‘Threat of Peace’ webcomic – to be in stores Thursday.
Also, I’ve redone our book schedule page a tad in order to make it easier to keep more new releases and additional links (like reviews) up top.
Videos: Katy Perry geek filks
‘I Kissed a Nerd’ has been popping up all over this week, but ‘California Dorks’ gets my vote. (Via Mandy.)
EUbits: Delusions of granduer from Hayden Blackman, the Insider; Sample Fatal Alliance via audio; Taylor interview
TeeEffYou, too. A summary has appeared at Random House for The Force Unleashed II novelization. Admiral Ackbar may appear in the game and Hayden Blackman wants a movie and/or TV show. I’m torn between eye-rolling and snickering, and ended up just pulling something from Robot Chicken. As you do.
Sample. With less than a month to go to release, there’s an audio excerpt of Sean William’s The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance.
Maybe they should just start a blog. The Insider is going digital.
Interviews. SWBooks.co.uk talks to comic writer Tom Taylor; The EU Review has John Jackson Miller.
Video: The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time
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Lucasfilm C&Ds makers of ‘real lightsaber’
The makers don’t call it a lightsaber (though the internet certainly does) but the Spyder III Arctic laser certainly looks like one, and that’s prompted Lucasfilm to send the Hong Kong company Wicked Lasers a cease and desist.
I’m no lawyer, but the appearance of the laser is pretty blatantly inspired by its fictional forbearer. And anything that might keep “the most dangerous laser ever created” out of the hands of stupid geeks is fine by me.