Cole Henley’s Millennium Falcon birthday cake, from the always-excellent Growing Up Star Wars pool on Flickr.
They went there: The Millennium Falcon sex toy
Well, not quite literally. (Twilight we are not.) But there is a notable resemblance between the Form 2 and the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. (Nothing overtly NSFW at the link, although some of the links there are.)
Looking for something more G-rated? The Brits are at it again with a Luke Skywalker bathrobe.
The fandom minute: Comparing Lucas, sucking on Legos
Quotables. Alice in Wonderland producer Richard D. Zanuck calls George Lucas “the Thomas Edison of our time.”
Weequay Thranta Fambaa. A girl on German game show can ID Lego action figures with her mouth. That’s a skill that’ll take her far. (via)
Under the stars. Take a peek at this Star Wars nursery.
Well, it is kind of true. Yoda is one of Cracked’s 6 famous movie wisemen who were totally full of shit.
Video: Galactica Sabotage
This video makes me miss Kara Thrace (no, I will not watch 24) and also realize how much running there was in that show. Damn.
You can compare and contrast this with the Beastie Boys original side-by-side at Youtube Doubler. (via)
Video: Boba Fett busks the NYC subways
I guess Boba Fett is taking Karen Traviss’ departure pretty hard. Don’t worry Boba, you’ll find love again. Or at least, quarters. (via)
Head-to-Head with the internet’s Pablo Hidalgo
Pablo Hidalgo is interviewed by The Sci-Fi Block about his upcoming book Star Wars: Head-to-Head.
The ultimate fanboy conversation in a book, Head-to-Head intends to examine who would win various mash-ups by using various RPG and card game stats, as well as video games.
Unfortunately, he was unable to match up Threepio against another to see who could talk the other to death. No one can beat him there! (via)
And the Backlash winner is…
Congrats to Lisa Schapira, aka s65horsey! She was the first to pick House’s Lisa Edelstein as Aaron Allston’s image of Daala.
Out this week: Fate of the Jedi
Tomorrow’s the day! Aaron Allston’s Fate of the Jedi: Backlash – the fourth in the series – will be in stores Tuesday.
EU Cantina has an excerpt, and don’t forget you have until Monday to enter Aaron’s contest to win an autographed copy.
Trailer: Iron Man 2
Because, ladies and gentlemen, I know what you’re really talking about this morning.
No Best Picture Oscar for Avatar
The Hurt Locker beat out Avatar for Best Picture (and director – Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win) but the sci-fi extravaganza did take statues for visual effects, cinematography, and art direction. I don’t find this particularly heartbreaking: Avatar might have been a fun movie to watch, but Best Picture? Ehh.
Best Picture was really the only uncertain prize going in, so there weren’t many surprises for the genre winners: Pixar’s Up took Animated feature and Music, while Star Trek got Makeup. (District 9 will always have this, I suppose.)