Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas takes IndianaJones.com viewers on a quick video tour of the house of Indiana Jones, as will be seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. See where Indy hangs his hat, and all those artifacts that aren’t quite museum quality.
Sue Rostoni on cover art
First off, she explains that while the ‘Rogue Leader’ image “hasn’t been chosen to become the cover of the Luke book, the idea is one that appeals to us.”
She also addresses the concept of covers and canon, which has been a hot topic over at the TOS boards lately:
With SW, we’ve tried to get covers to stay true to what’s happening inside, but it’s rarely completely possible. I think we’ve done a very, very good job with our covers in conveying the sense and feeling of the books. Personally, I don’t think covers should be cannon at all…… an exception might be when an EU character who has never been seen before shows up on a cover, then we’d use that as future reference… but people need to be realistic about these things.
Check out the Books, Comics, and Television VIP thread at StarWars.com for more.
Jedi ‘religion’ strikes again
Welsh duo plan ‘Jedi Church.’ Wasn’t that whole census thing supposed to be a joke? Let it go. Please.
In the news: Monday morning reading list
- Cloverfield smashes January box office records, including the one held by the ANH Special Edition.
- Lightsaber named top movie weapon in 20th Century Fox poll. (Huh.) The Death Star and Indiana Jones’ whip also made the list, and Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones are among the favorite weapon-wielding heroes.
- Skywalker Sound up for BAFTA for There Will Be Blood.
- AICN has a report from the cancer-free Fanboys.
- Ewan McGregor claiming Trainspotting had more influence than Star Wars prequels. On his career, perhaps.
Help out a fellow fan with just a click
James, a young Star Wars fan suffering from leukemia, and his father are looking to get 1,000,000 friends on their MySpace account. (via)
Indy IV trailer to debut next month?
Mark your calendar for February 14th… That’s when, according to CHUD, the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be teased on Entertainment Tonight as well as debut in theaters, with the whole thing showing up on IndianaJones.com at midnight on the 15th. Hopefully that’s Eastern time…
There’s that crazy Dunc-person rambling again
So, um, I have no idea how to link this with anything remotely resembling grace, so let me just say that I did a webmaster interview with Lightsabre, and they posted it today.
TFN thread of the indeterminate time period
A theory in questionable taste. Behind the facepalm, I’m laughing.
More Coruscant Nights revealed
On StarWars.com tonight, the titles for the second and third Coruscant Nights novels: Street of Shadows and Patterns of Force. The first book, Jedi Twilight, will be out in June.
The fandom minute: Nothing like dusting crops
Mark Kelso recreated General Grevious’ Invisible Hand from 30 pounds of Lego. Wow. Really, that’s all I can say. Wow.
- Darth Vader: He’s with the band. Let’s hope he can handle the rock, unlike a certain Anakin Solo.
- Red and Jonny (the Stormtroopers in Love) are totally geeked out about being in Star Wars Insider.
- Comics Should Be Good devotes a Snark-Free corner to Legacy.
- That Mara custom figure on eBay? It’s currently going for $102.50. With almost two days to go. Hey, Sideshow…?
- American Idol ‘Star Wars Girl’ speaks; also makes an appearance in the Hartford Courant