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Kerfuffle of the moment

We leave town for a week and everyone starts getting delusions of grandeur… The wankpocalypse (expected July 21, 2007) has come early, it seems. Livejournal has deleted several communities and journals that host incest and slash fanfic, supposedly prompted by complaints about said journals promoting pedophilia. Fandom being fandom, paranoia runs rampart, all the way to Fandom Wank and Boing Boing. I’m not particularly familiar with anything that got deleted, but community names like ‘childlove’ and ‘master_badtouch’ do give me pause.

Cause for concern? Yes. But I doubt this is going to cause a fandom-wide purge, although TPM slashers and Luke/Leia shippers best take a good look at their interest lists. And how about we just stay away from the underage incest porn, ‘mkay?

ETA: Mainstream attention from News.com, and a fan response that doesn’t involve excessive knee-jerking.

ETA2: Livejournal speaks.

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CIV: The one we’ve been waiting for

Obi-Wan wonders if he left the iron on

The biggest thing to come out of this Celebration was, of course, the much-anticipated and yet totally unexpected (well, unannounced) Clone Wars footage. As disappointed as I was to first hear that the animated series would be yet another dose of the Clone Wars, I must admit it looks pretty cool. There’s a report from the C4 panel at the StarWars.com Celebration blog. Alas, due to my schedule I never made the actual panels, although I did manage to catch the footage itself on screen, and it’s fantastic in high-def. I hope everyone who could caught it that way.

Anakin Skywalker, Mr. Dressup puppet

The fan-produced “3-D animated stills” mentioned is probably the ‘Tales from the New Republic’ project. While impressive for a fan production (and more in line with what I hoped for the animated series, sigh) the image quality suffers in comparison to the CW footage. Still, it’s a great idea and a lot of work, and I hope they can pull it off!

One of these things is not like the others...

Even if… umm… no comment.

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Out this week, and last

Caught up in post-CIV madness, but for now, be aware that the latest Legacy of the Force book, Sacrifice, was officially released yesterday.

Today brings to your comic store Knights of the Old Republic #17, the Jango Fett/Zam Wesell anniversary collection, and the new Panel to Panel, which focuses on Dark Horse’s contributions to the EU. And those of us trucking to Los Angeles may have missed last week’s comic releases, Legacy #12 and Dark Times #3.

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CIV: What is thy bidding, my master?

Coming at you from the fifth floor of the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles… Jaders. There are currently ten of us, four laptops, and our first internet access in days. It has been, full stop, In. Sane. We’re all crazy busy and there’s so much to do!

Yesterday? We served six thousand pieces of cake. Yes, I have pictures.

Today? It’s a blur. Tomorrow? Who knows? For now? Check out the Celebration blog and Flickr from StarWars.com, because this is the only internet I’m likely to get.

For now, I only have one suggestion for Celebration V: Free wifi in the Fan Club Lounge.

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No time for blog, Dr. Jones

Might as well make this official: Club Jade dot Net is currently on hiatus for Celebration. There may be posting from the con, there may not be posting from the con, quite frankly we’re not really sure, but in the meantime there’s tons to do and most if it is in the real world.

In any case, we recommend you keep your eyes on StarWars.com once things start rolling.

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Could it be… spoilers?

With just over week to go it’s no surprise that Sacrifice spoilers are leaking. Do you dare read them? Obligatory disclaimer: Unofficial source, could be foilers, believe nothing until you read it yourself, link may be a limited time engagement, blah blah. The book comes out May 29th.

The spoiler-free best stay away from EU forums until you read it. And also stay away from the comments of this post.