Well, we still haven’t seen the footage they were taping at the Rose Parade… If there’s any truth to this, I wonder if it has anything to do with all that new and fantastic Hyperspace stuff we haven’t heard of yet?
Know A Legion
The Badlands Garrison, which serves the three westernmost provinces of Canada, is the latests to be profiled on StarWars.com.
CIV: Belly dancing, Ben Burtt, WOTC, droids
Slave Leias are always a hit, so it’s not surprising that LFL persuaded Amira Sa’id, the belly dancing slave Leia, to perform and teach at Celebration.
14 days to go!
- Ben Burtt to talk sound.
- WOTC seminars on Miniatures and the new RPG.
- 501st Droid Hunt mini-site launches
Variety feels the force of fandom
Whoops – two Friday Variety articles we seem to have missed, both focusing on Star Wars fandom – one on the 501st, and another on the Wookieepedia.
We don’t need to see your identification
Geek Monthly celebrates 30 years of Star Wars in their latest issue. Gracing the cover is Greg Grunberg of Heroes, wearing the ever-fashionable stormtrooper duds. The armor was borrowed from TK-1666 of the 501st Legion. (via the 501st)
Fan documentary updates
TFN is reporting that The Force Among us crew has been invited to Celebration.
Meanwhile, AICN has a Heart of an Empire review. (And apparently a copy of The Making of Star Wars as well…)
In the News: Lucas, Kasdan, fans
George’s stint in the Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race on Saturday ended with a bang – a collision with CSI: Miami’s Emily Procter.
Lawrence Kasdan, who scripted The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Raiders of the Lost Ark, will script a Clash of the Titans remake for Warner Bros. But… how can they remake Clash of the Titans? The crappiness is 90% of its charm!
Meanwhile, Two fan groups on different sides of the country were profiled last week: The Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh and the Dune Sea Garrison in Arizona.
Additional Heart of an Empire screenings
TFN reports that the 501st documentary is screening in Tucson and Newport Beach.
Video Monday
Don’t miss this – R2-S2, the steam-powered Artoo! Impressive. (Thanks, Bonnie!)
Rifftrax has video samples on Youtube – TPM, AOTC, The Matrix, Daredevil, The Fifth Element, X-Men, LOTR (if you only watch one, watch LOTR) and more. They’re also up on the Rifftrax site.
Someone has put a lot of SDCC masquerade sketches from 2005 and 2006 up on Youtube – including The Modal Nodes, Runaway Bounty, General Grievous and some very familiar pirates
I had no idea Epcot could do that!
- The real Episode III. This is kind of dumb, but the Maul bit is hilarious.
- The dancing 501st
- Worst Star Wars Reenactment Ever
- Star Wars (Jedi Disco Mix)