StarWars.com gets back on the Japan track with 10 Cool Star Wars Posters from Japan. No, they’re not all this bad.
First Indy IV commercial
Head over to IndianaJones.com to watch the first TV commercial for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Think now that they’re getting the merchandising out of the way, we could maybe get some permalinks?
Advertising fun: Your daily dose of potty humor
This ad for the German (?) digital TV service Premiere is one of three featured on Ads of the World. The other two invoke Scream and Spider-Man. No idea if these are real ads or spec/student/portfolio work, but still pretty funny.
Poking around I also found a few more Star Wars-themed ads for Sony, Blockbuster and Disney (1, 2, 3, 4.) And it appears that Spike wasn’t the first to put fluorescents to work for the cause.
Use only in case of Sith
Spike promotion puts lightsabers on the streets of New York. Or, well, wrapped fluorescent bulbs anyway. Clever idea, but unlike Urbanite I can’t see anyone bothering to steal them. At least, not anyone with half a brain.
Natalie Portman Smells Good
Ads running in the Los Angeles Times for the upcoming Natalie Portman film Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium will feature scratch-n-sniff ink that smells like a cake.
This is something I could totally get behind….
Advertisments geared to fanboys almost as embarrassing as the fanboys themselves
As you may have gathered yesterday, a gamer I am not. But I ran across 1Up’s Best Worst Ads, Bestest Worser Ads and Best Worst Ads 3 only to be amused by the horrid video game ads of yesteryear. Mullets! Electronics! Geeks! You’ll love it.
And Best Supporting Cardboard goes to…
Lucasfilm’s For Your Consideration ads for Revenge of the Sith.
Natalie Portman? Seriously?
The usual suspects…
Two new commercials: “Brothers” and “Celebration“. Alas, I am on a computer with no Quicktime, but I’m guessing they’re light on Palpy action. There’s also a “Science of Star Wars” special airing on Discovery.
Hayden Christensen is on the cover of tomorrow’s Entertainment Weekly. It appears that this time there may actually be a real article to go with it.
Crazy fans at Grauman’s refuse an offer from George himself to be escorted by Stormies to the ArcLight.
The Scotsman on why Star Wars has universal appeal.
CNN Money explores the financial impact of ROTS on Lucasfilm, theatres, and the toy industry.
From the Christian Science Monitor (via CBS), yet another George Lucas article.
Master Replicas! You want one. Hell, I want one. And it looks like they’ll be making costumes by Halloween…