Bryan Young continues his defense of the prequel trilogy, in the wake of some ever-so-charming embittered fanboys. (Shouldn’t they have moved on to Transformers by now?)
Star Wars in the news
Bryan Young defends the prequel trilogy at perhaps one of the last places one would expect such a thing – The Huffington Post. If he was at CIV, I think I may have asked him (or his son) a trivia question or two…
Also, among the things we missed due to C4, Empire’s special Star Wars section, including a marathon interview with George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Whoops.
Fandom
- Wookieepedian participates in contest looking for the biggest ‘Star Wars’ fan in Central Texas.
- Austrailian fans profiled.
- Washingston D.C. 501st profiled.
- Kentucky couple has Star Wars wedding. Jeremey Bulloch attended – in costume!
Events
- Star Wars exhibit at Baltimore’s Geppi’s Entertainment Museum.
- Where Science Meets Imagination is now in Fort Worth, Texas.
Gaming
Misc
- High-definition DVDs in Europe are now receiving THX certification.
- George overheard dissing Youtube.
- Redesigned StarWars.com one of The Christian Science Monitor’s Monitor picks.
- Psychiatrists examine Anakin Skywalker.
Blast from the past
Out this week
Lots of reprints! On Tuesday, look for the paperback of Aaron Allston’s Betrayal, the first book of the Legacy of the Force series, and Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy, a trade paperback reprinting all three prequel novelizations.
Wednesday brings the 30th Anniversary Darth Maul collection and the first trade collection of Legacy, Broken. Those yearning for new tales can turn to Knights of the Old Republic #16 and Buffy #3.
Rifftrax takes on AOTC
Attack of the Clones is the latest offering from MST3K alums Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy. And none other than Chad Vader joins the mocking this time around!
CIV: Six-movie marathon
Wednesday at Celebration IV, attendees can see the whole saga at once. And registration starts at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) today, so stake your claim now.
Video Monday
A New Crew In Town: Clever Battlestar Galactica filk. Why is Baltar the only one with an English accent?
Return of the Jedi Extended Scene. Wasn’t there a Robot Chicken sketch like this once?
The real reason Christopher Eccleston quit Doctor Who.
For the Karrdes: Leia Live at ConnectiCon 2006. Also: Stuff blowing up real good.
TFN’s fake Episode II trailer. Remember this? It has Christopher Walken!
The rest of the garbage
From the Blogside
Sunnyskywalker explores the origins of Varykino and wonders what Bail told Padme’s family about her death; DJ Maul reviews Bloodlines; The Infinite Force wraps up his look at the Sith.
When fanboys attack (each other)
I waffled back and forth on this one – while certainly relevant to fandom, these interviews with Star Wars spoilerfolks get pretty obscure if you weren’t a part of the spoiler scene. (Let’s put it this way: Once the discussion gets past TFN, Jedinet, Starwarz, etc, even I fail to recognize half of the sites being discussed. And I was by no means spoiler-free.)
Joshua Griffin, surprisingly, makes the best impression; T’bone, for all he denies it, comes off like someone hauling around a very bad case of sour grapes; Fatboy Roberts has the most interesting historical perspective; there’s one more yet to go, but although I remember Episode X I have no clue who this Tai person is, so I’ll just let it go.
But whatever your position, the interviews form an intriguing look at one of fandom’s more cutthroat periods.
Old kerfuffles, long gone…
Were the Jedi Archives in Attack of the Clones based on the Long Room Library at Trinity College of Dublin? The pics are certainly persuasive, and the resemblance was enough that the college was considering legal action back in 2002. Other than some law blogs, I can only find one reference to the matter… The library’s website is mum.