Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
We’ve had a few editions to the Celebration VI guest list in these past few days: Repping for the sound team are Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood and David Acord, while Jon Berg and Lorne Peterson represent the model makers.
Reed is also looking for Orlando fan tips on Twitter. Somehow I doubt my suggestions of ‘stay inside’ and ‘curse Florida’ will make the final cut. Feel free to let loose with your Florida-centric snark: This is a safe space, my fellow Florida-haters!
The Star Wars Celebration website has been updated with a pre-order store.
You can now order a t-shirt with Yoda all aglow in the Celebration VI logo. You can only get this design through pre-order at $30 (U.S.) You must have a ticket to order.
Also available is the souvenir program for $20. However, it appears that will be available on-site.
Go forth and shop!
Ian McDiarmid, aka Emperor Palpatine, will be making his first appearance at a U.S. Celebration in Orlando this August. He’ll appear on stage and, yes, in the autograph farm.
In other recent Celebration news, there will be a special focus on the Mos Eisley Cantina with professional sculptor and effects artist Tom Spina, who will join Pablo Hidalgo for a panel. Also: Star Tours’ Visual Effects Supervisor Bill George, a Collector’s Showcase, and, apparently, maybe, kids birthday parties? Alrighty then.
We had a handful of guest announcements yesterday headlined by the man behind (inside?) Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew. Also: Performer/puppeteers Tim Rose and Paul Springer, makeup artist Nick Maley and actor Trevor Butterfield.
The blogside. There are, so, so many great responses out to EUC’s gender post now. (Why ours is the only one with 100+ comments and some hella tangents, I remain perplexed. Or maybe that’s just my headache speaking.) Synlah and Skuldren at Roqoo Depot were first out the gate with cluelessness in Star Wars. Emily at Tosche Station wrote Why Star Wars needs women – now more than ever. Rachael of The Galactic Drift says that asking for equality in Star Wars isn’t sexist, and, later (inspired by our comment section, I believe) how turning women into sex objects removes their humanity. And Tricia and Lex at FangirlBlog addressed how the original post missed the point of Star Wars and fandom, and Tricia came back last night with a look at the silver linings of the whole thing.
And, finally, Pete Morrison at Lightsaber Rattling took a look at the dramatis personae of Star Wars novels from the last few years and did a gender breakdown that showed male characters outnumber females almost 2 to 1.
Say what you will about EUC’s post, but it certainly got fandom talking!
Get your X-Wings in bulk. Knights Archive found a listing on Random Houses’ Smart Archive for an eBook bundle of the X-Wing novels. There’s no price yet, but it does include all the classic Stackpole and Allston books and goes on sale July 30th. That’s cutting it a little close for those who want to catch up or reread: Allston’s X-Wing: Mercy Kill will be out the very next week.
The most magnificent motivation of all. Peter David has republished the first draft of Skippy the Jedi Droid, his classic Star Wars story from the much-missed Star Wars Tales comic. (via)
Celebration VI. The first Celebration Show Store exclusive to be announced is a 12″ figure of Clone Commander Ganch from Sideshow. Why is he here? Because he was created by Pablo Hidalgo and Tom Hodges for the The Clone Wars webcomics.
Background. Even more endnotes for The Essential Guide to Warfare..
Reviews. James reads Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #5 and Boba Fett is Dead #1.
Well, they promised us Celebration announcements, are here they are: Carrie Fisher will be back for her third appearance at the con. Also confirmed: Jeremy Bulloch and Daniel Logan, along with the news that this year’s art helmet will be Fett’s. And another Clone Wars guest, CG Supervisor Joel Aron, who will teach “master class sessions” in the lecture hall.
And, of course, to bring us the ‘no duh’ component, the family room will return.
Of a bit more interest is the fan table lineup. I’m not surprised by the amount of costume clubs, but I am a little sad that Wookieepedia is the only straight-up fansite. But then again, all us fansite folks are going to way too busy covering stuff to sit around manning tables..
Yes, we’ve been so starved for actual news about Celebration VI that even this is news. And yes, we were all totally expecting this. But MTV’s Woodsy has confirmed that there will be Celebration VI announcements. And that’s good enough for me.
Also: An online Clone Wars marathon, eCards, a free app, some sales, and etc. But Celebration VI news is what we really want, yes? (Well, and new Her Universe stuff.)
Also, you should stock up on reaction GIFs, because I’m thinking of starting the day off here with a GIF party. Thoughts?
Well, it’s not news, but it might make you wish it was August. In Florida. There, see? All better. (via)
If the “B” in “Don’t Trust the B_ in Apartment 23” stood for “Bib Fortuna,” then MAYBE I would watch it.
— Damon Lindelof (@DamonLindelof) April 11, 2012
Watching West Coast Customs build a Darth Vader car for Lucasfilm. Can’t help but think @jediagent would have loved this.
— Allison C. (@keyofmgy) April 16, 2012
Can’t wait to see this…
Hate visiting my Rodian cousin. He smells funny, never shuts up, and always insists on shooting first #SecondaryWorldProblems #StarWars
— Squiddy Attack (@Shael_no_7) April 15, 2012
#SecondaryWorldProblems is THE hashtag from this weekend that you need to check out. Great stuff in there.
BREAKING: North Korea’s rocket has failed. Farm boy in X-Wing spotted fleeing scene. #StarWars
— Death Star PR (@DeathStarPR) April 13, 2012
Current event tweet of the week! Unless you count Monday’s episode of How I Met Your Mother…
Still need a hotel room? We just added more inventory at official #SWCVI hotels.. check it out: ow.ly/acprr
— onPeak (@onPeak) April 11, 2012
Been procrastinating on your Celebration plans? Well, you better decide now: OnPeak has opened up more rooms for the con, and if the past is any indication, they won’t last! (via)