As photographed by Cayusa @ Flickr. He also spotted a Jedi Clampett and an unusual lightsaber duel. But my favorite has to be the Cookie Killer. Only at Dragon*Con, folks…
Obi-Wan gear for baby Ben
Our own Nori created this stunning Jedi baby ensemble for a forthcoming bundle of joy named Ben. Complete with a teeny knitted lightsaber! Be sure to click through to see the layers and other details.
Well, that’s one way to stand out in a crowd of Mandos
An entire Boba Fett costume made out of Lego. Oh Fettheads, never change.
Eye Candy: Comic Con in costumes
Bonnie’s picks for San Diego’s best Star Wars costumes.
Steve Schofield’s ‘Land of the Free’
Photographer Steve Schofield photographs British sci-fi fans – more often than not in costume – in their homes. (via)
Metal bikini? Iconic? You don’t say…
Oh, Entertainment Weekly. Even the dinkiest comic convention these days has something like half a dozen girls (and maybe a particularly hairy man if you’re really unlucky) decked out in the thing. We know.
Dead men tell no tales…
But fired men do.
Los Angeles Magazine has a great feature on a former Jack Sparrow’s account of working at Disneyland. It’s a really interesting read, addressing everything from the audition process, to Disney “cleaning up” Jack Sparrow, to the fabled Magic Kingdom fascism towards their employees. Welcome to the regime-iest place on Earth!
LOTF Week Fan Art: Tenel Ka
Queen Mother by Shea Standefer. Shea also has pictures in progress of Jaina, Allana and Tenel Ka with Jacen. But she’s probably best known in fandom as am accomplished Jaina costumer. You can see more of her art on DA, and an impressive array of costumes at tempered-steel.net.
Check back tomorrow morning for the next installment of LOTF fan art!
Expanded Universe at random
It was a busy week on the VIP blogs… First, a slightly defensive Drew Karpyshyn Rule of Two update (seriously fanboys, lay off the guy already,) then John Jackson Miller pondered keeping things unexplained, and we were favored with an Abel G. Peña double-punch on Darth names and, of all things, The Crystal Star.
- TFN took a seven-part look at Darth Krayt. I’m not really sure there actually is seven days worth of material on the subject, but that’s why I don’t work for TFN, I guess.
- Speaking of comics, a review of Legacy: Broken.
- A neat Darth Nihilus costume spotted at Comic-Con.
Star Wars undead expected to haunt D*C
Some fans are planning to zombie up for Dragon*Con, and they appear to be recruiting. Do you have what it takes?