Mikey Post will be one of four in costume on the Endor Rose Bowl float.
Love an Ewok, just for today
There’s just no escaping fan creativity. The latest random act of cuteness is a crochet Wicket.
I know I’ve admitted my weakness in this area before, but damnit, I want one.
From the Blogside
Harry Potter is a fraud! This isn’t a blog, but it’s certainly burning through the fandom in a way I find quite amusing. Please note it was originally published in 2002.
Icarusancalion has excellent advice for fandom security. Hiding your tie-in novels in the underwear drawer is not, surprisingly, one of them.
Oboe-Wan ponders hats and Ewoks. Sadly, not hats of Ewoks. (Yes, it’s old-school CJ reference day!)
On the VIP front, Helen Keier on how she got the gig, Sterling Hershey explains what a freelance game designer does and Abel G. Peña discusses the origins of Darth Millennial. Oh, and Jeremy Bulloch has shown up.
Weird things on the Wookieepedia
The Endor Holocaust, the theory (theory!) that Ewoks Go Boom. Fanboys, I swear…Well, at least it makes for a funny Metafilter thread.
Video Monday
Trailer for 5-25-77. That’s an upcoming movie I haven’t heard of for a long time…
The Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, and Return of the Jedi in 60 seconds, with Attack of the Clones and Empire Strikes Back in 10.
British Phantom Menace spoof. I believe this is from French and Saunders – that’s Jennifer Saunders as Qui-Gon, anyway. Some of the funny must have gotten lost in the trip over the Atlantic, but screenshots of the Queen Amidala scene have been amusing me for years so I had to link it. Sorry. This action figure parody of game show The Crystal Maze may amuse more.
Ewoks and Stormtroopers, just because:
– Injured stormtrooper.
– Ewoks cartoon promo.
– Return of the Jedi trailer.
– Classic Clip: Stormtrooper hitting his head.
Video Monday
This week’s highlight – Stephen Colbert visits California’s 6th district, aka Lucas country. Mace Windu is not impressed.
We Didn’t Start the Fandom, a Harry Potter fandom filk. Probably doesn’t make much sense if you’re not in the fandom or reading Fandom Wank, but trust me, it’s pretty funny if you know what they’re talking about.
The old school Ewok song, acoustic on Craig Kilborn. It’s a sing-a-long!
Weird Al performs ‘Yoda’ live. S-O-D-A!
– Second preview for upcoming season of BSG.
– Younglings in the kitchen.
– Star Wieners – Part 1, Part 2.
– ‘Mos Eisley’ rap video.
– Yoda and Obi Wan Love Porn.
– Classic Clip: Bea Arthur sings!
Special Valentine Unit
Okay, so it’s not our usual genre, but the Law and Order Valentines have been making the rounds and they’re too damn funny not to link. (via Boing Boing)
The artist, Brandon Bird, also has some fun Star Wars stuff: Masters of the Force, Fluttermaul, Man of Tomorrow and an awesome Ewok poster. Check out brandonbird.com for more fun pop-culture artwork.
“Are you an angel?”
Trying to keep up, but my internet is still fond of taking long vacations and I have to go to work tomorrow. Work? In the middle of this? What was I thinking?
On starwars.com: another new commercial, and a blogging service for Hyperspace members.
ROTS is up and off at Cannes, and they loved it. Although possibly for political reasons, but you take what you can get. ( Lucas says differently.) TFN has more Cannes stuff, if you have an overwhelming urge to see what Natalie Portman looks like bald.
The movie is still riding high with 81% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, bless their review-gathering hearts.
However, any review that starts with a paragraph about things coming out of nostrils is probably not going to be positive. Sure enough, The New Yorker was unimpressed with ROTS. I also have to wonder if the reviewer has ever seen A New Hope or his eyes ever registered the Millenium Falcon, with him going on about how ‘sterilized’ the GFFA is. And, horror of horrors, he quotes some Anakin/Padme dialouge that might make me retch more than the “angel” line from TPM. That’s about when I stopped reading. (Via kottke)
Luckily, I got to cleanse my brain with an article on Ian McDiarmid, a slideshow from Forbes on Star Wars flops , and for extra bitterness, IGN’s list of the lamest characters, half of which, if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably forgotten existed. If that’s a little too much bitterness, they also have a 10 best background character list. Corpsey the Ewok. Hehe.