- Interview: Lightsabre talks to Kenneth Colley, who played Admiral Piett.
- Gaming: io9 brings us a brief history of Star Wars video games.
- Fan art: Photo mosaic of the Star Wars/Last Supper painting.
- YTMND: Can Luke get anything right?
Video du jour: Kimmel shows Hayden fan art
Fan Art: Ackbar goes Steampunk
The man who started the whole Steampunk Star Wars craze, Eric Poulton, is back with his take on Admiral Ackbar.
A scientific genius with a troubled mind, Captain Ackbar spent much of his life roaming the stars in a ship of his own design. After witnessing his homeworld captured and his people enslaved by the Empire, he gathered a loyal crew and fled into deep space, planning to escape civilization entirely.
Fan Art: Snow White and the 7 Stormtroopers
Ceth Stifel aka Thumper-001 combines classic Disney with Star Wars in his Star Tours series. People, I need to see someone make that outfit for the next Celebration. Or maybe a whole legion of Leia/Disney Princess mashups. Please? (via)
Fan art: Son of Baroque Star Wars
Illustrator Mattias has rounds out his charming Baroque Star Wars series with a few more character sketches (including Yoda, left) and an uncolored Death Star.
He also has prints available for purchase. Damn you, exchange rates!
Who’s that handsome Baron-Administrator?
None other than LANDO, of course, in Matt Haley’s riff on the classic Shaft poster. (Also check under storyboards in his gallery for some Revenge of the Sith art he did for LucasArts.)
Fan Art: Baroque Star Wars
We’ve seen quite a few variations on the Star Wars theme, but Mattias Adolfsson’s baroque versions have a definite charm. His Imperial Walker is particularly impressive. (The heels!)
UPDATE: And another: “Han Solo being harassed by the puritan squad.”
Friday morning reading list
Slashfilm came across a fan-made poster that spans the entire saga. I’m usually not a huge fan of the collage aesthetic, but I gotta admit this one is pretty nifty.
NEWS
- This week saw the release of Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga – and yesterday the game’s developer, TT Games, was purchased by Warner Brothers. Guess all that hard Wiisaber work paid off.
- The Discovery returned safely to Earth on Wednesday – presumably with lightsaber intact.
- Fan compiles relevant screenshots from The Clone Wars videos on StarWars.com.
- BBC interviews ANH prop hauler.
FANDOM
- Humor site Aniboom casts U.S. primary candidates and assorted other political types in Star Wars roles. It’s… about what you’d expect. Meh.
- Know A Legion: Neon City Garrison.
BOOKS
- TOS interviews Dick DeBartolo, who penned (all? some of? most?) Mad’s Star Wars film spoofs.
- McClatchy review of The Star Wars Vault.
HYPERSPACE
- On Hyperspace, the Insider #96 online supplement.
- You can now add a StarWars.com app to your Facebook account.
Fan Art: Jabba’s Palace
Be sure to click through to see the whole thing.
An awesome Jabba the Hutt by artist Richard Whitters. There’s also a colorized version by DA user DoNotThrowAway.
Fan Art: Daddy’s Girl
This is only a portion of the full work – be sure to click to see the whole thing!
Jaina Solo by SvenjaLiv. There’s more Star Wars art in her gallery.