Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The StarWars.com crew did some digging and unearthed several Holiday Special props and other detris – even an animatic reel of the cartoon. There’s also a handful of old articles – one on the art directors and concept art, kicking off with Ralph McQuarrie and an interview with Patty Maloney, who played Lumpawarrump, and Stan Winston on Wookiee makeup/costuming. And finally, learn to draw Chewie’s family.
Awards: Judy Blundell, better known to Star Wars fans as Jude Watson, author of the Jedi Apprentice, Jedi Quest, and Last of the Jedi series’ for Scholastic, has won the National Book Award for her novel What I Saw and How I Lied.
UPDATE: GalleyCat now has a video interview with Blundell.
Robot Chicken Star Wars II airs tonight (11:30, Adult Swim) and the internet provides a few more appetizers: Seth Green and Matt Senreich at Underwire, Green at LAT’s Hero Complex, Breckin Meyer at LAist, Senreich at Comic Book Resources, even a review.
Best of all, a clip of Boba Fett massacring Ewoks. Who can’t get behind that?
“Duel of the Droids” airs on Cartoon Network tonight. (Preview with the latest webcomic, Discount.) Don’t forget the new Saturday morning reruns.
He’s at StarWars.com and on the ForceCast and talking about Showgirls in Entertainment Weekly (Okay, really he was just there for some sort of test.) Thankfully, the new Robot Chicken Star Wars special airs on Sunday, so we don’t have to worry about him e-stalking the rest of us. Or maybe that’s the plan to promote his Heroes guest-stop?
There’s yet another clip over at io9. Please, will someone please let them know that ‘Jedi” is a singular plural?
(There’s a quick preview of Robot Chicken’s post-Star Wars season over at Animation Insider)
EU Cantina has posted their interview with James Luceno. Topics include writing, Millennium Falcon, Brian Daley, and the future of the EU. They’re also taking questions for their next interview, with Lucasfilm Licensing Executive editor Sue Rostoni.
Dark Horse’s February/April solicitations, includes our first look at Star Wars: Adventures Volume 1: Han Solo and the Hollow Moon of Khorya (the April part of the equation,) as well as Legacy #33, Knights of the Old Republic #38, The Clone Wars #4 and an Emissaries and Assassins omnibus.
After a week of hiatus for Halloween, The Clone Wars returns tonight with “Downfall of a Droid.” Take a drink every time Ahsoka says “Artooey.”
Bookspot Central breaks in a brand-new interview feature by talking to Paul S. Kemp about getting into Star Wars, including some words of wisdom from Mike Stackpole:
At this last GenCon I met Mike Stackpole and asked him about his experiences writing Star Wars. He didn’t offer direct advice either, but he said if you write a good book, the fans will love you forever. Write a bad one, and there will be hell to pay.
Wherever would he get an idea like that? (via)
TheForce.net has a brand-new interview with Tim Zahn, their first since 2000. He talks about Allegiance, Outbound Flight, his creative process, and of course, the ever-popular character deaths question.
The big news here may be that he’s writing a Terminator novel, From the Ashes, a prequel to next year’s Terminator Salvation movie.