Voice actor James Arnold Taylor, (Obi-Wan Kenobi on Star Wars: The Clone Wars) recently posted a trailer for his one-man show, “Talking to Myself”. Teasing his eighty-minute show, this clip covers some of different parts of his act. If you’ve seen his show from Star Wars weekends at Walt Disney World (or seen video of that half-hour show online last year), these bits aren’t new, but it is always entertaining. Hopefully Taylor will bring his show to Celebration VI!
EW to host live chat with James Arnold Taylor during tonight’s Clone Wars
James Arnold Taylor, who voices Obi-wan, will be live with fans on the Entertainment Weekly site during the airing of ‘Friends and Enemies’ tonight.
The chat will begin at about 7:45pm ET.
Video: James Arnold Taylor’s Obi-Wan & Beyond
James Arnold Taylor’s one man show, as performed at Disney’s Star Wars Weekends this year.
Star Wars Miniland opens at Legoland California
Last Thursday, Legoland California opened up their Star Wars area in Miniland with some big fanfare. The official ribbon cutting was done by Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, and Carson Weiner, a young Star Wars fan representing the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Also on hand for the celebration were James Arnold Taylor and Catherine Taber of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and about 60 costumed members of the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion. Other VIPs included skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and “Wait, I was in Star Trek not Star Wars” Christian Slater and Dancing with the Stars‘ Brooke Burke.
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Video: Another look at S3 of The Clone Wars
StarWars.com has a new Clone Wars preview video today, ‘Truly Cinematic,’ featuring Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, and Ashley Eckstein. There are peeks at a lot of the footage that was revealed at Celebration, but I’m not well-vested enough to know if anything else is all-new.
Celebration V video: James Arnold Taylor and Tom Kane
Amazing impressions from The Clone Wars ‘Behind the Microphone’ panel.
In the news: Fisher takes ‘Drinking’ to New York, Dirty-minded neighbors peg Prowse film as porn
Buns over Broadway. Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show ‘Wishful Drinking’ opened on Broadway this weekend, and the reviews are in. Not too shabby! Let’s not forget the woman herself is still blogging away… And not pulling any punches, either.
Why is the goofy news always from the U.K.? Two stories involving David Prowse… In the first, his car breaks down. Okay, maybe not so wacky, except the part where it used to belong to Kenny Baker, thus allowing all the ability to write a silly headline. In the second, a house where the actor was filming a drama was raided by police after neighbors reported the film crew as being there to shot a porn flick.
Behind the CGI. The New York Daily News has a nice piece profiling the Clone Wars voice talent.
In Concert. Naturally the tour is getting some (digital) ink; L.A. Times’ Hero Complex talked to several folks, including host Anthony Daniels; Pheonix New Times’ Benjamin Leatherman was not particularly impressed, though he did give the masses a say. (Ahh, Twitter. Removing the journalist’s need to actually talk to people for comment since 2006.) As for the places where it’s yet to come, Chicago Now’s Geek to Me and The Ottawa Citizen have taken notice.
The quick guide to Star Wars on Twitter
As the legion of Star Wars accounts on Twitter grows, it’s getting harder to keep track of. It’s impossible to list everyone, but here are a few accounts that may be of interest.
Please note that although we provide this page as a service to fans to find official accounts and other people they may wish to follow, we do not encourage pestering or harassing celebrities and/or other fans. Please be respectful to the celebrities and each other.
And if you’re wondering about hashtags, StarWars.com has some suggestions (though I’m not about to give up on #EpisodeVII!)
- Carrie Fisher (@CarrieFFisher) Played Princess Leia in the original trilogy.
- Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) Played Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy.
- Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) Played C-3PO in all six movies.
- Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) Played Obi-wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy.
- Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) All -around badass; Played Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy.
- David Prowse (@isDARTHVADER) Played Darth Vader (in the suit) for the original trilogy.
- Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) Played Chewbacca in the original trilogy and ROTS.
- Bonnie Piesse (@BonniePiesse) Played Beru Lars in AOTC and ROTS.
- Ahmed Best (@ahmedbest) Played Jar Jar Binks in the prequels.
- Warwick Davis (@WarwickADavis) Played Wicket W. Warrick in Return of the Jedi as well as several characters in The Phantom Menace and many other films.
- Ray Park (@PARKYBOY74) Played Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
- Richard LeParmentier (@AdmiralMotti) Played Admiral Motti in A New Hope.
- Joel Aron ( @joelaron ) Visual effects on Revenge of the Sith, The Clone Wars
- Bad Robot (@bad_robot) Home base of Episode VII director J.J. Abrams.
- Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) Supervising director of The Clone Wars, Rebels.
- Phil Tippett (@PhilTippett) VFX artist who now heads Tippet Studio; Did stop motion effects for ANH and ESB.
- Greg Weisman (@Greg_Weisman) Writer on Rebels. Worked on Gargoyles, Young Justice.
- Matthew Wood (@matthewood) Skywalker Sound; Voice of General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars.
- Matt Lanter (@MattLanter) Voice of Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars
- Ashley Eckstein (@HerUniverse) Voice of Ahsoka Tano. Used mostly for Her Universe business, and also listed under licensees, but Ashley shares other stuff here as well.
- James Arnold Taylor (@JATactor) Voice of Obi-Wan in The Clone Wars
- Catherine Taber (@cattaber) Voice of Padme Amidala in The Clone Wars
- Sam Witwer (@SamWitwer) Voice of Darth Maul on The Clone Wars, Galen Marek/Starkiller in The Force Unleashed.
- Dee Bradley Baker (@deebradleybaker) Voice of The Clone Wars clonetroopers.
- Phil LaMarr (@phillamarr) Voice of The Clone Wars’ Kit Fisto.
- Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) voiced Barriss Offee in The Clone Wars.
- Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) Voice of Dengar in The Clone Wars. Director/Actor, Shaun of the Dead, Scottie in Star Trek prequel/reboot.
- Greg Proops (@GregProops) Voice of Beed Annodue in The Phantom Menace.
- Peter Serafinowicz (@serafinowicz) Voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
- StarWars.com (@starwars)
- The Clone Wars (@TheCloneWars) Official account for the show.
- Star Wars Celebration (@SW_Celebration)
- Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) Del Rey’s Star Wars folks.
- Her Universe (@heruniverse)
- Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks)
- Dark Horse Comics (@DarkHorseComics)
- Del Rey Books (@DelReyBooks)
- DK Publishing (@DKPublishing)
- Gentle Giant (@gentlegiantltd)
- Lucasarts (@lucasartsgames)
- The (proposed) Lucas Cultural Arts Museum (@lucasmuseum)
- The Old Republic MMO (@swtor)
- Sideshow Collectibles (@collectsideshow)
- Star Wars: In Concert (@SWInConcert)
- Star Wars Insider (@SW_Insider)
- Please note that George Lucas himself does not have a Twitter account, only numerous impostors.
- Chris Argyropoulos (@ThatChrisA) Lucasfilm Publicist
- Dan Brooks (@dan_brooks) Works for StarWars.com
- Tracy Cannobbio (@Tcann13) Lucasfilm Publicist
- Mary Franklin (@MaryLFL) Sr. Event Lead for Lucasfilm, queen of all she surveys
- Jennifer Heddle (@jenheddle) Senior Editor (fiction) at Lucasfilm.
- Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata) Brand Communication Manager for Lucasfilm, author, internet rockstar
- Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) Keeper of the Holocron, Lucas Licensing
- Matt Martin (@missingwords) Works for StarWars.com
- Erich Schoeneweiss (@Darth_Duff) Del Rey editor
- Randy Stradley (@Randy_Stradley) Vice President of Publishing, Dark Horse Comics
- Aaron Allston (@aaronallston) Author, X-Wing, Legacy of the Force, Fate of the Jedi series.
- Kevin J. Anderson (@TheKJA) Author, The Jedi Academy Trilogy
- Corinna Bechko (@CorinnaBechko) Writer, Legacy
- Haden Blackman (@HadenBlackman) LucasArts / Writer, The Force Unleashed
- Jeremy Barlow (@Jeremy_Barlow) Writer / Dark Horse editor
- Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl) Writer, You Can Draw: Star Wars
- Nathan P. Butler (@swfanworks) Writer, ‘Equals and Opposites’ / StarWarsFanWorks.com
- Chris Cassidy (@Yav14) Writer, ‘Precipice’
- James.S.A.Corey (@JamesSACorey) aka Daniel Abraham (@AbrahamHanover) and Ty Franck. Authors, Empire and Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves.
- Paul Ens (@paulens) Writer, R2-D2: Beneath the Dome, ‘Evasive Action’ webstrips / Owner of Red 5 Comics / Former Director of Lucas Online
- Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) Author, The Essential Atlas
- Christie Golden (@ChristieGolden) Author, Fate of the Jedi
- Kevin Hearne (@KevinHearne) Author, upcoming Empire and Rebellion Luke novel.
- Helen Keier (@HelenKeier) Writer, The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
- Drew Karpyshyn (@DrewKarpyshyn) Author, Darth Bane novels.
- Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) Author, Crosscurrent
- Tim Lebbon (@timlebbon) Author, Dawn of the Jedi novel
- John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) Writer, Knights of the Old Republic, Kenobi
- Abel G. Peña (@ThePhilodoxer) Writer, things fanboys love
- J. W. Rinzler (@jwrinzler) Writer, The Making of Star Wars, other nonfiction.
- Joe Schreiber (@joeschreiber1) Author, Death Troopers
- Mike Stackpole (@MikeStackpole) Author, X-Wing series
- Matthew Stover (@MWStover ) Author, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, Revenge of the Sith novelization.
- Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) Writer, Invasion comic.
- Paul Urquhart (@quhart) Writer, The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Dan Wallace (@danwall88) Author, The Essential Atlas
- Martha Wells (@marthawells1) Author, Empire and Rebellion: Razor’s Edge
- Sean Williams (@adelaidesean) Author, The Force Unleashed novelizations
- Ryder Windham (@ryderwindham)
- Brian Wood (@brianwood) Writer, Star Wars, the comic that began in 2013
- Matt Busch (@Matt_Busch)
- Katie Cook (@katiecandraw)
- Dave Dorman (@DaveDorman)
- Nicole Falk (@nicolefalk13)
- FETTS (@FETTS)
- Nathan Hamill (@NathanHamill)
- Gabriel Hardman (@gabrielhardman)
- Jessica Hickman (@garthim)
- Tom Hodges (@hodgesart)
- Leah Mangue (@LMangueArt)
- Randy Martinez (@randymartinez)
- Cyn Narcisi (@CynDraws)
- Amy Pronovost (@amarafox)
- Cat Staggs (@CatStaggs)
- Denise Vasquez (@denisevasquez)
- 501st Legion (@501stLegion) Costume group. Check out who they’re following for individual garrisons.
- Rebel Legion (@rebellegion) Costume group.
- EU Cantina (@EUCantina)
- EU Cast (@EUCast)
- Galactic Binder (@galacticbinder)
- Kitbashed, the Origins of Star Wars (@Kitbashed)
- Knights Archive (@KnightsArchive)
- New Jedi Order Encyclopedia (@njoenews)
- RebelScum (@rebelscumnews)
- Tosche Station (@Tosche_Station)
- TheForce.net (@theforcenet)
- TFN’s Jedi Council forums (@jedicounciltfn)
- Star Wars Action News (@swactionnews)
- White Hot Room (@OurWhiteHotRoom)
- And of course, @clubjade
- Tricia Barr (@fangirlcantina) Runs Fangirlcantina.com
- Mandy Bulat (@mandybu) Jader, comic lover, hilarious.
- Dan Curto (@dancurto) – Collector, toy photographer.
- Danny Choo (@dannychoo) The Tokyo Dance Trooper
- James Floyd (@jamesjawa) Our own Jawajames!
- Mark Hurliman (@illogicalRogue2) – EUCast host.
- Albin Johnson (@tk210) Founder of the 501st
- Justin LaSalata (@JustinL81) U.S. News Editor for JediNews
- Gus Lopez (@toysrgus) Collector, author.
- Andrew Lupi (@MasterAndrew15) – EUCantina content manager.
- Peter Morrison (@PeteMorrisonLR) – Runs Lightsaber Rattling
- Kyle Newman (@kyle_newman) Director, Fanboys
- Shea Standefer (@shea_standefer) Costumer, artist.
- Bryan Young (@BigShinyRobot) aka the Star Wars Examiner.
- Admiral Ackbar (@Ackbar)
- Chewbacca (@Chewbacca)
- Darth Vader (@darthvader)
- Stormtrooper TK 329 (@TK329)
- R2-D2 (@r2d2)
- Ziro the Hutt (@ZirotheHutt)
- There are a lot of characters and RPGers on Twitter – far too many for me to list here. Luckily, someone else has already done it! (Thanks to officefangirl86!)
- Death Star PR (@deathstarpr)
- Lucasfilm Mouse (@lucasfilmmouse) A mouse.
- Robot Chicken (@cyborgturkey)
- ThinkGeek (@thinkgeek) Geek web store
- Star Wars Jokes (@StarWarsJokes) by @stoogey
- Star Wars Scripts (@StarWarsScripts)
- Cleolinda Jones (@cleolinda) Snarker, Movies in 15 Minutes
- Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) Actress, Fanboys, Veronica Mars
- Felicia Day (@feliciaday) Actress, Dr. Horrible, The Guild
- Seth Green (@sethgreen) Robot Chicken.
- Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) Director, Iron Man
- Jaime King (@Jaime_King) Actress, Fanboys, Sin City
- Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) Actor, Heroes, Alias
- J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) Author, Harry Potter series
- William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) William. Shatner.
- Joss Whedon (@josswhedon) Geek god, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, The Avengers, etc.
- Will Wheaton (@wilw) Actor, internet superstar
- Weird Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) Duh.
More from The Clone Wars junket
An interview with Ashley Eckstein, and while we’re on the topic of voice actors, James Arnold Taylor in the new Insider or over at Newsarama. Also playing? Seth Green!
io9 provides some bootleg-style pictures of concept art, including the a rehash (prehash?) of the Grievous/Obi-Wan duel above. StarWars.com has better pictures of the least interesting offerings (We’ll get the quality scans eventually,) as well as pics of Cad Bane and the clone troopers.