I’m sorry, but I refuse to believe these “vintage Japanese karuta” cards are anything other than horrible (albeit Japanese) fan art. They’re just that bad. (via)
The fandom minute: Tina Fey’s endorsement, bento boxes, Yoda’s a (badass) geek
- TV: Tina Fey was spotted wearing a Leia ’08 t-shirt on Saturday Night Live’s season premiere this weekend. On that note, io9’s list of SNL’s best sci-fi sketches contains bonus Mark Hamill.
- Food: Star Wars bento boxes? Wacky!
- List: Yoda (though not in cake form) is one of Great White Snark’s top five unexpectedly bad-ass geek heroes.
The EU minute: Japan, Thrawn, Denning
- New cover from Japan, Timothy Zahn’s Allegiance, over at the Japanese cover gallery. There’s a new Last of the Jedi one up as well. Death Star expected soon, no word on LOTF… (via)
- Thrawn (and Ackbar) get a little love over at io9’s list of greatest space strategists.
- TFN reports that author Troy Denning will be on the Philadelphia-area radio show To Be Continued this Sunday.
Japanese posters range from wonderful to weird
StarWars.com gets back on the Japan track with 10 Cool Star Wars Posters from Japan. No, they’re not all this bad.
Japan shows us up again
Tonight on StarWars.com, a look at Japanese Claw Machine Prizes. I believe I’ve seen some of the stuff (lightsaber TV remotes and lamps, the pillows above) in U.S. stores (or Thinkgeek) but much of it is all-new.
Weird parade: Tea towels???
Japanese tea towels are actually, suprisingly, kind of neat. I love the Artoo Mount Fuji. Also: Shampoo bottles and pepper mills!
Raw fish, Star Wars… Why not?
We’ve joked about eating Ewoks and Gungans, but this is a whole new level… Steve Sansweet reports on Star Wars sushi.
Lately on StarWars.com…
The very latest in the constant parade of extremely puzzling merchandise is Stormtrooper and Vader golf gear. From Japan, naturally. Gotta give them credit for not just slapping a silkscreen on a generic bag, at least in the case of the Stormtrooper.
Japan’s greatest collecting hits
The official site asks collectors to pick Japan’s best Star Wars merchandise.
Today in Japanese Star Wars…
Coke collectibles from 70’s Japan are exactly as cracky as you might expect. Well, okay, maybe just this one.