Trendhunter Magazine has compiled a list of what they call 45 Creative Star Wars Innovations but is really just a list of cool random stuff they found on the internet. It’s a mix of official and fan-made things we’ve seen before and some we haven’t. Enjoy! (via)
Star Wars in the news: George Lucas still rich, Harry Potter still popular
George tops Forbes Hollywood list. George Lucas is the top earner on the business mag’s brand new list of Hollywood’s highest-paid men. (Wait, men? I guess Oprah isn’t ‘Hollywood.’) Coming up second is Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford shows up at #11.
Number games Because Harry Potter could soon beat Star Wars as the best-grossing movie franchise in the U.S. And yeah, while it didn’t beat Transformers 2’s opening weekend, Half-Blood Prince hasn’t done too shabby. (Would J.K. Rowling count as ‘Hollywood,’ Forbes?)
Flashback. Geoff Boucher digs up an old photo from the 70’s.
Other franchies… Warwick Davis talks a bit about a sequel to Willow with MTV. (We also learn that I am not the only person who hated the sequel books!)
EUbits: Jaina, Bohnhoff, Legacy, Outcast
Something to add to those Episode VII wish lists… Jaina Solo makes io9’s list of the most badass female space pilots of all time. It’s a damn shame we never got anyone in the movies who qualifies…
- The blogside: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on force sensitives great and small.
- Comics: Legacy #38 preview.
- Review: SF Site’s Michael M Jones reads Outcast.
The fandom minute: Wedge, dreams of Episode VII, collecting, princesses, day camp and go pro
A good wingman is hard to find. A t-shirt tribute to everyone’s favorite secondary character. This is an excellent shirt to wear when asking Aaron or Mike to sign your arm. (Yes men, you can get one, too.)
If you thought Episode I was slashtastic… Episode VII is among the five posters for sci-fi spinoffs that Sci Fi Wire really wants to see. Nice idea, but their suggestion of Peter Jackson is a bit much. (I mean, really? REALLY? Did no one see his King Kong? Lord of the Rings is one thing, but no giant gorilla movie has any right to go on that long.)
They don’t serve your kind. Duncan Jenkins’s guide to cantina collectibles.
Distressing damsels. Leia and Willow’s Sorsha are among Sci Fi Squad’s top ten princesses of sci-fi and fantasy.
Whoops. Seven classic star wars characters who totally dropped the ball.
Of course it’s Ann Arbor. TFN found a Star Wars day camp.
Lucas Online is hiring! Pablo and Bonnie have been out and about urging folks to apply for the Project Web Developer job. One could certainly do worse…
TGIF: Have a fun weekend!
For the Americans, have a safe and happy Fourth, and remember, if you must blow stuff up, at least be safe about it: We don’t want to give any stray Jedi a headache. For our international friends, a stormtrooper with a bubble wand, which is legal, festive, and appropriate for all outdoor occasions. (Photo by rmkooi at Flickr.)
In the spirit of the season, Scalzi has rated Sci Fi movies by their explosions. Both Star Wars and Return of the Jedi make the cut.
The fandom minute: Be on G4 at SDCC, yet another best-of list
You could be famous! On the internet! G4 will not only be broadcasting the Star Wars Spectacular panel from SDCC, they’re offering you (us?) a chance to be a part of it, all without having to get a plane ticket or a badge. UPDATE: And now it’s official…
A list you say? SciFiNow is compiling a list of the best sci-fi movies ever. Gee, I wonder…
Video: Chad Vader is your father
Elsewhere, in the spirit of Father’s Day… Vader gets the lowest grade in Scalzi’s ratings of science fiction fathers, while Mary Robinette Kowal takes a look at the fantasy dads.
Celebrating the architecture of Star Wars
With George being accused of being a building copycat, The Architects’ Journal goes on a Star Wars jag, naming their ten most important buildings* in the saga.
* With one that maybe isn’t quite a building.
The fandom minute: A blogger, 25 women, a Hutt and a roleplayer walk into a cantina…
It was inevitable… Hot Chicks With Stormtroopers, AKA a nicer take off of internet ‘sensation’ Hot Chicks with Douchbags, or as we like to call it in this fandom… No, sorry. Too easy. (Speaking of douchebags, io9’s weekend commentators are certainly doing their darnedest. Bravo, gentlemen.)
- Lists. Leia is #6 on Total Sci-Fi’s list of the top sci-fi women.
- Horrors of mass merchandising: Gizmodo is not particularly impressed with this Jabba the Hutt costume.
- Roleplaying: Analog Gamer encourages RPGers to take to the Legacy era.
Lucas, Ford back on the Forbes Celebrity 100
George Lucas is on the Forbes Celebrity 100 again, this year clocking in at #24 – a hefty jump up from his 2008 spot of #46. The list’s only other Star Wars figure is, naturally, Harrison Ford, at #17.
Other geeks and geek icons making the rank include Steven Spielberg (#7,) Will Smith (#11,) Stephenie Meyer (#26,) Stephen King (#68,) Daniel Radcliffe (#70) and Tina Fey (#86.)
In less listy news, George will be honored by The Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago next weekend.