Bonnie recaps Celebration Japan with her picks for the most memorable people, costumes, and phenoms.
Day two at Celebration Japan
Last night/this morning brings us rare collectibles, George’s introduction and lots of new McQuarrie factoids, as well as more pictures from the official site.
Rebelscum has lots of new stuff as well, including a chat with Mark Hamill.
Celebration Japan fails to surprise, so far
A schoolgirl girl band. And Ahsoka. Oh, Japan. (From The Clone Wars panel – the band is AKB48, and it seems Dave Filoni does most of the talking.) Also: Steve Sansweet in a kimono yukata, Mark Hamill and George Lucas in Carbonite. (Okay, mildly surprising.)
Is Hamill’s Joker the best ever?
With everyone gearing up for The Dark Knight, the MTV Movie Blog takes a look back at the Joker of Batman: The Animated Series, perhaps best known to Star Wars fans as Mark Hamill’s signature voice role.
More famous faces heading to Celebration Japan
StarWars.com has announced that Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels will be guests at the third 30th anniversary convention taking place outside Tokyo this June. Kenny Baker, Jeremy Bulloch, Jake Lloyd, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Logan and Matthew Wood are also confirmed.
Video: Mark Hamill talks stunts… and politics
Yes, this is one of a series of videos from Point Park University where Hamill is basically campaigning for Barak Obama. In the interest of political neutrality (CJers are all over the map) the one up top has very little political content and really is mostly about stunts. (And gorillas.) You can watch the rest here, here, and here. There’s Star Wars/family/career stuff throughout. (via)
The fandom minute
- The Death Star is one of io9’s top five high-tech lairs of evil masterminds.
- SF Site reviews Death Star.
- Lost’s Jorge Garcia entranced by A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy
- Mark Hamill and Natalie Portman in Heckler Spray’s worst cinematic hairdos. Bonus appearance by Christopher Lee!
Mark Hamill talks Joker to MTV
Like the rest of us, he “can’t wait to see” the latest take on his signature animated character.
“For all those fans that dreamed of an adult approach to the material, ‘Batman Begins’ got nearly everything right,” Mark Hamill wrote to MTV News upon first seeing the trailer for Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight. “I have no doubt this one will be just as good or better.”
Win a lunch with Mark
CharityFolks.com is running an auction to benefit Samuel L Jackson’s charity, ANSA-Artists for a New South Africa. The lucky winner of this particular auction, and one guest, will have a private lunch with Mark Hamill.
The Catchup: Friday morning reading list
NEWS
- Yoda stamp set to be dedicated Oct. 25 at Madison Square Garden, while Artoo mailboxes move out overseas for military duty.
- Wired spotlights Robot Chicken and the New York Jedi.
ART & ARCHETYPES
- Liverpool Art and Culture Blog features Return of the Jedi artwork by Josh Kirby.
- Matt Busch corner: Behind the ‘Sith Circus’ poster; Color Pencil video.
- Mark Hamill narrates Green Arrow documentary on Smallville S6 DVDs.
FANDOM
- Stormtroopers love Weird Al.
- Dejarik: Can you play it? Yes!
- Know A Legion: Garrison Carida. 501st of West Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
- Australian lottery winner plans to spend part of his winnings on Stormtrooper gear.
EVENTS
- Where Science Meets Imagination opens in Chicago next week.
- Geppi’s exhibit so popular, it gets an extension.
- Star Wars at the Binghamton Zoo.
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