Mark Hamill is hosting ‘Monster Radio’ on radioamerica.org Saturday nights, 8.00-10.00 pm ET. To hear it live, click on ’24 hr Streaming’ on the main page then. To hear the most recent back episode, click on ‘audio’, then ‘Monster Radio’.
The Star Wars/Simpsons connection
I actually remember reading this article in the Insider. I have been doing this way too long.
In other crossover news, TFN reports that Mark Hamill does commentary on the episode he guest-voiced, ‘Mayored to the Mob,’ on the 10th season Simpsons DVDs.
Star Wars link roundup
Hasbro profits tumble after Lucas stock buyback, but sales are strong for Transformers and Spider-Man toys.
No Harry! I swear!
- Jim Ward interviewed by San Jose Mercury News.
- THX moves beyond theaters.
- Pablo on why you don’t want to fly too close to Luke or stand too near Leia.
- Dave Dorman profiled in local paper.
- German robot masters walking
- Hamill not SW trivia master.
- Another Slave Leia group photo planned at Comic-Con. Sigh.
- Chewbacca dies at age 26. (Warning! PDF link.)
CE: Media behaving badly
I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence or what, but all the Celebration Europe press I ran across today is so… sensationalist.
First, Daily Mail reporter Tanya Gold doesn’t even get a paragraph into her CE experience before breaking out the requisite ‘Get a life’ comment. Keeping reading – it’s full of such classy gems. Although I do like the description of Steve Sansweet as George Lucas’ “representative on Earth.”
As for the real stars of the CE experience, we have comments from Anthony Daniels, admonishing Sir Alec Guinness and a trifecta of Mark Hamill comments that the blurb artists are trying their damnedest on: ‘wanting’ to be Vader; the Luke warehouse; and the one with the legs, Portman’s a babe.
Celebration Europe wraps
- TOSblog: The Force Unleashed. man, if I cared about games and their canonicity I would probably not react very well to this. Luckily, I don’t care.
- TOSblog: Battle of the Bands
- TOSblog: Costume Pageant.
- Brisbane Times: Jeremy Bulloch revels in cult status
- Swindon Advertiser: Luke Skywalker meets Mark Hamill.
More CE video!
- Mark Hamill introduces Ian McDiamid, or rather some clips of McDiarmid; the the Emperor himself introduces A New Hope.
- Fans reenact the Mustafar duel.
- Keep an eye on Youtube for more!
Celebration Europe begins!
Pictures from London are appearing on the TOSblog Flickr account. Outdoor screenings and Opening Ceremony? So jealous! (Burning question: Was there cake?) We’re expecting reports on the TOSblog proper, too.
Rebelscum is also reporting from the con, while TFN found an interview Mark Hamill did with BBC Radio 2.
Star Wars roundup: I want them alive!
It pales in comparison to the news of the week, but Mark Hamill is one of Times Online’s 33 funniest Simpson’s cameos for Mayored to the Mob, the episode that features the classic ‘Luke be a Jedi Tonight’ The only clip I can find of it on Youtube is mostly dubbed in Spanish. Except for the song. Okay!
In the News
- LFL’s $5.8 million a year Presidio rent helps with upkeep of the national park
- The Marc Ecko line gets some press in USA Today
- IGN interviews Breckin Meyer about Robot Chicken. Lots of Star Wars special stuff, mostly on the second page.
- Report on James Earl Jones’ Declaration of Independence reading
- Claudia Kaven, who played Padme’s sister Sola Naberrie in the prequels, landed a lead in Daybreakers, a futuristic vampire flick.
From the Blogside
- AT-AT stroller dad at it again. More pictures!
- What would Chewbacca drive?
- Darth Vader doesn’t want an iPhone – he wants this phone.
Fandom doings
- Star Wars Egg Art. Well… it’s… um… different.
- Costumed fans pitching in at Wings Over The Rockies Air Museum next week.
- There’s a post-Star Wars void? No one told us!
Mark at CE
Mark Hamill will be at Celebration Europe Friday (13 July) and Saturday (14 July), signing autographs.
Updated: On starwars.com
Star Wars in the news
Bryan Young defends the prequel trilogy at perhaps one of the last places one would expect such a thing – The Huffington Post. If he was at CIV, I think I may have asked him (or his son) a trivia question or two…
Also, among the things we missed due to C4, Empire’s special Star Wars section, including a marathon interview with George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Whoops.
Fandom
- Wookieepedian participates in contest looking for the biggest ‘Star Wars’ fan in Central Texas.
- Austrailian fans profiled.
- Washingston D.C. 501st profiled.
- Kentucky couple has Star Wars wedding. Jeremey Bulloch attended – in costume!
Events
- Star Wars exhibit at Baltimore’s Geppi’s Entertainment Museum.
- Where Science Meets Imagination is now in Fort Worth, Texas.
Gaming
Misc
- High-definition DVDs in Europe are now receiving THX certification.
- George overheard dissing Youtube.
- Redesigned StarWars.com one of The Christian Science Monitor’s Monitor picks.
- Psychiatrists examine Anakin Skywalker.