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SDCC Roundup: Comic-Con starts Thursday!
Look who’s debuting. Among the new items Sideshow is bringing to Con? A 12″ figure of an old pal of ours, Grand Admiral Thrawn! And some other guys.
From the floor. Mary Franklin and her minions are hard at work already, setting up the Lucasfilm Pavilion! There’s a peek at a few more of The Clone Wars bounty hunters as well, including two brand-new characters.
- Memories. Fan testimonials from earlier in the year.
- Hey, gamers! The Clone Wars: Repulic Heroes launch trailer is here.
- Funny business What Comic-Con means to Seth Green, things people say to him on the floor and his guide to costumes. On that note, Green is joined by partners-in-humor Matthew Senreich and Breckin Meyer to talk about the new Robot Chicken DVD and their SDCC skate party.
- The Empire Muggs Back. Amy Pronovost’s Jaxxon and Sarah Wilkinson’s Shaak Ti.
- Fan sites. TFN and company will be twittering at the con and holding a live chat during the Spectacular.
Out this week: Robot Chicken, Menace Revealed, and?
Today is the day for Robot Chicken: Star Wars – Episode II DVDs! Hooray! Nothing out Wednesday but the Menace Revealed omnibus. Or..?
See, while StarWars.com and the various bookseller sites are telling me The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars won’t be out until fall, Diamond has it listed for Wednesday (twice: both versions?) under merchandise which means, presumably, coming to a comic store near you (if they ordered it.) Just for Comic-Con? Perhaps…
Emmy’s are Diggin’ the Geeks
The Emmy Award Nominations are out and the geeks seem to be doing the same as always. But hey, the folks who do all the technical stuff work hard on it. Let’s congratulate the great crew of our favorite geeky shows on jobs well done. (And there are some major ones in there.)
- Robot Chicken – Animation Series, and Voiceover for the Star Wars Episode II episode
- The Big Bang Theory – Best Comedic Actor, Art Direction
- Lost – Best Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor, Sound Editing (Series), Writing (Drama)
- Heroes – Art Direction, Visual Effects (Series)
- Battlestar Galactica – Directing (Drama), Single-Camera Editing (Hour-Long), Sound Editing (Episode), Sound Editing (Series), Visual Effects (Series) and Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Program
- Legend of the Seeker – Original Music Composition
- Smallville – Sound Editing
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog – Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Program
- Terminator – Sound Editing
- Sanctuary – Visual Effects (Series)
- Chuck – Stunts
We scour the complete PDF so you don’t have to!
Robot Chicken goes old-school for DVD release
Seth Green and Matt Senreich are launching the Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II DVD with a nine-city roller rink tour. They’ll be hitting San Diego (yes, during Comic-Con,) Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York. Time to google some hair-feathering tips!
And while we’re on the topic, check out the Nostalgia Chick’s review of Xanadu.
Robot Chicken to take on Star Wars again
Robot Chicken will do a third – and probably final – Star Wars sketch special. Good news for us.
But I really doubt we’d have ever have seen a entire prequel-themed Robot Chicken special. In any case, I’m not going to complain – whatever strikes their fancy.
Robot Chicken Star Wars II on DVD in July
IGN has some details on the Robot Chicken Star Wars II DVD. It’s slated for a July 21 release with what looks like a nice chunk of extras. (via)
3 Annies for Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II won Annie Awards for Best Animated Television Production, Writing, and Voice Acting for Ahmed Best’s Jar-Jar. But perhaps the biggest shock was the total shut-out of WALL-E – it was beat in nearly every category it was nominated for by Kung Fu Panda. Seriously. Kung Fu Panda. The hell?
Other winners include Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Kevin Kiner was up for Music in an Animated Television Production for the ‘Rising Malevolence’ episode of The Clone Wars, but lost out to Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell for Secrets of the Furious Five, a Kung Fu Panda spinoff.
This post is brought to you by the letter T
It’s Monday and I got nothing. Granted, I just got here, so don’t give up on us yet. But for now, take a look at The Secret Life of Toys. It has stormtroopers, Indiana Jones, and bloodthirsty Muppets. Score!
- How about teddy bears… IN SPAAAAACE! (Sorta.)
- Or if that fails, there’s always edible books. Genre standouts include Lard of the Rings and Sword and the Scone.
- Looking for something less stationary? How about Joss Whedon and Ron Moore playing themselves on the season premiere of Robot Chicken?
Did you miss Robot Chicken Star Wars II?
The entire episode is online at Adultswim.com, with the individual clips at the Robot Chicken mini-site.
Don’t forget to rate it on our highly scientific, well-thought out poll.