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December 7, 2007December 21, 2007

Robot Chicken gets recognition

The best Star Wars animated special of the year got three Annie Award nods: Animated Television Production, Directing, and Character Animation. (Okay, the last one not necessarily for the SW special, but still.) Whoo!

Other honorees include Futurama: Bender’s Big Score (Best Home Entertainment Production,) Kim Possible (up against RC for Best Television Production) and a landslide of noms for Pixar’s Ratatouille. Another familiar name is Doug Chiang, up for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production for his work on Beowulf.

October 25, 2007December 30, 2011

Video du jour: Vader still an ass

New one from Robot Chicken: Dinner with Vader every bit as uncomfortable as you would think.

October 4, 2007December 22, 2007

Have a craving for some Robot Chicken?

‘Jedi Bush’ was far from the highlight of the Robot Chicken: Star Wars special (Bush jokes so 2004, even for us godless liberals) but die-hards and behind the scenes fans will find some interest in the Lighting the Mood webdoc.

Interested parties will also be happy to hear that Robot Chicken: Star Wars will be rerunning on Adult Swim the night of October 14th, followed by the AS debut of Family Guy: Blue Harvest. (via)

September 28, 2007November 12, 2015

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

EU on HYPERSPACE

September 26, 2007December 22, 2007

Will Robot Chicken tackle Star Wars again?

Seth Green has been back at the Ranch to talk follow-up with the powers that be. Yes, please! They’re also aiming to get Kiefer Sutherland, presumably for a 24 parody.

July 26, 2007December 28, 2011

Get thee a Wired

According to the TOSblog, the August issue of Wired, devoted to how-tos, has several Star Wars features. There are instructions for adding lightsabers to videos all over the internet, but action figure arranging from Robot Chicken’s head writers might be unique. (It’s the first thing that comes up in Google, anyway.)

July 6, 2007December 30, 2011

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!

June 21, 2007December 30, 2011

Star Wars news roundup

Great American film, or Greatest American film?
The American Film Institute is revisited their list of the top American movies yesterday. In 1998, Star Wars was #15; this time, it’s moved up to #13! Also making the cut are American Graffiti (#62, up from #77) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (#66, down from #60.) New additions include Fellowship of the Ring (#50) and Blade Runner (#97.) Register on the site to download the list in PDF.

Elsewhere…

The International Space Station has a familiar silhouette.
5.7 million viewers tuned in for Robot Chicken: Star Wars.
The X-Wing mailbox is pretty neat, but will Rogue Leader fetch your mail? (Thanks, MJS!)
Australian poll personifies their politicians as Star Wars characters. Next poll: Pulp Fiction.
The seven deadly sins of kid culture. I’m irrationally amused by the images each being a section off, placing Jar-Jar under ‘princess-ness.’
Library in suburban Chicago holding Star Wars event.

June 17, 2007December 28, 2007

Who needs cable?

The entire Robot Chicken: Star Wars special, plus a look behind the scenes, is on starwars.com now.

June 15, 2007December 28, 2007

It’s a… cereal?

TOSblog gathers all the Star Wars: Robot Chicken press, so we don’t have to.

Remember, the special airs Sunday night!