Drew Karpyshyn responds to fan reactions to Rule of Two. My question: Does it have as many typos as that one book in the Corellian Trilogy? I have to know.
Girls have superheroes, too
Cath Elliott has a rebuttal to the UK report that focuses on ‘boy’ play.
Superheroes with special powers aren’t the sole preserve of boys and men, and they haven’t been since Batman first came face to face with Catwoman. It might be an idea if the denizens of the DCSF got themselves up to speed with popular culture before pronouncing on children’s fantasy play, if only to save our daughters from being excluded from all the fun when the nursery teachers ring the bell for “Spiderman time”.
Academishia
You meet all types in fandom, and that includes professors. Not that I would know anything about that.
If you’re curious, here are some blogs where various academic-types keep up with fannish life. . .
Twenty years of dice-rolling Wookiees
Sterling Hershey wrote a two-part blog on the history of the Star Wars roleplaying game this weekend.
What’s what with WOTC
Sterling Hershey weighs in with September’s developments in the RPG realm and his take on Family Guy: Blue Harvest.
An afternoon with Tim Zahn
Gabri Jade attended a writing workshop co-headlined by Timothy Zahn last weekend, and on her livejournal gives an account of his comments on writing and some discussion of the current state of the EU. (Meaning, yes, possible spoilers for the catchup crowd.)
Gabri has previously documented the informal Karen Traviss/Mara fangirl summit at Celebration IV.
Politics and Star Trek: the Federation and Federalism
So Yav suggested that I re-post this here. A law professor blogs about the ‘federalism’ of the United Federation of Planets, and comes to the conclusion that the hippie Feds are really a protection racket, exploiting the member worlds for the benefit of the humans.
Read the blog post.
While I don’t see that the evidence supports this conclusion, and share my alternatives that can explain how their economy functions.
Jedi Masters: Lying liars who lie
I know, you’re shocked, right? Abel G. Peña looks at the misleading statements of Obi-Wan and Yoda in the Original Trilogy.
What’s up with this Atlas thing?
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.)