A delusional sockpuppet thinks he’s Palpatine. He wants you to send him questions. Okay!
Fans spoofing Star Wars from garage
The UK fans of Backyard Productions spoof Star Wars by utilizing household objects in their garage, get covered by the BBC for their troubles. See their handiwork at BackyardProductions.co.uk. (via)
Tea and cake OR DEATH!
British comedian Eddie Izzard will voice Narnia’s Reepicheep. (Interestingly enough, I was just discussing him elsewhere.) I don’t know if he’s exactly appropriate, but he’s a funny guy so I honestly don’t care.
For a quick immersion lesson, be sure to check out Thorn2200’s Lego animations of bits from Izzard’s routines. We’ve previously featured Death Star Canteen.
Droidspiration
The Movie Blog asks: Is Star Wars robot inspiration for Wall-E? Well, this one, certainly…. This one? I’m not so sure. But hey, they have one of those cut scenes videos. Been a while since that one last came around, right?
Star Wars in the news
Droidnapped!
- A replica R2-D2 and ‘other items’ stolen from a Swiss film prop museum. Those Jawas get bolder every year…
In other news…
- Video: BoingBoing’s Xeni Jardin visits the LA Jedi. Warning: Bad Yoda impression. (via)
- The Force Unleashed not coming to PC, a source at LucasArts tells TFN. I felt my heart breaking, but then I remembered I wouldn’t play it anyway.
- 11-year-old Star Wars fan wins rare lightsaber.
- Comic aside: Love is…
Video du jour: Time to see other fonts
Trajan is the Movie Font, a call for design sanity from Goodie Bag. Also be sure to check out Americans love lists!
So, um, I like Trajan. (I don’t make movie posters.) But he has a point. And I also have kind of a crush now. DAMN YOU INTERNETS!
Video du jour: Batman!
The teaser trailer for The Dark Knight. (In HD!) Let the judging of Heath Ledger begin!
Video du jour: Holiday Rifftrax
Get into the spirit of the season with a sample of Rifftrax’s take on the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Video du jour: Emperor Popetine
Benedict XVI/Palpatine mashups are kinda played out at this point, but A New Pope made me laugh out loud more than once, due in no small part to the narration. (via)
Hel-LO, Prince Caspian!
Via Cleolinda: Feast your eyes on the Prince Caspian trailer! Rowr. He can be the boss of me anytime!