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Attention geek girls, whether or not you already own the slave Leia costume, you can now attract your nerdy catch by smelling like the sexy princess as well. Better pre-order now, Star Wars shop is officially starting to sell the Slave Leia perfume on August 30.
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Ever wonder what Doctor Octagon’s room looks like or what Wonder Woman is up to behind closed doors? Enter the excellent photography of artist Ian Pool. WebUrbanist has a great collection of his images featuring geek icons doing what they do when no one else is watching.
Every year, Atom Films hosts an online competition for Star Wars fan films. The film above, entitled “The Unconscious Sith” is a well-directed depiction of a young boy entering a comic book and moving from panel to panel, gradually becoming a Sith. It won the George Lucas Selects Award.
I’m not sure if that’ll make you more or less likely to watch it.
2010 Finalists via Geekosystem
Star Wars Uncut is a crowd-sourced project which divided Episode IV into fifteen second segments and then invited people to recreate and film them. All segments have been completed and compiled, and developer Casey Pugh is working on the legal issues that are delaying its release. Anyway, many clips are available at the link, which is the project page.
Link (self-starting sound) via blastr | Screenshot: Star Wars Uncut
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One of the highlights of Star Wars Celebration V was that R2D2 tied the knot. You can watch the video of the grand spectacle here (warning: self-starting). He married Bonnie Burton, the editor of StarWars.com.
Really, she’s deluding herself if she thinks that he’s going to be faithful.
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It’s been done before, but not this well. This one is finely executed, down to the warped film and John Williams theme played on a piano. It was made by a French team in 2007 and modified this past June.
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Previously: The Empire Strikes Back (1950)
Comments Off In a brief 2009 interview, Mark Hamil denied ever shooting the long-lost lightsaber scene from Return of the Jedi.
It’s a conspiracy!
In the comments, propose elements of and motivations for this plot.
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A long-lost scene from Return of Jedi was displayed at Star Wars Celebration V. It shows Luke tinkering with a lightsaber. Someone secretly recorded it and uploaded it to YouTube. Watch it while it’s still available.
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At Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, George Lucas presented The Daily Show host Jon Stewart with an action figure modeled after him. It comes with an interchangeable head — one with a goatee and one without. You can view more pictures at the link.
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A computer animation studio called Moonlight House created this modern remix of the title song from the musical Singin’ in the Rain. This time, Stormtroopers and R2D2 take the place of Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor.
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Gary Kurtz was the producer of the first two Star Wars films, as well a contributing director. He has a lot to say about George Lucas’ motivations, and it’s not positive:
“I could see where things were headed,” Kurtz said. “The toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. It’s a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they do on films. It’s natural to make decisions that protect the toy business, but that’s not the best thing for making quality films.”
He added: “The first film and ‘Empire’ were about story and character, but I could see that George’s priorities were changing.”[...]
“The emphasis on the toys, it’s like the cart driving the horse,” Kurtz said. “If it wasn’t for that the films would be done for their own merits. The creative team wouldn’t be looking over their shoulder all the time.”[...]
“We had an outline and George changed everything in it,” Kurtz said. “Instead of bittersweet and poignant he wanted a euphoric ending with everybody happy. The original idea was that they would recover [the kidnapped] Han Solo in the early part of the story and that he would then die in the middle part of the film in a raid on an Imperial base. George then decided he didn’t want any of the principals killed. By that time there were really big toy sales and that was a reason.”
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Cake artist Dawn Leckie crafted this birthday cake for parents who wanted to make their son laugh. You can view a photograph taken from another angle at the link.
The unrolled toilet paper is a nice touch.
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Greg Smith made a mailbox that looks like a X-Wing fighter:
I made this so long ago, it is actually in need of weathering repairs and repainting. I never expected it to survive vandalism or theft for half a decade. But at five feet long and a five foot wingspan, theft would be quite difficult. Everybody from letter carriers to pizza delivery go out of their way to say how much they like it.
You can view another photo at the link.
Link | Photo: Make/Greg Smith
Comments Off “Each plate is made of 100% unbreakable polycarbonate. Perfect for hurling at your loved ones again and again.” — a clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live. Content warning: Gibson’s normal discourse, albeit bleeped out.
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This awesome image is dated from 2007 and signed by Erin Fife. That’s all I know. Other than that this represents all that is good in the world.
Flickr user Chris McVeigh created a LEGO Star Wars minifig display that, when viewed from directly above (see link), looks like a scene from Space Invaders. It’s a clever use of perspective that I’ve never before seen using LEGO.
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Welcome to this week’s caption contest. The winner, who will be announced on Friday, will get a free t-shirt from the NeatoShop!
So look around the NeatoShop and type in your choice of t-shirt with your caption. Submit only one caption per comment, but you can leave as many comments as you like. Please make sure that you provide a t-shirt selection or your caption will not be considered.
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WINNER — marcintosh:
Dro Ids just had a bumper crop in Moisture Farmville! Want to play?
Congratulations, marcintosh! You just won a Bad Chewie t-shirt from the NeatoShop!
Adidas is coming out with a Wookie jacket! It’ll be out this Fall or Winter. You can view more images at the link.
Really, though: less nylon, and more fur. You know, for authenticity.
I guess one could skin a Wookie to go really authentic.
Link via Super Punch | Photo: Adidas
“Someone broke the toilet!” Homer Simpson is almost as good a Vader at Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Warning: some foul language.
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The above video is a fake trailer for a movie called Blackstar Warrior — a blacksploitation film centered on Lando Calrissian. Sadly, it was never made. But you can view videos from a mockumentary about the making of this film at the link.
Lando is the man.
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deviantART user Bergie81 created five works of Star Wars-inspired art that reflects the style of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. The image pictured above, showing Han Solo being frozen in carbonite, was inspired by the 1963 work “Drowning Girl“, currently owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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Custom toymaker MARXMITH created the above figure thanks to a new marketing scheme by Disney calls “VinylNation”:
Disney has figured out how to make Mickey Mouse cool again. During the time that I designed for Disney, the idea of straying from the the core concept of Mickey Mouse was frowned upon. It was understandable. Mickey Mouse is an institution. Sure, he’s evolved over the years. But Mickey has always been a very safe character. Rarely was the design of Mickey Mouse embellished on. He had a few outfits, but he was always drawn according to a very strict set of guidelines.
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This is simply exquisite! Matt Marchini has four selections of concept art for a Star Wars game modeled after The Oregon Trail.
Link via Boing Boing | Previously: Oregon Trail: The Movie
YouTube user Peatman played the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger over that of James Earl Jones in scenes from Star Wars. He makes a rather menacing Vader. Except, of course, for the dialogue from Kindergarten Cop. Warning: foul language.
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YouTube user Landstrider, in six hours of work, compiled every scene of a lightsaber being turned on or off.
The first one always bothered me a little. I mean, Luke almost bisects Obi Wan the first time that he picks up a lightsaber. The Jedi need something like Jeff Cooper’s four rules of gun safety.
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Artist Jonathan Kuriscak makes custom action figures. He’s created a set of (dieselpunk?) bounty hunters from Star Wars from a World War II setting, such as the above Boba Fett rocketman figure.
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Doug Savage, the cartoonist behind Savage Chickens, assembled all of Chewbacca’s dialogue in one comic. Pictured above is one section.
That silver-tongued Wookie had the soul of poet, I tell you.
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American artist Lockwasher made this R2D2 figure out of a 4.7 liter Heineken keg for the 2010 San Jose Super Toy Show. Heineken? That doesn’t strike me as the right beer for Artoo.
So, I put it to you, my dear intoxicated readers: if Darth Vader, Han Solo, Leia, and Luke Skywalker were beers, which beers would they be?
Link via technabob | Artist’s Blog | Artist’s Flickr Photostream | Photo: Lockwasher
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Michael Pinto wrote a long, thoughtful essay describing the many ways that George Lucas broke the standard rules of Hollywood business in order to become successful. For example, Pinto says that Lucas’ decision to leave Hollywood immediately after the first movie probably preserved his creativity:
Not too long after the success of Star Wars in 1978 Lucas went to work on constructing the Skywalker Ranch near Nicasio, California. What’s amazing to me about this is that instead of embracing Hollywood as the center of his operations Lucas instead fled north to get away from tinsel town. From a corporate culture point of view this allowed Lucas to “think outside of the box”. And in many ways his move reminds me a great of how Microsoft founder Bill Gates made it a point to not center his company in silicon valley, but rather in Redmond, Washington where they would thrive in isolation.
On an immediate level this allows Lucas to focus on the product instead of getting caught up in the trappings of the film industry. The practical result of this is that it allows the people who work in the marketing department to avoid the “me too” approach. Hollywood is famous for not taking risks, but if you’re going break through the noise you have to chances — and Lucas has avoided that trap which in turn has helped his longevity.
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