This is Another Reason I Love The Clone Wars

Here is a link to a video with the director of The Clone Wars discussing a new character but also discussing character development that holds true to the evolution of the Republic into the Empire. Pretty cool.

The Force is weak in France...

I'm not exactly sure what's going on in this video, but it's awesome:

Not quite sure how this sells me on the car, but cool commercial anyway...

Binks killed grandma...

I always wondered how I would introduce Star Wars to my children when the time comes:

This is One Reason I Love the Clone Wars

This season's Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network has been titled Secrets Revealed. So far it hasn't revealed much in my opinion. This third season has paled in comparison to the first two seasons, which I really enjoyed. Today I saw something to give me hope though. Supposedly they will be revealing all sorts of Sith stuff including the origin of Darth Maul.



There is a small part of me that is reluctant to know more about Maul because not knowing is part of what makes him so cool. But that part of me is so small that given the opportunity to find out more I wouldn't hesitate. I hope Dave Filoni and Lucas come up with something really cool. What is really cool you ask? Well in Episode III when Palpatine and Anakin have their talk at the opera house, that was worth the whole first three movies in my opinion.

[It looks like Swany and Scratch will be the only ones to be able to learn any of this before the rest of us. That is with little travel, anyway.]

And a collective sigh from sorority row is heard emanating from Oxford...

So after months of anticipation, the campaign to adopt Admiral Ackbar as the official mascot of the Ole Miss Rebels is officially dead. For politically correct reasons, Colonel Reb was dropped as their mascot back in 2003, and they've been without a mascot since then. Predictably, most of the traditional Ole Miss students were against installing the leader of the Rebel Alliance fleet to lead them into football games in the SEC. What surprised me, though, was what actually killed the dream of geeks throughout the South--George Lucas! The guy pimps out Star Wars merchandise to anything that can make a dime, so why stop at the college mascot level?

Just need some popcorn and a bottle of Colt 45...

I knew these men...

It's been an interesting day that's tied together old 80's action movie stars and Star Wars. First, Sylvester Stallone reveals that he auditioned for the part of Han Solo. Then, I came across this hilarious mashup of Star Wars and Arnold:

Jabba the Who?

Watch it till the end...

That would have been one trippy Ewok battle...

Truth be told, I've never read Dune, but I enjoyed the movie adaptation directed by David Lynch. But could you imagine what Return of the Jedi would have been like with him at the helm?

If my wife gets a Snuggie, I'm getting one of these...

I posted about the Tauntaun sleeping bag awhile back, but who knew it could substitute for a Snuggie?

ThinkGeek has more uses for it on their website. I especially like the idea of the after lunch nap. I actually have a little ledge under my desk that would fit an alarm clock perfectly.

Hopefully, it doesn't smell as bad as the real thing...

I love that the zipper pull that opens up the tauntaun is a lightsaber.

Soon to be on sale at ThinkGeek.

Gotta get the number to this guy's interior decorator...

Admit it. If you had money and your wife or significant other didn't have objections or decorating ideas of her own, you'd furnish your pad like this guy's apartment, too. See more photos at Gizmodo:

A member of the Senate now at the highest level of office...

That could sound a bit ominous, depending on your political leanings. Saw this on kottke.org, a slightly Photoshopped picture of the President playing around with the U.S. Olympic fencing team during their recent visit to the White House. Your political affiliations probably influence whether this looks like Barack Obama as a Jedi, a Sith Lord, or just an inexperienced Padawan. Either way, you have to admit, this picture is pretty cool:

Not everything Star Wars related is necessarily good...

Women in bikinis reciting lines from Star Wars seemed like a good idea...until you actually watch it. "Even I get boarded sometimes" has taken a whole new meaning in my head for some reason now.

Now that's a TV show I wouldn't mind watching...

Looking back at my posts lately, I'm realizing that I've fallen into a rut of endless YouTube videos rather than any meaningful written content. It seems my ability to write anything remotely insightful or clever has suffered as I get more busy and tired with work. So does that mean I'm going to write something insightful or clever right now? Heck no. I'm beat!

Anywho, I've seen this mashup on a couple of sites and thought it was amusing enough to share. See the second video to see how it compares to the original. I guess this shows there's only so many ways a director can frame a shot:

Guess I won't be using this to learn Chinese...

The bootleg copy of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (or in Chinese pirate language, Star War: The Backstroke of the West) some guy picked up in China ended up with some rather interesting subtitles.  Below is what may be the greatest catchphrase since, "Boy, am I cool!"  

Even crazier was the fact that they decided to subtitle the scrolling intro.  Perhaps it's really some sort of secret code:

Do not underestimate the power of the Force...

I guess the release of the new Star Trek movie tonight has renewed the debate as to whether the Star Trek or Star Wars universe is king.  A couple of videos may settle this one:

Curiosity

I was on CNBC this morning and saw a little side blurb about the auctioning off of some of Michael Jackson's possessions so he doesn't go into foreclosure. Some stuff was reasonably priced and some was a tad bit expensive. His touring coach was actually cheaper than the tiny RV my parents bought. The thing I thought was really cool though was this.