Tasked with filibustering a town hall meeting in
Parks and Recreation, Patton Oswalt improvised an
eight minute monologue pitch for the next
Star Wars movie -- which somehow grows to include the X-Men, the Avengers, the Greek pantheon, and Chewbacca getting a robot ("I'm thinking spider") body. (SLYT)
posted by finnb
on Apr 17, 2013 -
114 comments
Does the shutdown of Google Reader make you feel like it has become just another Evil Empire (DeathStar+)? Then plug a feed address into
StarRSS, and enjoy your favorite information sources displayed
Star Wars style. (thank you,
Laughing Squid)
posted by oneswellfoop
on Apr 16, 2013 -
12 comments
L.A. producer [PHYSICS] has made a
video for his new track "Cardinal Perplexogram." It is nuts. It is also very NSFW.
posted by mintcake!
on Apr 11, 2013 -
9 comments
Joseph Campbell was well-known for his exploration of the monomyth, or the hero's journey, which posits that worldwide myths that have survived for thousands of years all share a fundamental structure. Campbell's work inspired George Lucas to create the first Star Wars trilogy.
In the mid-1980s, Bill Moyers spent many hours interviewing Campbell at Skywalker Ranch. The result was a now famous documentary called "
The Power of Myth." The series has been available on
DVD since 2001, but Moyers has just made the
full series available for streaming and download on his site.
posted by ajr
on Mar 16, 2013 -
29 comments
US citizens
petitioned the White House to "secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016" (
previously).
The White House (or, more specifically, Paul Shawcross, Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget)
responded.
posted by capricorn
on Jan 11, 2013 -
66 comments
In 2010,
1st grader Katie Goldman was the bullied kid at her school for being a girl who was into Star Wars (which is, of course, only for boys).
Geeks and fans across the net rallied to give moral support to Katie ("
The Littlest Jedi") for standing up for who she wanted to be.
Katie and her mother went on to lead an anti-bullying effort at Katie's school (which now observes December 10th as "Proud To Be Me Day") and Katie became a
symbol of
geek pride and anti-bullying, standing up at a birthday party for a boy who wanted to have his nails painted like the girls were getting. The experience became the source of book
Bullied. In 2012, it was Katie's turn to show geek solidarity. The
501st Legion/"Vader's Fist", who had been so supportive when her story went viral, were now among those
being taunted online for their cosplay geekery at a con, and Katie wanted to be a stormtrooper for Halloween to show her support. When the troopers heard that, the 501st's
First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment came together to raise the funds/materials/expertise and
build a full-on custom-fitted set of proper stormtrooper armor ('77 movie specs and all), with just days to spare before Halloween, as a gift for the little girl whose courage inspired them so much.
[more inside]
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey
on Nov 2, 2012 -
61 comments
His official title is continuity database administrator for the Lucas Licensing arm of Lucasfilm — which means Chee keeps meticulous track of not just the six live-action [Star Wars] movies but also cartoons, TV specials, scores of videogames and reference books, and hundreds of novels and comics.
posted by Egg Shen
on Sep 27, 2012 -
65 comments
STAR WARS DETOURS™ Trailer [SLYT] "Star Wars Detours™ is an animated comedy that explores what daily life is like in a galaxy far, far away. There are no Empires striking back or attacking clones here. Instead, Star Wars Detours focuses on the universe's regular folks and their everyday problems... which, to be fair, do frequently involve famous bounty hunters, crazed Ewoks, and even a Dark Lord of the Sith."
posted by Fizz
on Aug 25, 2012 -
85 comments
