An Unexpected Scratch

Death Troopers

From io9.com:

The storyline for Death Troopers is pretty simple, really — an Imperial prison barge, during the years right before the original Star Wars movie, runs into some engine trouble. Good thing they find a Star Destroyer in the middle of nowhere, which they can cannibalize for parts. Unfortunately, the Star Destroyer has some kind of weird virus on board, which kills everyone it comes into contact with... and the people who die don't stay dead. And that's about it.

I've never really gotten into reading Star Wars fanfic (which is basically what this is), but I might actually end up checking this book out (from the library), because I am, as we know, all about the zombies.

PS: Does anybody think it's bad-ass that a lot more books are coming with their own commercials these days (though I think this one in particular is fan-made)? I certainly do!

[Turns Out There's Something Darker Than The Dark Side]

Darth Vader Halloween Costume

Qui Gon Jin - Worst Jedi Ever

This 20-second montage is proof that there was a WHOLE lot more wrong with Episode I than Jar-Jar, right? But in posting this vid, I feel like I'm emphasizing an accepted point. Oh, wow, you say. Putting the smack down on Episode I? How ballsy! Yeah, well.

Steampunk R2-D2

Here is a steampunk R2D2, made by Deviant Art user ~amoebabloke.

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Star Wars Uncut

Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

From StarWarsUncut.com:

You and 472 other people have the chance to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope. Below is the entire movie split up into 15 second clips. Click on one of the scenes to claim it, film it, and upload it. You can have up to three scenes! When we're all done, we'll stitch it all together and watch the magic happen.

You can go to the site and watch already finished scenes, or volunteer to take on one as-yet unfilmed scene. In addition, you can also follow them on Twitter.

I Just Love This Picture

President Obama - Times Swampland

If Star Wars Were Real...

If you were to saunter over to If Star Wars Were Real, you'd find some might interesting examples of revisionist history going on, just like in the photo pictured above. Most of the photos on the front page right now are pretty tame, so go to the Archive for a list of all the photos. One of my personal favorites is a rendering of the Lee Harvey Oswald assassination.

Here is the web site's Mission Statement:

Our mission is to compile any evidence we can find to prove that Star Wars is real. So far, we have several contacts around the globe studying photographs and artifacts for any shred of evidence they can find. However, since most of the evidence seems to be hidden away by some sort of worldwide government consipracy, we need your help to find the truth!

Universal Day of the Jedi

I missed the whole lolcat thing until it was too late - wow, I can't believe the spell check underlined it. Anyway - but I'm determined to make sure I don't miss Universal Day of the Jedi's 'Why So Imperial?'. It probably won't be an online hit like those cute, furry idiots, but it's funny. Damn funny. And doubly funny if you're an Original Trilogy geek like me.