And it looks very, very bizarre.
Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
1.03.2011
8.13.2010
8.12.2010
7.07.2010
4.04.2010
Clone Wars Season 2 Finale
Clone Wars has been awesome this season, and the 3-part season finale looks like a lot of fun.
3.19.2010
2.07.2010
R2D2 & Chewbacca: Agents of the Rebellion?
Great theory that could redeem the mess the sequels made of Star Wars: A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope.
11.03.2009
10.25.2009
10.03.2009
I Was Impressed
Star Wars: Clone Wars Season 2 premiered last night. I really enjoyed it, especially the zero-g battle pitting Anakin and clones against battle droids. Definitely worth checking out.
6.27.2009
Seen It
The Space and Rocket Center is getting a huge Star Wars exhibit. It's pretty cool: I saw it in Boston late 2006.
12.29.2008
6.24.2008
7.10.2007
They Will Pay For Their Lack Of Vision
Rumor has it that Walt Disney World, in response to Universal's announced Harry Potter Land, will be turning a large chunk of it's unimpressive Florida studio theme park into a Lucas Films area (another large chunk will become Pixar-Land). It already has a rather boring Indiana Jones stunt show and a dated, but fucking fun, Star Wars simulator ride. Apparently, the Star Wars ride is getting a major overhaul (simulator meets 3-D and IMAX), and more is to come...by 2009.
Let's see if Lucas-Disney can fuck this one up. I'm betting yes, since both Disney and Lucas are involved. I doubt either is willing to expend the fiscal and imaginative resources to make a true Indiana Jones/ Star Wars theme work.
Let's see if Lucas-Disney can fuck this one up. I'm betting yes, since both Disney and Lucas are involved. I doubt either is willing to expend the fiscal and imaginative resources to make a true Indiana Jones/ Star Wars theme work.
7.02.2007
Summer means geeky Xmas ornaments
Hallmark 2007
R2-D2 and Jawa: $15.00
Tusken Raider in limited quantities: July 14-15, 2007: $15.00
A Jedi Legacy Revealed: $28.00
30th anniversary Millennium Falcon: $32.00
6.02.2007
ASO Strikes Back
In yet another addition of "Why I [Heart] Highland Park," the Alabama Symphony Orchestra is in the middle of its Sounds of Summer series. It takes place in Caldwell Park, a 3-minute walk from where I live. Last night was "The ASO Strikes Back," and as you might have guessed it was all Star Wars. Here are some pictures.
The park was pretty packed for a $20 dollar/head event. The McWane Center sponsored a sleep-over event in conjunction with this, so lots of kids were there, many dressed up. After the concert they headed to McWane to play in the museum and (hopefully) learn about science through science fiction.
The 501st was there, and the kids were loving it.
This little boy wanted to know why Leia didn't come dressed in her Tatooine bikini.
The best thing: the symphony was eating this shit up. They were clearly having a good time. Several of the women in the symphony came with their hair in Leia buns, and the conductor told stories about how the music had inspired him at an early age. And it was such a pretty night too. Very memorable and a lot of fun.
The park was pretty packed for a $20 dollar/head event. The McWane Center sponsored a sleep-over event in conjunction with this, so lots of kids were there, many dressed up. After the concert they headed to McWane to play in the museum and (hopefully) learn about science through science fiction.
The 501st was there, and the kids were loving it.
This little boy wanted to know why Leia didn't come dressed in her Tatooine bikini.The best thing: the symphony was eating this shit up. They were clearly having a good time. Several of the women in the symphony came with their hair in Leia buns, and the conductor told stories about how the music had inspired him at an early age. And it was such a pretty night too. Very memorable and a lot of fun.
4.19.2007
4.18.2007
4.09.2007
R2-D2 Goes Postal
The US Postal Service is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Wars with stamps and some very cool mail boxes.
3.09.2007
Star Wars and Atheism
For some reason, I put in Return of the Jedi tonight. I had not really watched it since I'd seen the three prequels. As lacking as those films were in the character bonding that defined the first three movies, I was able to read in (and I fully accept that the following is just that) a few humanistic morals that the total of the 6 films leads to. They are as follows:
1. The Enlightened Defiance: Luke walked into Jabba's lair with the same open defiance that we saw with Obi Wan and his battle with General Grievous. In both, we saw a confrontation, despite the odds, of one fighting for his morals (the Republic/his friends) over those who were amoral (power-hungry bureaucrats/government-enabled criminals). In both, the moral individual stands defiant and wins.
2. The Enlightened Choice: When given a choice of ignoring "religious" visions of his loved one dying and of turning to the dark side, Anakin chose religious promises over reason. Those promises never came to be, only because of his religious zeal. However, Luke--after defeating his father in battle--chose certain death by the hands of a fascist zealot overlord over religious servitude, without thought of the fate of his friends.
3. The Enlightened Renouncement and Sacrifice: Vader, when given the choice of eternal life verses the life of his son, chose to renounce his religious servitude and chose instead to cast his mage down a pit. Doing so cost him his life, but he was able to remove the mask of oppressive religiosity (the mask that cost him his friends and his love) and see reality as it truly was once more before his death.
Of course with any folklore, modern or ancient, you can read into it as much as you want.
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